Google announced Android 12's digital car key feature at its I/O developers conference earlier this year. People who use these devices, and who also happen to own a compatible BMW, should soon be able to lock, unlock and start their car with a tap of their phone.
If the Assistant detects a question in an incoming message, a new notification shade slides in from the bottom of the screen with one-tap responses like "yes," "no" or "on my way." Google says to expect this feature to begin rolling out in the coming months.įinally, the previously announced digital car key feature is finally available, but only on Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S21 devices and only select countries. Tapping on an episode will cause it to play. From the Android Auto interface you can browse your podcasts and episode filters. Pocket Casts will appear as an app you can select. Meanwhile, Google is making it easier to respond to text messages, integrating Google Assistant's Smart Reply shortcuts into Android Auto for compatible apps. If you are taken to another audio app tap the audio icon again. Google Assistant's Smart Reply functionality hits the road sometime in the coming months. keepAliveTime If the current number of worker threads exceeds the core pool size and a keepAliveTime is set, then worker threads are shut down when there is no more work to do until the number of worker threads is back to the core pool size a. workQueue used to queue up tasks for the available worker threads. You'll probably still need to clarify for songs with common titles - did you mean Jump by Kriss Kross, Van Halen or the Pointer Sisters? maxPool size the maximum number of workers that can be in the pool. Using Stable AIDL allows communication between system and vendor processes. This allows processes to communicate without the overhead and restrictions of binder transactions after some short setup.
You should be able to tap and just say the name of an artist or song to start listening, rather than the whole "Listen to The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret by Queens of the Stone Age on Spotify" rigmarole. As of Android 12, Fast Message Queue can be used with AIDL interfaces using the NDK backend. Google is also rolling out enhancements to Android Auto's voice search.