Android Auto is apparently prepping home screen widgets, and I'll be installing them immediately

Date:
Mon, 04 May 2026 11:00:31 +0000

Description:
You might soon be able to put widgets on your vehicle dashboard just like you can on your phone home screen.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Android Auto widgets look set
to be arriving soon They've been spotted hidden in the latest Android Auto
app The available widgets match the standard Android ones With the Gemini AI upgrade now installed for Android Auto users worldwide, Google is turning its attention to another feature for the vehicle dashboard interface: widgets
that match the ones on your phone home screen.

The first signs of this were actually spotted months ago, but in the latest version of the Android Auto app, the folks at Android Authority have spotted more hidden code that suggests support for widgets isn't far off now. When
the feature does go live, there will be a new Car widgets option in the settings for Android Auto, based on the newly discovered screen images. From there, you get taken to a widget picker not unlike the one for a phone home screen. Article continues below You may like Android Auto just got a massive upgrade for EV route planning Google could finally fix this major Android
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It's not clear when Google might decide to start rolling out this feature to users, but it looks pretty finished. The Google I/O 2026 event is happening later this month , on May 19-20, which would be a suitable time for an announcement like this. Sign me up Adding widgets on Android (Image credit: Future) From the code and the screens dug up by Android Authority, it looks
as though a lot of the same widgets available on Android itself will also be supported by the Android Auto interface and I'm keen to give them a try.

From countdown starters to calendar previews, from battery charts to fitness info, I make extensive use of widgets on the home screen of my phone. Having them on my car dashboard too would be genuinely useful.

Space is restricted on an Android Auto display of course, so it'll be interesting to see how Google actually implements this especially if Google Maps is in navigation mode, which will necessarily have to take up a lot of the room on the display. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from
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Hopefully Google manages to implement this in a way that isn't overly clunky and in a way which doesn't require any subsequent updates to squash
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