Google is including gaming help to Android Auto, with titles together with Sweet Crush Soda Saga and Offended Birds 2 playable from appropriate vehicles’ touchscreens. The brand new function is included within the beta version of Android 14.1, which is rolling out to testers now.
Solely 4 video games are at the moment supported, with Sweet Crush and Offended Birds joined by Farm Heroes Saga and Seaside Buggy Racing. To play them on the automotive’s show you’ll want to have the video games put in in your cellphone first, and for apparent causes they’re solely out there whereas the automotive is parked. 9to5Google tested it out, and located that once you shift out of park, “the sport closes instantly and is grayed out inside the app drawer and app switcher.”
This addition additionally marks the primary time that fullscreen apps have been out there in Android Auto, although it’s not clear if the choice can be prolonged to different varieties of app. Gaming and fullscreen help brings Android Auto nearer in line to the software program expertise on vehicles with Google built-in, which already help a wider range of games to play while parked.
Gaming help in Android Auto was introduced by Google earlier this month as a part of its March function drop, however the firm hasn’t stated when the choice will go away beta. These aren’t the primary video games out there on Android Auto, with a small variety of fundamental titles working on HTML5 added in 2021 as a part of Google’s GameSnacks service.