Cars, smartphones, smartwatches, notebooks and the like should work better together. Google has announced some innovations for this so that we can carry out tasks more easily across devices in the future. An important point here is the extended Fast Pair and for the smart home the new Matter standard. In the future, it should be even easier and, above all, faster to set up new devices in the immediate vicinity. Scan the QR code, confirm your Google account and you’re done.
Transfer media playback to other devices
Media without interruptions is another important point. Google wants to combine all devices more seamlessly, for example, to be able to watch videos and easily switch to another device. It shouldn’t matter whether you switch from the phone to the tablet or from the Chromebook to the car. The basis for this is the Chromecast technology and of course the brand new support for video apps on Android Automotive.
“In the future, these possibilities will be extended to Chromebooks and cars with integrated Google technology – so you can enjoy your favorite content on even more displays. For example, you can start an exciting game of soccer on your laptop at work, then switch to your smartphone to get to the parking lot and see the last few minutes on the in-car display (as long as the car is parked or charging) before driving home .”
Equally practical is the feature of connecting several devices for headphones, which was announced at the beginning of the year. If you watch a film on the tablet with headphones, the headphones will immediately connect to your phone when a call comes in. When the call is over, the headphones switch back to the tablet and the film continues. That’s such a good and smart idea I think.
Other improvements include a synced clipboard starting with Android 13 and a mirroring of Messenger apps to the Phone Hub on ChromeOS.
