Android Auto improves Google Maps with a key change for charging your electric car

Electric cars continue to establish themselves in GPS navigation applications, including Google Maps. On Android Auto, the tech giant has decided to optimize things much more for its vehicles, with the arrival of more than practical filters for those who wish to go through the charging box.

Much more detailed charging stations on the way for Google

With Google Maps on Android Autoit is possible to easily find a charging station. However, a problem persists in terms of user experience: having to manually select the charging power after each search.

Things should improve in the coming days, however, given that Android Authority has made some great discoveries in Android Auto beta 15.7.654604. “Instead of having to first search before filtering, you will soon be able to access filters directly by tapping the Settings icon in Google Maps”explains the media.

Thus, it will be possible to define your charging preferences in the settings, which will be automatically taken into account each time you search for terminals: Slow charge (up to 49 kW), Fast charge (50 kW or more) or Customize (Up to 9 kW, 10 to 49 kW, 50 to 149 kW, 150 to 349 kW or 350 kW). Enough to offer a complete experience to drivers wishing to have little or a lot of time to recharge their electric car.

As a bonus, we discover that Google is preparing the introduction of another parameter, allowing charging stations to be filtered according to the payment methods accepted. Here too, the objective is to save drivers time, by directly offering them the station that corresponds to all their habits.

Intelligent filters that we can’t wait to see arrive in a future final version of Android Auto, so you can know in no time where to recharge the batteries, and this, with the ideal terminal.

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