So, is there a safe way to use your phone in the car?
Tap Activate next to Do Not Disturb While Driving.
If a message comes through, the sender will get an auto-response telling them that you are driving.
If they reply with the word urgent, theyll be able to break through your Do Not Disturb protection.
As for calls, if your phone is connected to a Bluetooth system, all calls will come through.
Tap Allow Calls From and choose the group whose calls you will let break through the phones silent mode.
Tap Auto-Reply To to set the segment of your contacts that will be blocked and receive and automatic message.
Tap Auto-Reply to customize the message that you send to blocked contacts while driving.
you could also ask Siri, iOSs voice assistant, to read you notifications while youre driving.
Well be focusing on the version of Android Auto that runs on your phone.
Android Auto works best if your phone is running Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) or greater.
It will still work on Android 5.0 (Lollipop), but you might experience performance issues.
Also, the following instructions will work on all Android phones with operating systems between 5.0 and 9.0.
Android 10 phones are slightly different, and well get to them in a minute.
To get started, youll want to download theAndroid Autoapp from the Google Play store.
Launch it, and youll go through a series of screens containing warnings about using your phone while driving.
We cant recommend that last step enough, as Google Assistant is really the backbone of Android Auto.
Once Android Autos setup is complete, launch the app to see a simplified version of your phones screen.
it’s possible for you to also activate voice mode by tapping the mic in the upper-right corner.
Exiting Android Auto is as simple as tapping the round button in the lower-left corner.
To customize Android Auto, tap the hamburger button in the top-left corner, and then tap configs.
Having the phone automatically turn on Bluetooth when the app is started.
