YouTube support for Android Auto is finally here, but it may not be the full YouTube experience that users were hoping for.

It's now easier to listen to YouTube videos while using Android Auto.

The new YouTube app for Android Auto has no video playback and no browsing -- it's simply a media player for audio. You can play or pause content and skip forward to another video ...

It works, but not how you’d expect ...

Users are now seeing basic playback controls for YouTube in Android Auto, but watching videos when parked is still not ...

Watching YouTube in the car has so far been banned for an obvious reason. Keeping your eyes on anything else but the road can be dangerous, and if you believe you can refrain from looking at the ...

This might change long drives for many of us.

YouTube is already available on Android Automotive, and Google could use the embedded system as a source of inspiration for how the app should work on Android Auto. Users won't be allowed to watch ...

YouTube for Android is rolling out support for Android Auto but, before you get too excited, keep in mind that what you can actually do with it is rather limited. Android Auto will always pipe through ...

Google first started rolling out a redesigned media player on Android Auto earlier this year with a squiggly Material ...

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. Google is working to expand video support for Android Auto and Automotive interfaces. An early-access Android Automotive feature ...