Google Maps has long been updated to work with Apple’s CarPlay dashboard mode, allowing users to view their current mapping guidelines side by side with music controls.
The dashboard mode was first introduced with iOS 13 last year, but it was limited to only working with Apple Maps at the time. Apple finally released iOS 13.4 earlier this year, which introduced the option for third-party companies to add dashboard mode support to their own folder apps, but it’s been taken so far for Google to actually implement the support.
Google support works identical to Apple’s – starting today, you can launch Google Maps in CarPlay with the same split-screen interface, display turn-by-turn directions on one side of the screen, and media controls, calendar appointments, and other useful features to the other.
In addition to the updated CarPlay app, Google is also launching a refreshed Google Maps Apple Watch app, which can provide step-by-step directions to pre-stored locations right from your wrist (whether you are walking, driving, cycling, or public transportation) to take).
Google Maps should work with all CarPlay cars today, today, while the new Google Maps app for the Apple Watch worldwide “will be available in the coming weeks.”
