Since buying a vehicle with native wireless Android Auto support, I've been absolutely hooked on it.
Of course, you can automatically switch off wireless Android Auto, but that defeats the purpose of wireless Android Auto in the first place.
As much as I like the convenience wireless Android Auto offers, it quickly stopped feeling worth it.
Turning this off prevents my Pixel 10 Pro from connecting to Android Auto wirelessly, making wired Android Auto the only option.
To use wireless Android Auto again, turn the Wireless Android Auto option back on.
Sep 16, 2026 · via xda-developers.com
With software-defined vehicles, 5G connectivity and over-the-air updates, what you buy on day one is increasingly just the starting point.
Rather than managing separate connected functions in isolation, the vehicle can deliver a more seamless and tailored experience through an integrated software platform.
From the driver’s perspective, this means the vehicle experience is no longer fixed at the point of purchase.
Reliability therefore means not only staying connected, but staying connected securely, compliantly and consistently.
That is when the connected car becomes genuinely useful, as it increasingly anticipates what the driver or car need next.
Sep 16, 2026 · via topgearmag.in
New data from Persistence Market Research predicts the global connected vehicle cloud market to reach £425 billion by 2033.
The forecast points to continued growth in cloud systems used to manage data, software updates, and digital services in connected vehicles.
The arrangement reflects a broader industry effort to simplify development and reduce fragmentation in vehicle software stacks.
As manufacturers build cars around common digital platforms, cloud systems become more important for distributing updates, managing fleets, and supporting new applications.
Artificial intelligence is also changing the role of connected vehicle platforms.
Sep 16, 2026 · via highways-news.com
Behind the rows of vehicles rolling through Manheim auto auction lots in Georgia and Florida, a quieter transformation has been taking root.
No Grass Just Flowers & Bees Nearly five acres of native wildflowers and grasses now spread across five Cox Enterprises properties, replacing turf grass that once demanded weekly mowing, chemical fertilizer, and steady irrigation.
The five new pollinator meadows sit at Cox Enterprises headquarters in Atlanta, at Manheim Georgia in Atlanta, and at three Florida locations: Manheim Orlando in Winter Garden, Manheim Central Florida in Orlando, and Manheim Tampa.
Four of the five sites belong to Manheim, making Cox Automotive, the parent business unit that houses Manheim alongside brands like Kelley Blue Book, Autotrader, and vAuto, the primary automotive stakeholder in this expansion even as the project is announced under the wider Cox Enterprises umbrella.
Cox Enterprises, a privately held company founded in 1898, spans automotive, greenhouse agriculture, cleantech, software, outdoor recreation, and journalism businesses.
Sep 16, 2026 · via autoconnectedcar.com
Purdue faculty and staff who travel on university business are encouraged to activate TripLink in Concur.
TripLink connects participating airline, hotel and rental car loyalty accounts with a traveler’s Purdue business profile.
When a connected traveler selects business travel on a participating provider’s website or app, eligible university-negotiated rates and discounts are applied.
TripLink includes access to TripIt Pro, an optional app that organizes travel plans in one itinerary and provides real-time travel alerts.
Visit the Purdue Travel website for current booking guidance, training resources and travel requirements.
Sep 16, 2026 · via purdue.edu
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Sep 15, 2026 · via finance.yahoo.com
A new study finds that automakers’ privacy policies have grown longer, more complicated and further beyond the reading level of many Americans.
In March 2024, I began a series of reports under a simple but disturbing question: “Is Your Car Spying on You?”
It asks an equally important question: Can an ordinary customer realistically understand the privacy policy supposedly explaining it?
The study’s 2024 analysis found an average of 7,505 words and a 12th-grade reading level.
Your car may still be spying on you.
Sep 15, 2026 · via carpro.com
BY: Regina Carto, Vice President of Global Product Safety, Systems and Certification, General Motors HERO IMAGE: COPY: At General Motors, safety is woven into everything we do.
For the occasion, we wanted to highlight historic GM safety innovations we’re all enormously proud of.
1967: Child Safety Seats GM safety engineers must’ve been busy in 1967 because in addition to the energy-absorbing steering column, they introduced something else that’s saved countless lives: the modern child seat.
Available through AC Delco Parts and Accessories, these were among the first popular child safety seats, and while modern child seats may look different, they can all trace their origins to our Love Seats.
See your vehicle Owner's Manual and child safety seat instructions for more safety information.
Sep 15, 2026 · via news.gm.com
Hidden app terms silently funnel telemetry to insurers, driving up consumer premiums nationwide.
Key Takeaways: Automakers monetized driving behavior -- buried OnStar terms secretly funneled telemetry to insurance brokers.
Key Takeaways: Past productivity tools increased work volume because they accelerated messaging without completing actual labor.
Key Takeaways: Toxic behavior quickly spreads through teams because negative emotional contagion overrides positive group norms.
Key Takeaways: Fake system alerts exploit visual cues to drive accidental clicks through user confusion.
Sep 15, 2026 · via buttondown.com
Samsung Galaxy Watches, like the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic and upcoming Galaxy Watch 9, come with plenty of features that are useful for drivers, like the ability to store digital car keys and quickly glance at notifications without touching your phone.
Below, we've rounded up four Galaxy Watch apps that can work with your car, either directly through Wear OS or via a compatible smartphone.
However, note that whether you can use these Galaxy Watch car apps, and which features are available to you, will depend on the model and make of your car — and, in some cases, the subscription plan you're signed up to.
All plans include Remote Connect as standard, which is required to control your car through your Galaxy watch.
To use Remote Connect features via your watch, make sure you maintain a stable Bluetooth connection between your phone and watch.
Sep 15, 2026 · via bgr.com
Persistence Market Research expects the global connected vehicle cloud market to reach USD $240.4 billion in 2026 and expand to USD $572.6 billion by 2033.
The forecast points to continued growth in cloud systems used to manage data, software updates, and digital services in connected vehicles.
The arrangement reflects a broader industry effort to simplify development and reduce fragmentation in vehicle software stacks.
The system was designed to interact with more than 200 vehicle functions, including navigation, entertainment, climate control, cabin settings, and vehicle information.
North America is expected to remain a leading market because of its established cloud infrastructure, use of connected vehicle services, and close ties between carmakers and technology companies.
Sep 15, 2026 · via securitybrief.asia
Borrowing From the Production Line, Not a Lab What distinguishes the Mission Efficiency from most efficiency-record prototypes is where its components come from.
Rather than build a bespoke, low-volume powertrain purely for the sake of a record run, Volkswagen pulled its motor and battery straight from the production ID.
Volkswagen’s engineers have said that wheels alone can account for roughly a quarter to nearly a third of a vehicle’s total aerodynamic drag, which is why the Mission Efficiency devotes unusual attention to them.
Built to Look Usable, Not Just Slippery Unlike many hypermiling concept cars, which tend to sacrifice everything to the wind tunnel, the Mission Efficiency was designed with at least a passing nod toward daily practicality.
The prototype has already received European road approval and meets standard crash and safety requirements, a detail Volkswagen has emphasized to distinguish the Mission Efficiency from a pure styling exercise.
Sep 15, 2026 · via autoconnectedcar.com
That’s the reality of the Internet of Things (IoT), the growing network of connected devices that collect, share and store data every day.
As these technologies become more sophisticated, they raise complex questions about privacy, cybersecurity, consumer protection, product liability and government regulation.
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Sep 14, 2026 · via nationaljurist.com
Authorities confirmed that a vehicle found in a Leawood, Kansas, pond over the weekend is connected to a missing person case dating back a decade.
The Leawood, Kansas, Police Department announced Saturday that a volunteer dive team found a car at the bottom of a retention pond in the 14700 block of Norwood Street.
It was determined that a vehicle under the water, and its license plate, matched the description of a vehicle involved in a missing person investigation.
After contacting family, Leawood police say the car found was the car reported to be driven by Jay Flekier, 59.
Flekier was reported missing from his south Leawood home in June 2016.
Sep 14, 2026 · via kmbc.com
It says its most recent findings reinforce the importance of audio and radio as part of that.
As an owner of radio stations as well as a radio app, Audacy found a lot to like in the results.
The authors said connected car technology is opening opportunities for local radio.
The study found that after hearing radio ads, connected car drivers took action in a number of ways.
Autonomous driving also is opening a door to a bigger role for audio, Audacy says.
Sep 14, 2026 · via radioworld.com
Domestic abuse isn’t always blatant abuse Domestic abuse isn’t always as obvious as threatening or physically hurting someone.
It can also involve coercive control — a repeated pattern of behavior designed to intimidate, isolate, monitor or control another person.
“Perpetrators use coercive control to deprive another person of liberty, autonomy and agency,” according to the Australian Institution of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
“Perpetrators may misuse devices, accounts, software or platforms to control, abuse and track victim-survivors.
In one study cited by eSafety, 42% of women who reported experiencing coercive control said a partner had abused or threatened them online or used technology to control or stalk them.
Sep 14, 2026 · via moneywise.com
Hyundai has added a new connected security feature to the Venue and Venue N Line that allows owners to remotely immobilise the vehicle using the Hyundai Bluelink app.
The remote immobiliser is currently available on the connected-car-Navigation-Cockpit (ccNC)-equipped HX10 variant of the Hyundai Venue and N10 variant of the Venue N Line.
Hyundai Venue remote immobiliser: How does it work?
From September 2026, the remote immobiliser is being offered as standard on the ccNC-equipped Venue HX10 and Venue N Line N10.
Hyundai Bluelink features The remote immobiliser is part of Hyundai's wider Bluelink connected-car ecosystem.
Sep 14, 2026 · via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Ettifos, a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications technology provider headquartered in South Korea, has been selected through a competitive procurement process to support the Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), Arizona, in delivering the Connected Vehicle Acceleration Zone (CVAZ), a deployment designed to accelerate interoperable V2X technology across key corridors in the county.
Ettifos will supply its V2X-AIR aftermarket OBU to support the scheme’s V2X applications, as part of a multi-vendor deployment bringing together V2X solutions from various suppliers to create an interoperable environment intended to support deployment scalability and sustainability.
Hojun Kim, chief executive of Ettifos, says the project marks a step toward scalable, real-world V2X deployment in the US.
“We are proud to support the project with V2X-AIR and demonstrate how Ettifos’ technology can connect existing vehicles to safer, smarter transportation networks across Maricopa County.
“Deployments like CVAZ are essential to proving the value of V2X technology at scale and accelerating its adoption across the US.”
Sep 14, 2026 · via traffictechnologytoday.com
While Eric Seufert’s “everything is an ad network” mantra keeps being proven correct, a new truism is also taking shape: “Wherever an advertising business emerges, the measurement challenge follows.”
Eyeballs + data = Advertising opportunity The underlying logic behind the “everything is an ad network” theory is straightforward.
This logic has transformed retail through the retail media network (RMN) revolution.
How new channels become endemic Every new ad network increases the need for measurement that can connect the resulting fragments.
Once it can, the car becomes another ad network.
Sep 14, 2026 · via adexchanger.com
China's top court has issued judicial guidance clarifying how courts should determine liability in disputes involving autonomous driving and driver-assistance vehicles, adding a new layer to the country's evolving regulatory framework for intelligent vehicles.
Huawei, for example, describes its Qiankun intelligent driving system as an assistance system rather than a substitute for the driver, while Nio says drivers remain responsible for monitoring the system and taking control when necessary.
But the Supreme People's Court makes it clear that the rule does not mean automakers automatically become liable whenever a driver-assistance vehicle is involved in an accident.
Chinese regulators have been building a broader safety framework around intelligent vehicles.
The standard sets safety requirements covering system functions, data recording, vehicle manufacturers' safety responsibilities, human-machine interaction, user instructions and training.
Sep 14, 2026 · via chinadaily.com.cn