Google’s Android Auto push to take over the dashboard has begun in earnest, with Hyundai the first car company to offer the smartphone-tethered system on a production car. As of today, Hyundai’s 2015 Sonata with Navigation will come with Android Auto support off the forecourt, and the car maker is offering upgrades for existing owners. Once installed, hooking up an Android phone via USB and Bluetooth pipes things like Google Maps, messaging, and Google Now through to the Sonata’s in-dash display.
That should help keep eyes on the road and off confusing factory-fit infotainment systems, which have built something of a poor reputation in recent years for their confusing menus.
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