{"id":466904,"date":"2025-12-23T16:02:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T16:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/466904\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T16:02:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T16:02:18","slug":"android-auto-might-soon-let-you-cast-media-right-to-your-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/466904\/","title":{"rendered":"Android Auto might soon let you cast media right to your car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"fermata auto android auto video app 2\"  alt=\"fermata auto android auto video app 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fermata-auto-android-auto-video-app-2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Andy Walker \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Android Auto version 15.9.6551 includes new strings suggesting Google Cast support is in development, potentially allowing media sharing between phones and cars.<\/li>\n<li>This feature would align Android Auto more closely with Android Automotive, which already supports casting functionality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/andauth.co\/AAGooglePreferredSource\" class=\"e_rm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"e_jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\"  alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\"  alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These new strings are around the Media Router (mr) framework, and they go on to explicitly mention Google Cast in the context of a car experience:<\/p>\n<p>Code<\/p>\n<p>Copy TextCast&#13;<br \/>\nCast. Connected&#13;<br \/>\nCast. Connecting&#13;<br \/>\nCast. Disconnected&#13;<br \/>\nMake sure the other device is on the same Wi-Fi network as this car&#13;<br \/>\nMake sure the other device is on the same Wi-Fi network as this phone<\/p>\n<p>Casting functionality already exists in Android Automotive, so it makes sense for Google to bring it over to the Android Auto experience as well.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Android Auto experience is primarily driven through a host phone onto a target display (making it a sort of \u201ccasting\u201d solution to begin with), so it remains to be seen whether casting in the context of Android Auto would be casting from a phone to another phone (as alluded to in the last string), or from a phone to the car screen (as alluded to in the second to last string), or both or neither.<\/p>\n<p>Google has teased video support on Android Auto in the past, and there are workarounds to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/watch-video-android-auto-3624060\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch videos on Android Auto<\/a>. It does make sense for casting support to arrive, and we\u2019ll keep you updated when we learn more.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being part of our community. 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