There’s already a growing number of Google Play Store apps in some Android Automotive vehicles such as the Lincoln Nautilus that we reviewed in September. It has games such as A

Google is making efforts to push more apps to the Android infotainment system without extra work from developers.

The search giant will kick off the "Car ready mobile apps" program next month; the effort was announced last year at Google's developer event

Android Automotive, Google's OS for cars, will be getting new car-ready apps in February, including video streaming, web browsers, and mobile gaming apps. Only cars certified with Google built-in will support these new apps,

Google is launching its car ready mobile apps program next month. This program, announced at I/O 2024 last year, takes existing mobile apps that are large screen compatible and makes them available to cars running Android Automotive. We don’t know which apps have been selected for the program, though.

Android Automotive is available in a lot of cars, but even if you got one, you might find the app selection to be not great compared to what you have on your phone. Now, this is about to change. Google is preparing to launch its "Car ready mobile apps program" this February,

February 2025 marks an important milestone in Android Automotive's and Android Auto's development. Google's system, installed in modern cars, will start supporting applications previously adapted for devices like tablets.