We use Android mobile phones, Android tablets or smart watches that work with the Google operating system, in addition to the TV you have in the living room. But it’s also a great option to use in the car if you want to get the most out of it and if you want to have all kinds of smart features when you’re on the road. Therefore, we can have the latest news if we test the beta versions of Android Auto to have all the changes before anyone else.
If you want to try the new features of Android Auto before anyone else, you can join the beta versions of the operating system for cars and have all the features before they are officially and globally released to everyone in an update.
What to keep in mind
If we have an Android phone and a compatible vehicle, we can join the Android Auto beta tester program. This will mean that you will have new options and news before they are officially launched in exchange for sending comments and opinions about the different options, which allows the developers of the operating system to improve the next versions and fix possible errors or sections that do not that the use is comfortable or practical.
A camio, you should keep in mind that there may be errors or that it may not work as stable as an official and non-beta version will. But generally there will be no major crashes or failures, except for small occasional errors. They explain it from the Android Auto help page: “Important: The beta test versions may be less stable, and it is possible that some functions do not run correctly,” collects the web.
How to be a beta tester
To become an Android Auto beta tester we must follow a few very simple steps from the official page of the operating system in its version for cars.
- open the Android Auto official beta test website
- Tap on the option “Become a beta tester”
Once we have done this, we have to go to the Google application store and search for “Android Auto”. If you already have it installed, update to the latest version available. If you don’t have it installed, download the most recent version, the beta version.
But you must bear in mind that we cannot do it as much as we want and that it will not always be available. It is likely that you are trying to be a beta tester and there are no more places for you in that version of Android Auto. We will know because we will find a message on the website that tells us the following: “Thank you for your interest in becoming a beta tester of the Android Auto application. However, at this time the Android Auto app testing program has already reached the maximum number of testers that can participate and no more are being accepted.”
In this case we will have no choice but to wait. Try again after a while and periodically access the web. They will let you become a tester when there is a new version you can join.
