Google Confirms it is Retiring the Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard

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Google will soon add another feature to its ever-growing graveyard of defunct software.

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Starting November 21, Android smartphone users will no longer be able to use the Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard.

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The feature, announced in 2019, will be shutting down next month, making Driving Mode in Google Maps the default experience.

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But as it turns out, Google intends to shut down the entire Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard.

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The Dashboard was initially thought-out as a successor to Android Auto.

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Google will continue offering car-optimized experiences to Android smartphone customers via Google Maps and the embedded Driving Mode.

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The software giant said that Driving Mode in Google Maps is already the preferred choice for millions of Android smartphone.

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Some features prove themselves and get better with time, while others don’t catch the customers’ attention as much and fail to meet Google’s expectations.

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Google had a difficult choice to make when it announced the shutting-down of its cloud-based gaming platform, Stadia.

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