Following its beta release at the end of last year, Waze, one of Google’s mapping apps, now fully supports the Android Auto Coolwalk redesign. The mapping service now includes functionality for the Android Auto dashboard as part of its most recent beta release. Many users saw the change earlier today, but it won’t be available to everyone until it hits the app’s stable update channel, which is probably going to happen in the next few weeks.
Waze was not supported when the Coolwalk redesign of the Android Auto dashboard originally appeared in beta. Users were still able to use the mapping app, but the new paned design on the Android Auto home screen, which could display a mapping app alongside music apps and other information, was not supported. Instead, a pop-up announcing app’s compatibility began to surface a few weeks into the beta.
Availability of the Coolwalk design on Waze
It’s unknown when this support will be added to the app’s stable version, but it doesn’t matter for now. Despite announcing the launch of the update shortly after the New Year, Google still hasn’t extended support for “Coolwalk” to the great majority of users as of late January.
According to a 9to5google’s poll, upwards of 80–90% of Android Auto users still do not have access to the redesigned dashboard. Things also don’t seem to be moving more quickly. Nevertheless, Waze has long been a crucial app for Android Auto, so it seems sensible that Google would have been waiting for this update to be accessible before turning the switch.
