Assistant Driving Mode is a helpful little feature accessible through Google Maps on Android, offering limited device functionality via voice commands so you can keep your eyes on the road while ...

Google Assistant is gradually making way for Gemini, and now that the driving mode is gone, the new assistant should become responsible for the interaction with Google Maps later this year.

Google Assistant's Driving Mode, with its dedicated home screen, initially seemed to fill that gap. However, a year later, Google ditched the home screen, leaving just a minimalistic bar within Maps.

This string seems to be associated with accessories like the Roav Bolt, which launched in 2019 after Google debuted the Google Assistant “driving mode.” ...