How to Start Google Assistant Driving Mode

Google Assistant driving mode is designed to help you use your phone safely when you're driving. It allows you to send and receive messages and calls, control media, and perform other useful functions with your voice so that you don't need to take your eyes off the road. Here's how to use it.

How Do I Use Google Driving Assistant?

There are three ways to start Google Assisting driving mode:

• Voice command: Say, "Hey Google, let's drive" to start driving mode at any time.
• Automatically: You can set up driving mode to automatically start whenever your phone connects to your vehicle's Bluetooth or whenever your phone detects that you're in a vehicle.
• Google Maps: When you create a route in Google Maps and initiate navigation, driving mode starts automatically.

Once the driving mode is active, you can use it by issuing any compatible voice command or tapping the screen. Driving mode switches the regular Android interface into a card-based interface that's easier to see at a glance.

When driving mode is active, you can also access many useful apps by tapping the app launcher that appears in the bottom right corner of the screen. You can tap the launcher icon for quick access to settings, media apps, and more.

How Do I Start Google Assistant Driving Mode With Voice?

If your phone supports Google Assistant driving mode, then you can start it at any time with a voice command. Google Assistant launches driving mode immediately when you use the command, even if you aren't in your car yet.

Here's how to start driving mode with a voice command:

1. Say, “Hey Google.”
   

2. When Google Assistant opens, say, “Let’s drive.”
   

3. Driving mode will launch.
   

How Do I Set up Driving Mode?

If you want driving mode to launch automatically, you need to set it up. The two options are to have it launch whenever your phone connects to your vehicle’s Bluetooth or whenever your phone detects that you’re in a moving vehicle. You can also enable both options.

Here’s how to set up driving mode:

1. Say, “Hey Google, open Assistant settings.”
   

2. Select See all Assistant Settings > Transportation.
   

3. Tap Driving Mode.
   

4. Locate the When connection to car’s Bluetooth section.
   

5. Tap the Launch driving mode toggle or the Ask before launching toggle.
   

   If you select Ask before launching, you will need to manually confirm driving mode whenever your phone connects to your vehicle’s Bluetooth.

6. Locate the When driving is detected section.
   

7. Tap Ask before launching if you want to use driving mode without a Bluetooth connection.
   

   This option is helpful if your vehicle doesn’t have Bluetooth or if you want to use driving mode when borrowing a car or when traveling as a passenger.

How Do I Put Driving Mode on Google Maps?

If your phone supports driving mode, it will launch when you initiate navigation through Google Maps.

Here’s how to use driving mode with Google Maps:

1. Open Google Maps and enter a destination.
   

2. Tap Start.
   

3. Google Maps navigation will start in driving mode.