Help users find their favorite songs, podcasts, and audiobooks easily while keeping their eyes on the road. You can design end-to-end media experiences that bring the best of your app to the car.
Optimized for driving
Safety is key for any app that will be used while driving. Media experiences for the car are optimized to minimize distraction, building on these main principles:
- Voice controls: Let drivers complete tasks using their voice rather than button presses.
- Brief task flows: Keep task flows to 3 steps or fewer when possible.
- Audio-only while driving: Video can distract drivers, so media apps are limited to audio-first content.
Use templates to bring the best of your app to the car
Media templates provide guardrails to help you customize key components of your app while relying on Google's auto industry expertise for the design foundations and safety considerations.
If you use templates to create your app, you can customize the browsing structure to suit your needs. Optional extra steps for templated apps include creating a sign-in flow or settings for the car screen (for AAOS) using the templates in the Android for Cars App Library.
See Build a templated media app to learn more.
Get started
This guide covers:
- How to use templates for media apps
- Media app requirements and best practices
- Media app views to help you get inspired
- Figma toolkits
For step-by-step instructions covering both Android Auto and AAOS, see Create media apps.
For technical details, see Build media apps for cars.