Design for cars
Car displays provide drivers and front-seat passengers many ways to engage with your app - from driving-optimized experiences like navigation or listening to music and podcasts, to parked experiences like video streaming and playing games.
Here, you'll find all the tools and guidance you need to bring the best of your app to the car.
Create inspiring in-car experiences
Media
Entertain drivers and passengers with music, podcasts, and audiobooks on the go.
Navigation
Help people find and explore more on the go, like new places to play, fuel, charge, and shop.
Communications
Design seamless calling and messaging experiences for the car.
Do more on the go
Enable users to do more with your app in the car, from checking the weather to browsing the web and beyond.
Parked experiences that entertain
Keep everyone in the car engaged with parked experiences including web browsing, games like Angry Birds 2 and Farm Heroes Saga, and more.
Get started
Guides
Design principles
App content and interactions should complement the driving or parked experience and minimize distraction while driving.
Guides
Design process
Learn the design foundations for Android for Cars, including key use cases and concepts.
Guides
Templates
Use templates as guardrails to help you customize driving app experiences while Google provides the foundations for your app.
Guides
Components
Templates include components that act as building blocks for a consistent user experience across all apps for cars.
Guides
Flows, behaviors, and patterns
Reuse proven design patterns and behaviors so drivers can quickly complete tasks in the car.
Explore our design resources
Get your app driving-optimized with components and templates to start building your app's in-car UI.
Car app templates design kit
This kit includes a variety of components, templates, and dashboards provided by the Android for Cars App Library to design apps for the drive.
Our commitment to safety
Experiences built with Android for Cars are backed by research, road tested, and in compliance with government and industry driver distraction guidelines.
Deliver high-quality in-car experiences
Use the checklists below to make sure your app adheres to the quality guidelines for its category (navigation, communication, media, weather, etc.).
Develop for cars
Developer guides
Use our developer guides and API reference to learn how to build apps for cars.