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TL;DR YouTube now shows basic playback controls in Android Auto.
You can play/pause or skip videos, but you can’t watch them.
The feature requires YouTube Premium (including Premium Lite) for background audio.
Google seems to be rolling out a small but useful update to YouTube on Android Auto. But before you get too excited, know that this isn’t a full YouTube experience in your car.
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Instead, YouTube now reportedly shows up in Android Auto’s media controls, the same place where you usually see your music controls.
Users on Reddit say you can now play, pause, and skip videos on YouTube through your Android Auto dashboard. Unfortunately, there’s still no video playback, no browsing, and not even a full-screen player.
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