Google is rolling out a redesigned Play Store for cars with Google built-in over the coming weeks. The new layout automatically adapts to a vehicle's screen size and orientation, putting featured apps on the homepage and enabling one-tap downloads. A streamlined navigation menu places Apps, Games, Search, and More on the left side of the display, or along the top for vertically oriented screens.
The update also expands the in-car app catalog with Starz, Firefox, Ludo King, and JioHotstar, all usable while parked. Separately, Google is letting YouTube Premium subscribers continue listening to audio after they start driving, while video playback remains limited to when the car is parked.
The move reflects Google's broader push to make its services more central to the car dashboard, following its recent replacement of Google Assistant with Gemini AI across supported vehicles from Ford, GM, Honda, Nissan, Volvo, and others. Because the source is a single announcement, no independent reporting or contrasting views are included here.