Privacy, app permissions, and data sharing for your car with Google built-in

When you use Google apps and services built into your compatible car, you have options to control what information is shared with Google. You can change your privacy settings for Google apps and services at any time.

When you use Google apps and services in your car, Google Terms of Service and Google Maps Terms of Service apply. All data will be used according to Google's Privacy Policy.

Important: Settings vary by car manufacturer. When you change some settings, it may limit app functionality. For more information, reference your owner's manual.

Turn location on or off

When you share your vehicle location, you can get navigation, real-time traffic information, automatic rerouting, and search results from Google Maps. You can also ask Google Assistant to help you navigate to where you need to go or for things like nearby restaurants. Google uses your location to support safety-related driver assistance features, like updating road sign information.

Change your location settings

1. On your car display, open Settings.
2. Open Location.
3. Turn Location on or off.

Change your app permissions

You can choose whether apps like Google Maps, Google Assistant, and Google Play can access info like your location and microphone.

Change your app permissions

1. On your car display, open Settings.
2. Open App permissions.
3. Change permissions for each app.

Control which apps can access your car’s location

You can control which apps in your car have location access.

1. Navigate to Settings  Privacy  Location
   • To control location access for general apps, adjust Use location.
   • To control location access for driver assistance apps and features, adjust Driver assistance.

Note: The Driver assistance control is only available only to vehicles running Android 12 or later.

General apps usually do not affect driving functions. They use location access for features such as displaying local weather conditions.

Driver assistance apps do affect driving functions. They use location access for features such as alerts and speed limit visualization.

Manage your information and saved activity

When you sign in to your Google Account in your car, data is saved to your account to give you more personalized experiences across all Google apps and services. You decide what data to save to your Google Account, such as activity from apps in your car and voice recordings.

You can manage your saved activity in your car settings, or find and delete this activity in My Activity.

Change your activity controls

1. On your car display, open Settings.
2. Tap Google Manage activity controls.
3. Select what data you want to save to your Google Account.

Remove your Google Account

You can remove your Google Account to delete information associated with your account from your car. You can still drive the car and use some Google apps if you're signed out.

1. On your car display, open your profile settings.
2. Tap Accounts the account you want to remove.
3. Tap Remove Account.

Tip: Visit your device activity to remove your account from your car online.

Delete your profile

You can delete a profile to remove your saved preferences and accounts from the car.

1. On your car display, open your profile settings.
2. Tap Delete this profile.

Erase data from your car

You can permanently delete all data from your car's infotainment system.

1. On your car display, open Settings.
2. Tap System  Reset options  Erase all data.

Manage car data

You can manage and learn about your car's data.

Share usage & diagnostics information

You can choose to share information about how you use your car's infotainment system to help Google improve the services. This includes information about how often you use your apps, system performance, and the quality of your network connections, like mobile, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. Learn how Google uses your usage and diagnostics information.

To share your usage and diagnostics data:

1. On your car display, open Settings.
2. Tap Google More .
3. Tap Usage & diagnostics.
4. Turn Share this data on or off.

Learn about info your car periodically sends to Google to remain up-to-date

To stay updated, your car's infotainment system periodically exchanges information with Google, such as your software version and your network connectivity. This helps Google make sure apps and services work consistently and that your car receives software updates.

Learn more about the Android Device Configuration Service.

Data sponsored by your car manufacturer

Some vehicles come with a data connection to access Google apps or other services. When you have a data connection from your vehicle manufacturer, your information may be sent over that network. You can manage your data privacy in Network Settings, on your vehicle screen. For additional details on how your data may be accessed, please contact your vehicle manufacturer.

Choose what to share with Google Assistant in your car

When you set up Google Assistant, you may be asked to turn on certain settings. For the full Google Assistant experience in your car, turn on Web & App Activity, which saves your activity on Google sites and apps. This info helps your Assistant provide more personalized experiences and suggestions, like navigating to personal locations like "Home" and "Work." You can also choose to turn on personal results to use your voice to access your Google Calendar, saved destinations, reminders, and more. You can still get a limited Google Assistant experience without these settings enabled.

Change your Google Assistant settings

1. On your car display, open Settings.
2. Tap Google Google Assistant.
3. Choose your preferred settings for your Google Assistant.

Learn more about what you can share with Google Assistant settings and other Assistant settings for your car like personal results and language.

Choose what Google Maps built into your car shares with Google

Share your vehicle data, select how offline maps are downloaded, and understand what data Maps shares with Google in the privacy center.

Find the privacy center

1. On your car display, open Google Maps .
2. At the bottom, tap Settings .
3. Tap Privacy center.

Share trip & sensor data

As you drive, Google collects data, such as:

• GPS location
• Navigation details, including the route you took
• Descriptions of the road, like road sign info or lane markings
• Vehicle sensor status, like when your windshield wipers are turned on
• Sensor data from all your devices, like the barometer readings from your phone and wheel speed if your phone is connected to a compatible vehicle

Google uses your data by itself or combined with others to make Maps better. When you share this data, Google uses it to update the map and make information, including real-time traffic conditions, visible to others.

How Google protects trip & sensor data

• Updates to the map based on trip & sensor data aren’t associated with your Google Account or vehicle.
• Trip & sensor data is also not associated with your Google Account, but with a securely generated identifier that resets on a regular basis. That means Google can’t look up this data based on your Google Account.
• Other data collected as you explore the world, such as when you use the Google Assistant, may be associated with your Google Account. You can control Web & App Activity by visiting myactivity.google.com.
• To change location permission for Google Maps in the car, go to Settings Apps and notifications App permissions Location Maps.
• Google only collects the trip & sensor data needed to provide the best Maps experience for everyone—after processing, it’s deleted.

• Camera imagery from your vehicle may be processed for road description data, but remains in your vehicle and is deleted after processing.

Share EV data

Your electric vehicle can share data with Google, such as:

• Battery level, capacity, and charging speed in different conditions 
• Air conditioning status 
• Engine and braking efficiency 
• Specs, such as your vehicle’s weight

If you share this data, it will be saved on Google servers. The data is used to give you:

• Car range 
• Battery estimates based on your destination 
• Recommended min charging times
• Alerts, such as when your next stop is out of reach or when you’ll arrive at your next stop with low battery
• Improved battery management & vehicle efficiency

Choose your offline maps options

Offline maps support your vehicle’s safety-related driver assistance features and help you use Maps without an internet connection.

If you choose to auto-download offline maps:

• Maps will auto-download offline maps for you and keep them up to date.
• Your vehicle may periodically contact Google servers to provide info, such as your vehicle’s location, Timeline, and offline maps you’ve already downloaded.
• You can still select your own offline maps to download.
• Turning this off won’t delete offline maps that have already been downloaded.
• To delete offline maps, go to Settings   Offline maps.

If you choose to manually download offline maps:

• You select the offline maps you want to download and manually update them yourself. To begin, go to Settings   Offline maps.
• If you don’t download or update the offline map of the area you’re driving in, some of your vehicle’s safety features may not work.