The Driving Mode of the Google Pixel 6a makes the smartphone more convenient and safer to use when you are driving your car. To see how you can properly turn on, as well as turn off, this specific feature, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.
How to manually turn on the Google Pixel 6a Driving Mode
If you want to manually enable the Driving Mode of the Pixel 6a, then you need to take the following steps:
1. Open your Google smartphone and then unlock the screen if you haven’t done so already.
2. Next, you need to open the Settings App.
If you can’t find it from the home screen, then you it should be located in the All Apps menu, which you can view by swiping upwards from an empty area of the home screen.
3. Inside of the Settings App, you need to go to Connected Devices.
4. Once you get to the Connected Devices menu, you then need to go to Connection Preferences.
5. From the Connection Preferences menu, go to Driving Mode.
Inside of the Driving Mode menu, you then need to select the “Turn On Now” option.
How to automatically turn on the Google Pixel 6a Driving Mode
If you want to automatically enable the Driving Mode of the Pixel 6a, then you need to do the following:
1. Head over to the Settings App of your phone.
2. You then need to go to Connected Devices in the Settings Menu.
3. Afterwards, head over to Connection Preferences.
4. You then need to go to Driving Mode.
5. In the Driving Mode menu, select the “Turn on Automatically” option.
6. In the Automatic Driving Mode menu, make sure that the “When Driving is Detected” setting is enabled.
7. In the same Automatic Driving Mode menu, you can also enable the “When Connected to Bluetooth” setting. Afterwards, make sure you select your vehicle in the list of Bluetooth devices.
8. You might also want to enable the “Turn on Bluetooth Automatically” setting in the Automatic Driving Mode menu as well if don’t have Bluetooth activated on your phone at all times.
How to manually turn off the Google Pixel 6a Driving Mode
If you want to turn off the Driving Mode of the Pixel 6a, then you need to do the following:
1. Start by opening the Settings App.
2. Next, you need to tap Connected Devices from the list of available options.
3. You then need to tap Connection Preferences.
4. From the Connection Preferences menu, tap Driving Mode.
5. In the Driving Mode menu, tap the Turn Off Now option.
6. If you would also like to prevent the Driving Mode from automatically turning on in the future when your phone is connected to your car, then make sure that you disable the “When Connected to Bluetooth” and “Turn on Bluetooth Automatically” settings in the Driving Mode menu.