We're now learning that Maps Driving Mode could go away by February 2024, courtesy of strings discovered within the Google app (v14.52) by 9to5Google, which the site claims are not yet widely visible.

Starting the driving mode will be possible either from Google Maps or right from Google Assistant. The experience in this driving mode is clearly inspired by Android Auto for phones. There’s a ...

The Google Maps driving mode, originally powered by Google Assistant and now baked into the navigation app, failed to become the game-changing feature that Google hoped. The demise of Android Auto ...