Was planning to buy an Android Auto-based head unit next month. Guess I'll give this a try first! The one other thing I need is integration with a backup camera...
Can you suggest a good replacement head unit?
Android Auto: right on your phone screen
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Re: Android Auto: right on your phone screen
#52Tangential: huh, when did .google become a TLD? I'm too old for this sh
... about two years ago. (Though admittedly it's not used much.)
If that surprises you, it sounds like you may be equally surprised at the list of TLDs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_dom...
Re: Android Auto: right on your phone screen
#53> Android Auto: now available in every car > The latest version (2.0) with the phone screen experience will be rolling out in the coming days to more than 30 countries where Android Auto is currently available. Thanks again Google for completely ignoring millions/billions of people in your phrasing of "every[one]". Available in Germany, France, Spain, etc. Not available in mine and many other EU countries with shared…
? Not available in my country, so I downloaded the app Works.. :)
Typo: apk :)
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
The app itself doesn't need Bluetooth. From what I understood, Bluetooth is necessary only to have the app automatically launch when connecting to whatever Bluetooth device/infosystem unit you have in your car.
Sure, but it would be nice to automatically start when I plug my phone to my car.
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#55Tangential: huh, when did .google become a TLD? I'm too old for this sh
.google, .apple, .microsoft, were all amongst the first new TLDs registered when things were opened up. You can see the full list of hundreds (thousands?) here: https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strin...
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#56Can't set a shortcut for own apps ? Laughable. Seems more of a launcher for 3 Google apps + added value of Trojan horse for data collection while driving.
I wished for Android Auto to get released in this form, but this isn't something I thought a multi billion corporation with talented software engineers would come up with.
Here's some real usage info:
Gavin • 4 hours ago I just finished driving to work with this (I navigate to work every day for the traffic information). Having not read the article (just the headline) before heading out, I was somewhat shocked that it didn't respond to "OK Google" commands.
I also found the message overlay extremely annoying. My wife sent me a text message, and instead of the topside "heads-up" notification normally containing the message body, I got a gigantic "NEW MESSAGE" popup that covered my navigation (so if you were about to make a turn in an unfamiliar location, you might miss it). And it didn't even contain the message body - so instead of just reading the message hands-free, I had to tap the screen to "play" the message. And even that didn't actually work. [1]
There are couple car apps way more powerful then that, like Automate[2], Car Dashdroid[3], Drivemode[4].
[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitspice.a...
[3] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nezdroid.c...
[4] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drivemode....
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#57This really sucks for AutoMate. They've been offering exactly this for years now. Never nice to have a bigger company eat your lunch, but it was always going to be a victim of it's own success plugging that hole. Hope they can keep going, but it looks like the writings on the wall here.
> This really sucks for AutoMate.
Why ? This app can't launch anything except couple Google apps. While this might be godtier in the Google bubble, many of users would also like to use other navigation/media apps with it.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
The app itself doesn't need Bluetooth. From what I understood, Bluetooth is necessary only to have the app automatically launch when connecting to whatever Bluetooth device/infosystem unit you have in your car.
Sure, but it would be nice to automatically start when I plug my phone to my car.
Do you have an idea how to "sense" the connection ? The app Trigger might help you writing a scenario to launch the Android Auto app on a certain trigger.
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#59> Android Auto: now available in every car > The latest version (2.0) with the phone screen experience will be rolling out in the coming days to more than 30 countries where Android Auto is currently available. Thanks again Google for completely ignoring millions/billions of people in your phrasing of "every[one]". Available in Germany, France, Spain, etc. Not available in mine and many other EU countries with shared…
? Not available in my country, so I downloaded the app Works.. :)
Does everything really work? I've got a car with Android Auto, but I need to pay a small fee to actually enable it (because why not :/) and I'm not sure if it makes sense to pay for it if it's not officially available in my country.
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#60I am eager to get the Waze for Android Auto. Google Maps navigation always takes around 15 min more than estimation in bay area at commute time.