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Android Auto: right on your phone screen
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Re: Android Auto: right on your phone screen
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The big deal is that this is potentially available to everyone(who has a compatible phone) and not just a feature available from a specific manufacturer. Why not advertise it if it's Google wants people to know now exist and want them to use?
Available to everyone? Not manufacturer specific? Like... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and... Google just announced they reinvented the wheel again.
Seems like they killed this off. I forgot it existed
Re: Android Auto: right on your phone screen
#44This sounds useful. Is it just an app that takes over the full screen?
Yes. Basically, running Android Auto on the phone itself, instead of pushing the app to an external display in the dashboard.
Which is the direction this stuff should be going: dash display is a simple mirror or GUI client of the app on the phone/device.
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> The good news is that there's plenty of aftermarket in-dash displays. Only if your existing display is in DIN format, which is extraordinarily rare these days. Of course you could rip the whole thing out, but then you'd have to do something about basic car and AC controls.
There are many in-dash displays available that don't require DIN. Pioneer and Kenwood are well known but there's also a bunch of Chinese manufacturer's like www.seicane.com . Basically any popular make/model in the last 8-10 years can be accommodated. It is a little more involved than DIN installation in that you have to remove panels, but its not so bad. The openings for the AC controls are part of the panel that yo…
True, but today many cars have A/C and car feature controls integrated with the entertainment system, so unless the aftermarket system can replace that somehow, replacing the factory system will be troublesome.
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EU uses same car software across the board (with same synchronized regulations) and Auto still isn't available in all those countries. Apple CarPlay (as usual) is. I always hear this same tired out argument... and then see Apple somehow managing to handle it while Google region locks even their free apps like Google+ or podcast feature in Google Play Music.
Maybe Apple dedicates more lawyers to figuring out regulation and compliance. And lawyer time is far, far more expensive than engineering time.
More like Apple don't give a flying damn until poked about it.
Just watch how they ignored the mandatory 2 year warranty on computers in italy, while pushing Applecare.
Frankly when it comes to Apple they basically behave as if the whole world is like USA until told otherwise.
Re: Android Auto: right on your phone screen
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Available to everyone? Not manufacturer specific? Like... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and... Google just announced they reinvented the wheel again.
Seems like they killed this off. I forgot it existed
Sure, but as you can see, at least five years ago, they had an app that was basically Android Auto running on your phone, and now they have it again, with more distracting colors and animations.
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#48Just Bluetooth connection? I connect my phone to my car radio using an USB cable and the Android Open Accessory Protocol (AOAP). It charges and gives me better sound. Won't it be supported?
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.
Re: Android Auto: right on your phone screen
#49And yet I still can't use a cheap Android tablet as a head unit because Google won't open their protocols to anyone outside their partner network. I either have to use my phone with a tiny screen, get an Android 5.0 compatible tablet with a SIM card (and corresponding data plan), or pony up a stupid amount of money for a "compatible" head unit.
Check DX or alidirect you'll be surprised just how many cheap android 5+ w/ GSM tablets are out there.
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#50This 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.
Hopefully Google will acquire AutoMate and use the team to work on this as well (while adding more features) like OBD II support, backup camera support, 3rd party apps etc.
Or hopefully, independent companies will continue to do faster, better work independently from the Google monopoly, and their apps will be available in more countries than Google supports properly.