• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
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    1 month ago

    My take on Android Auto (I’m sure everyone wants to hear)

    pros:

    • free to choose the maps app you want (OsmAnd, Organic Maps, Google Maps or anything)
    • stream music for the app you want
    • decent voice control for maps and spotify
    • decent integration with some EV charging apps, you can find and initiate chargers from the dashboard
    • you can write your own Android Auto apps

    cons:

    • Android Auto app is very invasive, polluting phone with stupid notifications
    • the standard is shit. Android Auto doesn’t work work with Android Go phones but it’s not specified anywhere in the documentation, wireless Android Auto only works with latest android but it’s also not specified anywhere
    • it’s controlled by Google and there are no alternative implementations

    My solution so far is to use cheap, secondary phone for AA (which was hard to find because of the stupid limitations). If someone would create a open AA client not controlled by Google I would put it on my primary phone. AA should now work with Graphene OS so I may try to set it up in separate profile some day.