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by cyberax
16 days ago
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> Ok. How do I make it not load any of them?
> How do I get it not to notify the car? Get the Android Auto app and patch away the notification. It's just an app, after all. Running on your own hardware. > Which is why my original comment said Android Auto sucks.
> My complaint about the car manufacturer is that they allow the driving experience to be degraded with it. So your default car navigator can do everything in your list, including launching a non-default app from your phone? That's some mighty car navigation system. |
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So we're in agreement that the official app sucks, right? If the solution is "Well you can just patch it," then there is a problem.
And BTW, how do I patch it and run it on an unrooted phone? Is there a community version I can install and use that sucks less?
> So your default car navigator can do everything in your list, including launching a non-default app from your phone? That's some mighty car navigation system.
Why is the alternative my default car navigation system? [1]
What did people do before they had Android Auto? Not use the phone at all?
One alternative is what I had in my old car: An aftermarket Bluetooth receiver, and a phone holder to hold the phone. The Bluetooth receiver was better for all things audio, and the phone on a phone holder didn't consume so much battery even when not plugged in. And the Waze experience was better. I would have thought a larger screen would make for easier navigation, but I now know it doesn't - the phone screen was large enough. I'll grant that stuff like Pocketcasts on AA is a bit more ergonomic than the bare phone, but when AA comes with so much painful baggage, it's not worth it.
And that's why some people I know actually go this route - disable AA, and use a vanilla phone holder with the in-built car's Bluetooth. Sadly, they cannot (easily) install that Bluetooth receiver - that's an indictment of the car manufacturer.
This isn't a great solution, but it's saying much when it's superior to AA.
[1] Incidentally, the car navigation system is actually quite good!