The reluctance of some car manufacturers to use either Android Auto or Apple CarPlay is sheer pig headedness. Their infotainment systems are old, clunky, outdated and usually unintuitive. Slowly but surely most manufacturers are being brought onboard the Android Auto/Apple CarPlay bandwagon, albeit kicking and screaming. Mazda is the latest …
Read More »Since launch, Apple’s streaming music has gained traction as a popular service across the two major mobile platforms, but for those on Android it has been lacking some functions. The latest update, rolling out now through Google Play, addresses some of these functions missing from the Android app as well …
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Android Auto is something that some of us have but many of us wish we had. Some car manufacturers have gotten onboard with Android Auto (and Apple Carplay) realising that it is actually beneficial to them but there are also many (cough cough Toyota) who for some reason seem to …
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Android Auto seems like an after-thought for Google at times. Several times they have updated Google Assistant resulting in breaking some Android Auto functionality. They have now done it again with a recent update preventing Google Assistant from playing any music for the user. In a recent update to Google …
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Last year Google gave Android Auto users choice when it added Waze to the map options. Unfortunately at the time it was not available to users without an Android Auto head unit but now that has changed. The team at @Android have today sent out a Tweet announcing the arrival …
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Remember OBD2AA? The app that did what Google could not — allowed Android Auto users the ability to view OBD2 data. The innovative developer who created OBD2AA is at it again, doing something that Google have not done — creating a wireless Android Auto connection on a standard Android Auto …
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Mazda has long been a holdout on Google’s and Apple’s smartphone connection technologies (Android Auto and Car Play respectively), but all that’s about to change this year, according to automotive news site Car Advice. The good news for existing owners is that Mazda will offer an upgrade kit to its …
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When wireless Android Auto finally arrived at CES this year we (well I was) were all excited about cutting the cords, no longer having a reliance on the USB cable being compatible with the head unit. Unfortunately it seems that there are compatibility issues with wireless Android Auto too. At …
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Why all manufacturers do not include some form of Android in their car infotainment systems baffles me. Every single car manufacturer’s proprietary software is slow, boring and just not a great fit in 2018. On the other hand Google’s Android Auto, and Android in the car is bright, it’s colourful, …
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Android in the car is something Google introduced a while back now but the developments that we have been seeing as consumers have been very slow to surface. As expected, Google are looking to show off what they have in the pipeline at Google IO with a little sneak preview …
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Google announced that they were working on a wireless Android Auto solution way back at Google IO 2016. Now nearly two years later it is available for users of certain devices. Overnight Google announced via the Android Auto User Community that wireless Android Auto using a direct Wi-Fi connection was …
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I am sure that is what has been holding you back from purchasing a Lamborghini but it need not hinder your impulse buy any longer. Today Lamborghini have announced that some of their cars will finally support Android Auto. High end sports cars have been slow in supporting the newer …
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A few weeks ago Google revealed that they were bringing the full Google Assistant to Android Auto. A Kenwood employee told us not long after that it would be available to Australians in March but it seems it is now available here in Australia. The Google Assistant experience in the …
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Google’s automotive operating system, Android Auto has had its issues over time but consistently the best experience has come with Google branded phones — until recently. In a recent update Google inadvertently broke the connectivity with Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones but they have a fix ready to …
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It is coming up to 4 years since Android Auto was first announced at Google I/O, with the app released nearly a year later. Since then, the platform has seen a very slow uptake by the general public. Early on, Android Auto was beta at best with much functionality making …
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