Anyone using Android Auto?

[mycenius]

Also:

Android Auto issues with voice commands

Yes - although you can’t tap the screen literally as that’s disabled in moving vehicles for safety - but yep, via the car nav controls (in my case in the Mazda it’s a large dial know that also does 4-way tilts, and push to ‘enter’ to navigate the system screen). Frustration level with Android Auto in iodéOS with stubs extremely high right now - constantly crashes or stops working for no reason, I unplugged and replugged in something like 7 times on my way to work this morning before I got a sta…

[lindsayb37]

Have you made any progress with Android Auto? I won’t load Google apps on my phone and I’m afraid to side load anything that might make my phone flip out.

[mycenius]

@lindsayb37

Have you made any progress with Android Auto?

No sorry - I have parked it. Unable to get it to work satisfactorily on either my BraX3 or Google P8P. I have a temporary work around using my systems integral system via Bluetooth - it’s not ideal but is adequate for now.

Some people have reported having AA operational but I am sceptical, as I don’t think we are all comparing or talking about the same thing or at least the same level of functionality - or perhaps in a few cases they have installed G apps or signed into G accounts so have broken the privacy of their device.

However I also have an older install of AA in my vehicle (basically it was installed in early/mid 2020 when my vehicle was about a year or so old) while some people who have reported it working have much newer installs or vehicles (2023-2025) - so that may also be a reason some people report it working (e.g. my AA only works with Android Phones if both USB and Bluetooth are connected simultaneously - while the same unit with CarPlay works with my iPhone happily on USB only (no Bluetooth) - so older AA modules may have reduced functionality that’s more reliant on the G apps being on the actual phone).

I’m basically waiting to see if anyone else has done an exhaustive test of AA functionality and what they find before I revisit it again…

[lindsayb37]

Thanks. The first time I connected to the car with AA enabled it wanted to download all of the Google apps. Loading them would mean I waisted my time getting a privacy phone.

[rik]

You can find links to “de-googled stub apps” that I host and are referenced in our AA guide:

Android Auto - iodé

[lindsayb37]

Yes rik I understand that but I trust Google as much as I trust my government. I will look at those stubs and see if I can figure out the installation. I don’t want to find myself in the position of losing all my work on this phone since there is no backup and recovery that restores your phone like an iPhone.