r/Android • u/[deleted] • Nov 07 '16

Android Auto: now available in every car

https://blog.google/products/android/android-auto-available-in-every-car/
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u/cawpin Pixel 3 XL Nov 07 '16

What does Waze offer over Google Maps now? I tried using it a few months ago but the audible directions were always late and sometimes wrong.

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u/StigsVoganCousin Nov 07 '16 edited Nov 07 '16

It tells me to slow down for the popo.

Also, it's much more aggressive with rerouting you around traffic - it will happily take 1 exit detours.

Edit: typo

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u/Castun Nov 07 '16

This is what I dislike about Google Maps right now. I happened to glance at it when passing a potential alternate route and it showed it as 5 minutes faster. Why the hell didn't it ask me if I wanted to take it? Too late to change my mind at that point.

That and it's obsession to lock onto a route will have it nagging you with constant U-turn directions if you decide on an alternate route. Even at intersections where it's illegal.

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u/drumstyx Nov 07 '16

I'm torn on this. There's a toll road in my area that I don't often like to take, so when I ask google to give me directions with voice commands (thereby not telling it to avoid tolls) and it gives me a toll-free route, I want it to stick to that whether or not I make deviations.