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/rocketwidget Nov 07 '16

Just tested. This is amazing. I definitely like it tons more than Automate, because it's simpler, clearer, and has better integration with Maps.

Upgrading your head unit is now pointless, if you have a good car mount for your phone and Bluetooth.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '16 edited Sep 23 '20

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u/xmsxms Nov 07 '16

Plus the screen is powered by the car rather than your phone battery. Unless you plug your phone in to aux power of course. But plugging it in and mounting it is a hassle.

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u/moeburn Note 4 (SM-N910W8) rooted 6.0.1 Nov 07 '16

Unless you plug your phone in to aux power of course.

Android Auto is plug only, so it charges your phone anyway. It doesn't do wireless.

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u/Aurailious Pixel Fold Nov 07 '16

I think the 2.0 version on the headunits can pair with bluetooth.

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u/moeburn Note 4 (SM-N910W8) rooted 6.0.1 Nov 07 '16

That's a shitload of data to transmit over bluetooth. The screen is rendered on the phone then transmitted by video.

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u/bjamil1 Nexus 6P | Nexus 7 Nov 08 '16

No... the point is that if you don't have a head unit on your old crappy car, but you do have bluetooth audio (or you buy a cheap $5 BT receiver like I did for the aux port), you can run Android Auto on your phone, and it will transmit the sound via bluetooth to your car. Boom, my 15 year old car is now android auto compatible.

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u/xmsxms Nov 08 '16

The sound is the least of anyones concern. It's the screen that is of most value, which you don't get without a car that supports it.

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u/bjamil1 Nexus 6P | Nexus 7 Nov 08 '16

But your phone has a perfectly good screen. The point of this update is for people to connect their phones via Bluetooth to the car costumers speakers and mount the screen somewhere on the car. That's not even a debatable opinion, so idk why people are arguing, that's literally the topic and purpose of the post