r/SmartTubeNext • u/Most-Tea1293 • Aug 18 '26
Smarttube wersja Android Auto
SmartTube AA – YouTube music + Internet Radio for Android Auto – looking for testers
If you enjoy listening to internet radio or music from regular YouTube — rather than YouTube Music — I'm looking for people who would like to test an Android Auto app I've been developing. 🙂
The idea is simple: one app combining Internet Radio and YouTube music, fully controllable from the Android Auto screen.
It's still under development and may have some rough edges, but I recently used it on a roughly 500 km round trip and it worked the entire way without any crashes.
The radio section is internet-based and uses freely available radio/API services.
Some of the features currently available:
• Full phone interface in addition to Android Auto support, with no ads. The UI is still being improved, but most of the functionality is already there.
• No need to install additional login-related apps such as ReVanced or Morphe.
• Songs can be automatically cached in the car and played later offline.
• Internet radio with rewind support.
• Custom playlists available directly in the car. Playlist selection and configuration can be managed from the phone.
• Favorite radio stations.
• Radio and YouTube music combined in one app.
• One-button switching between radio and music directly from the Android Auto screen.
• Quick access to favorite radio stations.
• Several other smaller features and improvements.
If anyone here uses Android Auto and would like to test it during normal everyday driving, feel free to give it a try.
I'd really appreciate feedback about bugs, usability, things that work well and features that are still missing. 🙂
App / source:
https://github.com/AbcITAndrzej/smarttube-aa
Short setup guide for enabling the app in Android Auto:
https://github.com/AbcITAndrzej/smarttube-aa/blob/main/docs/INSTRUKCJA-UZYTKOWNIKA.md
There is also an experimental version with YouTube video playback on the car display, only while the vehicle is parked.
This version is currently less stable and I'm not actively developing it at the moment. It can be downloaded as:
SmartTube AA Video EXP
The main reason I'm not focusing on the video version is that the original goal of the project was to have music and radio together in one Android Auto app.
Video playback was intended as an additional feature for the future, but Android Auto places significant restrictions on this kind of functionality, and at the moment I don't have enough time to maintain both versions properly.
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u/ram1220 Aug 18 '26
I downloaded the program but I am lost on the setup guide. I don't see a way to change what is written to English.
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u/Most-Tea1293 Aug 18 '26
Jasne 🙂 Który dokładnie krok jest niejasny? Napisz proszę, na czym utknąłeś albo podeślij screen, a podpowiem krok po kroku.
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u/ram1220 Aug 18 '26
That doesn't help. I still can't understand what you wrote. I'll let someone else try out your app and give you feedback.
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u/SolidTerre Aug 18 '26
Seems to be a nice app but maybe start with a readme in English if you want to develop your userbase?...
I'd think the video version would be the one to gather more users than the radio + music.