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Yep big benefit. You get maps on screen and Google assistant at your call with OK Google. Basically you can control your phone all via the assistant and see it on the screen.
Ok I appreciate the info
Yep big benefit. You get maps on screen and Google assistant at your call with OK Google. Basically you can control your phone all via the assistant and see it on the screen.
Voted No
I have a late model hi end audio system with AA and CP...but I just don't get it...It is so much easier to talk to my phone as it is. I just use BT. I like the darker nav screen on my phone. Although for a longer trip I use the cars nav.
On shorter drives I also like to get the phone charged on something with higher amperage than the USB for the AA provides.
If I had Nav on my car I probably wouldn’t use AA or CP, but I opted out of paying the $1000 here in Canada for on-board Nav.
I'm actually planning on trading in my 2013 Equinox for a 2019 Equinox that will have Android Auto, I can't wait to try it out!
^^^thisI find AA much more useful than the onboard nav. Better graphics with satellite view enabled, and with traffic view Google maps negates the need for a SXM traffic subscription. Also, there is no expense involved with map updates as there is with an inbuilt system.
Just my $.02....
How so?
with AA, I find it's more often subject to not starting... Or just stopping... In comparison to car play. I use both. Both work. Car play works more often. That's all i meant....
I have a Windows phone currently and planning on replacing it with an Android phone (hopefully soon). I am hoping Android Auto can do what I have been using on my WP.
Some of the features that I like how the WP handles, and want to find a means to duplicate it on Android (with Android Auto and/or other apps) includes:
I usually just listen to text messages because getting Cortana to transcribe a reply correctly would be too distracting. At least I can listen to it in case it is important enough to pull over and make a call. Be handy if I could answer phone calls by voice command rather than having to tap the large button.
- When the phone connects to my Bluetooth dongle (that connects to my radio) it offers to go into Driving mode.
- Driving mode automatically mutes all of my alerts and allows me to set whether or not to Ignore calls and/or Ignore texts. I normally allow these 2, but everything else is muted.
- When I get a text message and in driving mode, the phone
- turns off the music it is playing (through the speakers using the bluetooth dongle)
- Speaks that I got a message, and from whom.
- Asks if I want it read or ignored.
- If I say "read" it will read the text message and then offer to Reply, Call back or be done.
Can this be done with Android Auto and/or some collection of other Android Apps?