What are your top MUSIC apps for Android Auto?

[Phil Nickinson]

I'll go first. In order.

1. Google Play Music
2. Pandora
3. Spotify

I put three, because I just don't feel right putting GPM down for all of them. But really Google Play Music is all I use.

What about you folks?

 

[ireknole]

I'll go first. In order.

1. Google Play Music
2. Pandora
3. Spotify

I put three, because I just don't feel right putting GPM down for all of them. But really Google Play Music is all I use.

What about you folks?

1. GPM
2. Spotify
3. Pandora

 

[dewd_1969]

1. DSub
2.
3.

I only use DSub since I do not wish to stream crappy sounding music to my higher end car stereo. DSub pulls down my FLAC files on demand (no conversion from my Subsonic server at home).

 

[George Byers]

• UK RadioPlayer

• Tunein

• Spotify

Was going to add Pocketcasts, but realised you were asking specifically about music.

 

[antilles76]

Just over 2 months in and all I have used is Google Play Music.

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

Spotify. But that can be a bit tricky since I sometimes need to "preload" it before plugging in due to the list length limitation.

 

[Phil Nickinson]

Was going to add Pocketcasts, but realised you were asking specifically about music.

Yeah, that thread's coming up next.

 

[fragilemn]

TuneIn Radio, JetAudio, OpenRadio

 

[dchandler]

Google Play Music
Spotify
Pandora

But most of the time I listen to podcast while Im driving.

 

[Tom Westrick]

CloudPlayer (excellent local music player with an FM radio function built in)
Google Play Music (at least until my subscription is up in a few months)

 

[bluestl]

1. Google Play
2. iHeart
3. Pandora

 

[erniegogo]

1 Slacker
2 I heart radio
3 Amazon Music

(HTC 10 - Pioneer 4200 NEX)

 

[tonestert]

1. DSub
2.
3.

I only use DSub since I do not wish to stream crappy sounding music to my higher end car stereo. DSub pulls down my FLAC files on demand (no conversion from my Subsonic server at home).

Yes I totally agree ! I just got Android Auto on my 2016 Tucson and was surprised to see Dsub show up. I love how DSub downloads my music to my phone so when I don't have service I can still play my music. You can't do that with the streaming apps. It also has more features than Google Play using Android Auto.

 

[Roman Jensen]

I actually like Pandora, but also use Googleplay.

 

[theelite1x87]

1. GPM
2. Slacker
3. Pandora

Though I use play music probably 90 percent of the time.

 

[chezm]

Google play music works fantastically, but the usb audio quality through both S6 and G4 very underwhelming...so I rather just popped my sd card with all music to use my car audio DAC instead.

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[Pedrore]

Yes I totally agree ! I just got Android Auto on my 2016 Tucson and was surprised to see Dsub show up. I love how DSub downloads my music to my phone so when I don't have service I can still play my music. You can't do that with the streaming apps. It also has more features than Google Play using Android Auto.

Google play music will let you download music and play from your phone also

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[dewd_1969]

Google play music will let you download music and play from your phone also

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This is true but if you use the Google service all you get are MP3s. And they are not the best quality (if there is such a thing with MP3s). With DSUB I get FLAC downloaded to my phone. Bonus, AFAIK, it is using my Pioneer's DAC. It appears to be playing as if it was attached storage. I need to experiment a bit more to be certain...

 

[JLiRD808]

Are you guys using the paid Google Play Music version? Am find the free version pretty stale and useless.

What are your favorite parts of the paid version?

THX!

 

[antilles76]

Are you guys using the paid Google Play Music version? Am find the free version pretty stale and useless.

What are your favorite parts of the paid version?

THX!

I'm using the paid version. One of my favorite parts of it is that I can ask it to play a sing and it'll build a station based on that song. I've heard many things I probably wouldn't by saying "Play I Stay Away".

You can also ask it to play whole albums, which is nice. I no longer need to buy albums. I can just add them to my library and go (not from the car, you need to add to library from your phone or the web).

Also, I have a 6-year-old. She's all the time coming home from school singing a new song. Once I find out what it is I add it to a playlist (again, on the phone or web) and can play it anytime she wants. Since it's a subscription, I don't have to buy a song she'll forget about in a few months/years.

Since I bought my Jetta in March I think I've had the local radio on twice, the trial sirrus/xm on a handfull of times and the remaining 95% has been Google Play Music.

There's also the ability to skip to your heart's content and no ads.