cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/117681

I am just curious what the state of android auto alternatives are at this point.

As much as I would like to use GrapheneOS I would find it quite hard to part with Android Auto / Apple CarPlay. I am not expecting Android Auto to be one of the apps to be available in sandboxed gapps, but I would like to see a viable alternative that is better than using OsmAnd with my phone mounted to the dashboard.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 years ago

        If you decide to try one out, please respond here or make a post. I don’t drive more than 2 or 3 times a month, but I really want something like this set up.

  • Takatakatakatakatak
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    42 years ago

    Android Auto is basically a ‘standard’ - your inbuilt car multimedia or head deck only knows how to speak in Android Auto or Apple Car play. Unless the manufacturer included a facility for screen mirroring (which mostly suck), it’s pretty hard to get it to do anything else.

    Something like this (yes I know this one is out of stock) is probably your only option: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09H6NX9C3?redirectFromSmile=1

    Box interfaces with your vehicle android auto, but is then able to pass through mirroring signal of your phone. So you interact with the in-vehicle display, but you are actually controlling your phone.

    • Mike
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      12 years ago

      Came here to say this. Others would require mounting an Android tablet, I imagine.

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    • @[email protected]OP
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      12 years ago

      I could do this but it still presents other issues based off of the two jurisdictions I frequently drive in. In one I can only ‘program’ the GPS via voice commands, and music must be controlled hands free (steering wheel controls / voice commands). In the other jurisdiction it is even stricter and I pretty much cannot do anything on the phone screen while the vehicle is in motion even if mounted, you can do slightly more with the pre-installed one but even checking messages on android auto / apple car play would be considered “illegal” (idk how they’d check tbh)

    • Mike
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      12 years ago

      Yeah, this is the way. Phones are more than big enough these days!