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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Came here to say this. Others would require mounting an Android tablet, I imagine.
There’s openauto, which seems to be an Android Auto emulator. https://bluewavestudio.io/shop/openauto-pro-car-head-unit-solution/
PilotDrive is more interesting. New, and not as powerful, but built from the ground up. https://github.com/lamemakes/pilot-drive
Both of these seem really interesting!
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.
Get a phone mount for your car and an aux cord.
Yeah, this is the way. Phones are more than big enough these days!