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Because it’s a mirroring system, what happens next can change with smartphone app updates, and it has over the years. You simply plug your phone into the car’s USB data port, and it will automatically prompt you on the phone and possibly the car’s display.

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How Do You Use It?Ī car equipped with AA usually has a setting that must be turned on before it will recognize a compatible phone, which is any Android phone running operating system 5.0 (“Lollipop”) or higher to which you’ve downloaded the AA app. Additional texting apps have also been appearing. Most of the other supported features are streaming-audio services like Pandora, Slacker Radio and SiriusXM Radio, which AA displays on the dashboard with Android-esque icons and menu structures. This doesn’t eliminate the mental distraction, but it can remove some of the risk of running afoul of laws on phone usage in cars, which in practice may be interpreted to mean you aren’t even allowed to touch the phone.

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Any car stereo equipped with Bluetooth audio streaming can play phone-based audio, but in that case, you need to control it through the phone itself, which can be more distracting.ĪA includes hands-free telephone support plus voice-to-text functionality (and vice versa), so you can hear text messages read aloud over the stereo and respond without taking your hands off the wheel or eyes off the road. The rest of AA’s features mainly involve minimizing distraction from other apps by allowing control through the in-dash multimedia system and voice commands, the latter through a voice-recognition button on the steering wheel.

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AA can provide in-dash turn-by-turn navigation using maps that are always up to date and supplemented with the latest traffic data - unlike “native” navigation traditionally built into cars, whose maps and data feeds may require a subscription or manual update. The mirroring of navigation apps on the car’s dashboard display is probably AA’s most important feature because it adds functionality the car might not otherwise have. Apple broke down and incorporated them in 2018, having relied on Apple Maps exclusively since CarPlay’s launch. Android Auto (we’ll just call it AA) evened the score in 2015, providing essentially the same functions plus Google Maps and Waze. In 2014, it launched Apple CarPlay, a similar smartphone-mirroring capability that works with iOS devices. Android and Android Auto are trademarks of Google LLC.Android Auto is a feature in new cars (and some aftermarket car stereos) that allows you to control and view certain Android smartphone-based apps through the dashboard’s media system, including moving-map navigation functionality.Īpple got the jump on Google due to its earlier iPod-integration partnerships with automakers. Only use Android Auto when conditions allow you to do so safely. To use Android Auto on your vehicle display, you'll need an Android phone running Android 6 or higher, an active data plan, and the Android Auto app. Android Auto vehicle compatibility is provided “as is,” and Honda cannot guarantee Android Auto operability or functionality now or in the future due to, among other conditions, changes in Android Auto software/Android operating system, service interruptions, or incompatibility or obsolesce of vehicle-integrated hardware or software. Use of Android Auto is at user’s own risk, and is subject to agreement to the Android Auto terms of use, which are presented to the user when the Android Auto application is downloaded to the user’s Android phone. See Google privacy policy for details regarding Google’s use and handling of data uploaded by Android Auto.

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Plus, this video shows you how to delete a phone from the system’s memory.ĭepending on use, Android Auto can share certain user and vehicle information (e.g., vehicle location, speed and other operating conditions) with Google and its service providers.

Or you can get directions with the Google Maps function, and engage Google Play Music and Google Now. Learn how to hook it up and make it work in this video, and you can use Talk to Google to read your emails and texts, and respond to them by voice. Thanks to your vehicle’s compatibility with Android Auto ™, you can enjoy a variety of your compatible Android smartphone’s functions while on the road.

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