[MovieGuy]

Originally Posted by irmb

thinking about tossing my iphone in the trash. THe only thing I like about it is apple car play.

how you guy like android auto?

Most important to me is music and navigation experience.

Thanks!

Android auto pulls up all of my music apps on the touch screen. I choose which one I want to use. There is a menu icon in the upper left corner that gives me all kinds of options for each app.

The navigation is incredible. Anything I look up on google maps on my laptop automatically shows up on my touch screen in my car. And what is really nice on a long trip is I can touch the voice button on the screen and say "restaurants" and it will start listing restaurants in the order of distance from me. I can do the same with gas stations or hotels. Or I can mention a restaurant by name and it will find the closest one and start giving me directions. It is fantastic for traveling.

[Emoto]

Originally Posted by MovieGuy

That's how I do it. If that number isn't in my phone book. Otherwise I just say txt <name from contact list> <message>. Example I can say "txt Ryan, it responds with OK I will txt Ryan, what do you want me to say?", then I say what I want to txt him, then it repeats it back to me and asks if I want to change it or send it. I say send it and off it goes.

Very cool. Thanks for the explanation. I am set to have AA loaded to my SS on Friday. I don't do a ton of texting, but have enjoyed having the car read them to me, if I get one while driving. Being able to respond will be excellent.

[edgehead2000]

Sooo... I have the base 7" screen and when I connect to AA, it displays that I have a text message but it doesn't read back the message. It'll show a quick 'Message from' bar in white then when I press it, the indicator disappears. Anybody know if this is normal or not? I'm leaning toward it being normal since it's the base vehicle, but even so, my prior 2014 Chevy Cruze would read the message and let you send quick responses; I just think it's very childish of Chevy to not offer something that's on lesser cars in the higher end base models.

[cellsafemode]

Originally Posted by edgehead2000

Sooo... I have the base 7" screen and when I connect to AA, it displays that I have a text message but it doesn't read back the message. It'll show a quick 'Message from' bar in white then when I press it, the indicator disappears. Anybody know if this is normal or not? I'm leaning toward it being normal since it's the base vehicle, but even so, my prior 2014 Chevy Cruze would read the message and let you send quick responses; I just think it's very childish of Chevy to not offer something that's on lesser cars in the higher end base models.

Samsung phone?

this can sometimes happen when AA doesn't have exclusive access on the phone and your phone's hangouts / text messaging app is still sending notifications / msgs to the phone's display.

You should be able to make sure this doesn't happen by A. not using the phone at all from the point of connecting it to the car. and if that's not working B. changing back to the AA app while plugged in and shutting the screen off with the power button.

I dont believe i've ever had that not fail but the only instances i've had of what you describe is when i've been purposely switching to my phone's hangouts on the phone while parked and plugged in (with AA active).

[MovieGuy]

Originally Posted by edgehead2000

Sooo... I have the base 7" screen and when I connect to AA, it displays that I have a text message but it doesn't read back the message. It'll show a quick 'Message from' bar in white then when I press it, the indicator disappears. Anybody know if this is normal or not? I'm leaning toward it being normal since it's the base vehicle, but even so, my prior 2014 Chevy Cruze would read the message and let you send quick responses; I just think it's very childish of Chevy to not offer something that's on lesser cars in the higher end base models.

I have the 7" screen and mine worked flawlessly with my Samsung Galaxy S4 and now my LG G5. When the message appears I touch the bar and it reads it to me. My car is the base vehicle. The only option on my car is the V6.

[Tripleturbo]

just out of curious

[SSport16]

Originally Posted by Tripleturbo

just out of curious

Yes you can, Google Maps work awesome with voice turn by turn.

[MovieGuy]

Originally Posted by Tripleturbo

just out of curious

I do

[irmb]

Thanks gentlemen.

one last thing I've heard about android auto is you can't pick up the phone and navigate to apps not displayed on the mylink display. Is this still true?

That's a big one for me as well - as often times voice to text and text to speech aren't accurate - and I need to pick up the phone.

[Kid JDM]

Originally Posted by irmb

Thanks gentlemen.

one last thing I've heard about android auto is you can't pick up the phone and navigate to apps not displayed on the mylink display. Is this still true?

That's a big one for me as well - as often times voice to text and text to speech aren't accurate - and I need to pick up the phone.

My phone (Nexus 6) will just display the Android Auto logo when I unlock it but I can hit the app switch button and use it like regular.

[cellsafemode]

Originally Posted by Kid JDM

My phone (Nexus 6) will just display the Android Auto logo when I unlock it but I can hit the app switch button and use it like regular.

Yes, you can do this. However, if you switch to your messaging app of choice, it will temporarily bork Android auto's handling of receiving your messages. Just an FYI

[Emoto]

Having Android Auto installed today on my SS while it is in for oil change and diff noise (when cold and making tight turns) and bodywork estimate for the dmage the nose took when an unknown object struck it on the highway.

I will consult the manual, but I think I must connect the phone via USB in order to use Android Auto.

[MovieGuy]

Originally Posted by Emoto

Having Android Auto installed today on my SS while it is in for oil change and diff noise (when cold and making tight turns) and bodywork estimate for the dmage the nose took when an unknown object struck it on the highway.

I will consult the manual, but I think I must connect the phone via USB in order to use Android Auto.

That is correct. It only works when the phone is plugged in. It does not work by blue tooth. I never heard of getting it installed on the car. It is an app you download to your phone. Maybe they just already had it on my car before I bought it?

[MovieGuy]

Originally Posted by Kid JDM

My phone (Nexus 6) will just display the Android Auto logo when I unlock it but I can hit the app switch button and use it like regular.

My LG G5 can't be navigated while I am using Android Auto either. It has virtual buttons instead of the physical buttons at the bottom. My virtual buttons disappear when I am using android auto. I have never found this to be a problem as everything I care to do on the phone can be done on the touch screen, which is much more convenient.