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JimmyPage Silver badge

Re: Android Auto - 50 shades of shit.

Tried your suggestion. Can't believe Google can even dream they are a serious company, by how shit my 3 minute experience was, although to be fair it wouldn't be hard to fix ...

1) Android Auto is inextricably linked to Google Maps. I know that because GM is disabled on my phone, yet AA found a way to launch it.

2) All my subsequent gripes are therefore with Google Maps ...

a) can't turn off voice prompts (make them softer, yes. But not "OFF").

b) still won't show speed limits.

3) I said "Play podcast" and got "I don't know how to play podcast".

4) I said "cancel", and have in-car dashcam footage of the phone responding "I don't know how to cancel".

I am 50 years old, and have broken and demolished so much new-fangled tech in my career, and Android Auto and Google Maps are just toys for now. I really wouldn't begin to dream of relying on them to use in a business environment.

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