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#AndroidAuto

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Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

I somewhat reluctantly installed paid version of #TomTom Go app on #Android (it was on discount, probably as TomTom are on the ropes) I've got a few long drives coming up and #OSM lacks warnings of the average speed cameras on #A12 in #Essex (alas, I have 0 idea how to accurately add them or if you could even get the data from #NationalHighways (presumably it is possible as TomTom has them)

It works fairly well (other than missing route bar on #AndroidAuto which TomTom and Google are struggling to fix) and does pick up my POIs from existing Tomtom cloud.

I'm not sure of the future of the company, they laid off loads of their staff (probably where #MagicEarth, also based in NL is getting their devs from) and their website and update servers barely work. #GNSS #satnav

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#GWB - Android Auto: Google rollt neue Oberfläche aus – zeigt sich jetzt endlich vollständig in Material You-Farben - googlewatchblog.de/2025/08/and #androidauto #materialyou #Google

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GoogleWatchBlog · Android Auto: Google rollt neue Oberfläche aus - zeigt sich jetzt endlich vollständig in Material You-FarbenViele Nutzer dürften die Infotainment-Plattform Android Auto sehr regelmäßig verwenden und dabei wohl auch kleinere Änderungen an der Oberfläche bemerken, wenn diese ausgerollt werden oder sich im Testlauf befinden. Jetzt erhält Android Auto ein Update auf die vollständige Umsetzung des Material You-Designs mit den dynamisch angepassten Farben.
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Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

I ditched #MagicEarth (which appears to be also losing features with the paid app!) for #OsmAnd Plus Pro.

Earlier in the year I got a Google Play gift card for my birthday. I don't play mobile games so it seemed worth getting, especially as its currently the same price as the paid #TomTom app)

the app (which I'd used before for recording #GPX tracks of long drives on a separate device) has way more features *and* an active #FOSS community with repos, issue tracker etc.

Speed monitoring and warnings work on #AndroidAuto (with more configurable options). The main feature it lacks is live traffic, but not that big a loss as there's 0 way of avoiding jams at peak time in my region anyway due to limited routes in and out of it!

#navi#GNSS#satnav
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

#cursed development on semi-commercial #rave / #EDM / #festival scene - DJs using pre-recorded sets and pretending to operate the controller (which is easy to do as vinyl records and CDs aren't used as often as before), which (on top of pressure from #copyright authorities) has led to DJ's increasingly no longer sharing their mixes in easily downloadable form as others will pirate them and pass them off as their own

this also means its difficult to get a mix to listen to in the car if you don't want to use a streaming app (and audio volume control doesn't work that well if you have a #navi app running at the same time on #AndroidAuto

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Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

@qlp I think USA gets a different infotainment system (certainly the firmware is different) - the screen isn't too bad on the MIB2 I have but in some ways I find the general flakiness of #AndroidAuto (both the apps themselves and the interface with the car) a downgrade from the standalone TomTom navi I used for many years and agree that this isn't good for road safety, as battling dodgy software could create more distraction unless you are self-disciplined enough to concentrate on the road (in fact the reason you now have to use navi in UK driving test is not for navigational skills, but so the examiner can check you don't get distracted by it!)

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