Currently, it is not possible to play your videos in Android Auto, although the developers have managed to bring this feature unofficially. To watch YouTube videos there is Cartube and for watch videos you have saved on your mobile in Android Autoa very easy to use application is Local video player.
Local Video Player is one of those unofficial Android Auto apps like AA Mirror Plus, IPCarTV or Fermata Auto with which you can do something relatively simple: send videos to android automatic screen as if it were some kind of Chromecast, something you should only do when the car is parked.
Install local video player on Android Auto
The first thing you’ll need is the local video player, which you won’t find on Google Play. The easiest way to install it is to use AA Store, an unofficial app store for Android Auto that makes it pretty easy. You can download AA Store from a Telegr am channel.
After installing AA Store, open the app and you will find a list of unofficial Android Auto apps ready for download. Press on Local video player then press the button Install. If this is your first time using AA Store, you will need to grant the app permission to use storage and install apps.
The local video player takes up quite a bit, around 15MB, so downloading is fast. Once the download is complete, you will need to press install to start installing Local Video Player on your mobile.
Give permission
Now is the time to open Local Video Player for the first time, on mobile. You must press Proceed then give permission to access photos and media files, otherwise you can’t play the videos back to the car screen. When you do, you can close the app.
Send the video to the car
The local video player works much like a Chromecast: from the mobile you send the videos to the car, instead of selecting them on the car screen, as is the case with other similar applications. Therefore, when you want to watch a video on Android Auto, you have to select it on your mobile in the gallery app or similar.
Open the video on mobile and use the Android share menu to choose the option Look on the carwhich will use the Local Video Player app to automatically stream the video to the Android Auto screen.
The best part is that you don’t have to do anything else and you don’t even have to touch the Android Auto screen. Playback starts automatically, automatically switching applications. Of course, you can touch the screen to advance or delay the video to a specific moment.
