I tried the main free applications with speed camera alert for Android Auto and it is clear to me that they are the best

Since I moved to Madrid a few years ago, taking the Pamplona – Madrid route and vice versa has become something common for me, as well as moving around the capital and its surroundings to get to know them better. Life and traffic here are more hectic and to drive in the face of so much movement I have to use all my senses and avoid negligence, that’s why our Android Auto never lacks a navigation app with radar detection. As I also usually try applications of all kinds for work, the result is that today it went through the console of my car the best free radar and navigation apps with this feature for Android Auto. That’s why I know which ones I would recommend.

If you were only waiting for one application, bad news: I believe that no application is significantly superior to the others in terms of radars, but that all those you will read below have differential quality.

The one who warns against surprise speed cameras: Waze

It doesn’t matter that Google bought Waze years ago and that Maps is the darling of the Mountain View company: the browser of Israeli origin still has an ace up its sleeve that makes it providential, its community. Yeah, Waze warns against fixed and mobile speed cameras If you configure it for this purpose, but if a temporary police check is currently installed at a certain point of the route, it is very likely that you will see it sooner on Waze than anywhere else because there is high activity among its users and users.

And I know this because I’ve experienced it personally: pass by a point at a specific time and see how they set up the operation, come back half an hour later and the review is already posted on Waze. But who says radar or police checks, says other road incidentsincluding bad weather.

In summary : if you want to know everythingthe best is Waze because its community is the real stronghold of this application, even if it has other assets that position it ahead of Google Maps while driving.

The most comprehensive: Fixed and mobile radars

From a general navigation application with a speed camera detection function, we move to a specific application, specifically “Fixed and mobile speed cameras”, which displays radars and fixed, mobile, section traffic lights with speed control quite exhaustively since the community also contributes (even if on the other hand, it is noticeably smaller than the others and only displays one button: while this application has more than a million downloads on the Google Play Store, Waze exceeds one hundred million).

But it has another trick up its sleeve: it lists speed camera information not only while en route, but also when viewing possible routes before setting off on a trip, with detailed information on one’s location and speed at which it is limited.

The one that will let you know no matter what: TomTom Go

Back to navigators with an old acquaintance: TomTom Go, the free application heir to the legendary GPS. In Android Auto, it has little to envy of Google Maps and Waze in general and if we talk about the radar alert, its management is remarkable.

To begin with, they stand out in particular for their minimalist and simplified interface, but they warns of fixed and mobile speed cameras, by proposing out loud the speed limit of the speed camera and, as you can see on these lines, with a red message regarding its proximity so that under no circumstances can you cross it above the authorized speed.

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