There isn’t a huge list of GPS navigators compatible with Android Auto, but you probably don’t know Flipmeister, an excellent Dutch app which, in addition to offering point-to-point guidance, includes route view on vehicle screen. Despite some inconveniences with the language, the truth is that Flipmeister is a recommended application for those who want alternatives to the usual ones.
Getting from place to place using the mobile screen usually involves opening the Google Maps app, Google Maps. It is also the main choice when we get into a car and connect our Android to the vehicle; although there are a handful of GPS navigators compatible with Android Auto. That you don’t want to use the ubiquitous Google Maps? Well, there is a browser that offers a very good service although it is quite unknown: Flipmeister.
Flipmeister: point-to-point GPS guidance with camera alerts and alternative routes
Routes and incident reporting in Flipmeister
The application we offer is one of the largest in Holland, it offers variants for car, truck and motorcycle, It is free for regular use and includes an interface that is not only easy to use, but also intuitive and highly readable. As a downside, we have to point out that her mother tongue is Dutch; although it can be changed to English from the settings menu (Spanish has not yet).
Flipmeister is a free GPS navigator that offers map positioning, voice-guided routes, speed camera alerts, accidents, Incident reportsreal-time traffic forecasts and alternative routes to the originally proposed route.
The operation of the app is precise and has nothing to envy to more known proposals, such as Google Maps or Waze (it is not as visually pleasing as the latter nor as complete as the former). From the start, the texts appear in Dutch, but it is possible to translate them into English as follows:
- Display the settings menu by pressing the cog wheel in the top right.
- Ve a “Advanced Settings” (adjusts avanzados).
- Enter “Taaal” (language).
- Select “English” as the language. Flipmeister will translate all menus to English once you restart it.
Except for the inconvenience of Dutch as the default language, and despite the fact that Spanish is not available among the options to choose from, Flipmeister is a great GPS navigator for those who don’t want it from the majority (Here, Maps is also a great choice.) Plus, it lets you choose whether or not to share location data to collaborate on traffic maps (within “Anonymous location data“) and allows you to delete all personal traces on your servers with a single keystroke (“Right to be forgotten“, in the options of “Private life“.
Deleting the home folder of the app itself
So far options on mobile as Flipmeister also works on Android Auto. This, yes, the English translation is not yet transferred to the car when Dutch texts appear on the screen.
One of the few GPS navigators compatible with Android Auto
Google has opened the door for any other browser to appear on the vehicle console (not just Maps and Waze). Gradually adapted its functions to the requirements of Android Autothere’s TomTom, Sygic and our protagonist, Flipmeister.
The application displays the map on the vehicle screen, represents the guided stages of the routes, allows you to select them from the car, the interface is perfect in the vehicle and also offers voice guidance. Too bad that Spanish is not part of the available voices.
Flipmeister works fine in Android Auto although language menus are not properly translated into English. AND it does not involve any cost to use it in the carNote: Not a bad alternative until Here Maps activates supposed Android Auto support.
