Apart from that, if you have an iPhone, you will use Apple Carplay. And that if you have Android, you focus on Android Auto (or Android Automotive), the reality is that if you can choose, I prefer Android Auto to Apple Carplay and one of the reasons is that Google's infotainment system has many more compatible applications.
In substance, Android Auto applications could be summarized in navigation applications, messaging applications and entertainment applications, although in reality this last point essentially covers music, podcasts and radio applications. They are fine, but they are not enough: they are The applications that I miss most in Android Auto.
Reservation
THE The accommodation reserve application is essential As I plan the holidays and it is common enough for establishments to write to you for problems such as you ask what time you will arrive, if you prefer two beds or a double, the instructions to enter or similar.
It will not be the first or last time I get the message on my mobile and catch up during the trip, so I have to wait for it to stop to take a look. Or even just want to look at accommodation and its location. Maybe a fully functional application to reserve would be too much, but A simplified version To view your reservations and messages would be great to undertake these simple tasks in the car.
YouTube
Seeing inexplicably videos on Android Auto is the large prohibited function for Google and I do not understand the reason, because for example, you can play in full screen on the car screen. Google blocks the games with the moving car for obvious reasons, but with the stopped car is a good way to entertain … how to watch videos.
Given the account that it already allows you to play and it is also possible to answer the zoom video calls, it makes sense that YouTube Sea compatible with Android Auto The car stopped. If you've already started with video games, videos should be the next step and what could be better than starting with the OPP belonging to Google.
Netflix
Netflix Reproduction in Android Auto via Car2stream
With the same argument as the previous application and considering that these vehicles with Google are integrated into the premium video, Why not operate Netflix on Android Auto? And who says the video streaming application par excellence, says others like Max or Disney +.
The premise would be the same as before: see the series, documentaries and films with the car stopped, for example when we wait for someone who is late or who has time while your daughter is in training. With a simplified interface and our session initiatedWe could, for example, continue with this series that hung us. Currently, it can be done, but it is such a complex process that is dissuasive.
Soft
Slack is, in a word, professional Whatsapp: A space to exchange messages, audios, notes, links and make a group with the people with whom you work. And I'm not going to go wrong: I generally have more exchange of messages with work is only with my personal contacts.
Just like when someone sends me a message on WhatsApp or Telegram, a snack appears on my car's screen, I would like to do the same with Slack. In this way, I could answer by dictating the vehicle when a message is urgent. If the question is Why add a professional applicationMy answer is: why not? After all, they are already zooming, Microsoft Teams or the Google Chat.
Google Drive
If it is true that perhaps the opening of a spreadsheet or a document in the car to modify it is not something that is generally lacking, it is not bad to have this card in PDF that you have kept, the reservation of a hotel or even things like a music album to play or even a film.
Google Drive is my virtual file to save everything And for a quick consultation, it would be great to be able to execute it on Android Auto instead of having to remove the mobile and do the operation from there.
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