Go ahead, the ideal from a driving safety point of view would be to deactivate all notifications, but the reality is that sometimes the conversations we have are not useful, for example if we go to a meeting point with someone and that person writes to let us know that it is better for them to be picked up. So in my case disabling all Android Auto notifications is not an option. Ideally, you want to strike a balance between configuring Android Auto to maximize security without sacrificing important features and utilities. Each person is a world, but Here’s how I set up Android Auto notifications and my reasons for doing so.
To use: These are the notifications that work for me and that I recommend, but it’s not a closed, one-size-fits-all rule that should work for everyone.
Where are Android Auto notifications configured?
Let’s start from the beginning, the presentations: to see which notifications you have active, which you don’t and where you can change the two states, you must open the Android Auto application that you have on your mobile. Swipe down on the main screen until you find the Notifications section
Which notifications should I keep active and why?
Of the four options listed above, I’ll start from the bottom to the top.
Play conversation sound
i have this option always offbecause I understand that the sound implies too much extra attention for a WhatsApp conversation that will distract me: if someone has something extremely urgent to tell me, I understand that a messaging application is not the right place (that’s what calls are for).
I find visual alerts less intrusive for attention than sound, as long as you can keep looking down the road and just not notice it. If it rings, it’s easy to look away.
view group conversations
Also I turned them off for a reason: groups are a vortex of distractions, whether driving or in life. I have some general information groups that are useful, but they are the exception: the normal thing is that my groups have a playful and festive character: the one on my band, the small paddle tennis group, Comunio… more anecdotes and jokes than anything else and without which I can live driving. When I get out of the car, I’ll see the 200 messages that have arrived.
view conversations
this option I activated itbecause normally when a person calls me I understand that it’s usually to tell me something interesting or moderately important (as I explained above, if it’s an emergency, I guess they will call me).
Of course, there are people who have a curious habit that I personally find a bit annoying:
from
talk like that
by lines
tell you
something
I’m not saying you write everything in one post like someone sending an email, but it would be nice not to press “Send” every two words, more than anything because both on the steering wheel and on the mobile, this means receiving as many notifications as messages sent. And it’s very entertaining.
While driving, when someone hammers you in a chat, you are left with only one option: tap “Mute conversation”. The bad thing that it entails taking your eyes off the road and the driving hand for a few precious seconds to hit the button, which incidentally is punishable by a fine.
Show first line of conversations
In a perfect world we’d never take our eyes off the road, but in practice it’s common for us to glance at who our co-driver is, a glance at a traffic sign… and yes, also on the car’s infotainment system screen it could be the map from the relevant navigation app and also that conversation notification.
And as long as we’re at it, it’s good have the “Show first line of conversations” option enabledwhich is useful for knowing both who is writing to us and hopefully the reason for speaking to you.
Obviously, if he is one of those people who send a word on the line or who has started a conversation and respects the rules of courtesy, well no, but if he is the person I met and he is going to say to me ‘are you coming to get me’, ‘after ice cream?’ or ‘where are you?’, I can ask Google Assistant to place the call for me to answer.
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