• PenguinCoder
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    498 months ago

    Good to see them working on the important issues affecting Android auto.

    • Poke
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      168 months ago

      Glad they aren’t wasting time on things like notifications blocking navigation!

    • @THB@lemmy.ml
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      58 months ago

      I disable the app on every phone, but now Maps has a mini version attached to navigation mode :/

      • EtzBetz
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        58 months ago

        How many phones do you own? One for every weekday? :)

      • JWBananas
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        28 months ago

        There is a setting buried somewhere to disable it.

        • Christopher
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          38 months ago

          It’s in Maps > Settings > Navigation Settings > Google Assistant Settings (manage driving mode).

    • @henfredemars
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      68 months ago

      Counterpoint for the sake of discussion: can’t you see what the weather is from inside your car?

      I’m a weather nut myself so I want the weather back, but I can’t help but thinking: but why?

    • @kn33@lemmy.world
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      68 months ago

      Yeah, what’s with the weather? I want to know the temperature outside without going back to my car’s home screen.

      • @Moonrise2473@feddit.it
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        48 months ago

        Are they assuming that every single car in the world also shows the outside temperature all the time in every scenario…?

        I’m lucky because my car adds an extra status bar with the outside temperature, it shows android auto in a window in their UI

      • @bestusername@aussie.zone
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        38 months ago

        Closer to the drivers line of sight; like it used to be.

        I’ve got a nice big 9" screen and the clock is still tiny, at the bottom of the screen and on the passenger side.

        That’s just bloody stupid!

        • @XTornado@lemmy.ml
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          Oh I see. I guess that depends also on the car and their screen position but yeah I guess the top and left (or right if driving on the other side) would be best.

          My car is pretty old tbh, does new cars don’t put a clock on dashboard any more?

          • @bestusername@aussie.zone
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            28 months ago

            The main screen is my vehicles only clock.

            If I close Android Auto, the factory clock is in a good spot and bigger.

      • @db2@sopuli.xyz
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        28 months ago

        I’ve been putting my thumb over the camera and taking a picture to get a black background since 2.2, at least until I get around to putting an actual black image on the device.

  • @HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip
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    8 months ago

    Who even asked for this? Give us proper features like allowing placing calls from third party apps.

    • @DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com
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      18 months ago

      Sadly, my only fix is to use Tasker to disconnect Wireguard when connected to my car, then turn it back on again afterwards. It’s a shit answer to the problem, but it works. And, honestly, I probably wouldn’t benefit much from VPN while driving anyway.