Android Auto Thursday

It's referencing the top speed article which I guess is credible enough that twork commented on it
Sure, it was right in this case. But I highly recommend, in general, avoiding that site or looking for a primary source; it is wrong much more than it is right.
 
what happens on the lower screen and if lucid apps are running? Can you run AA with music on the top screen and lucid nav on the lower? can you run google maps on the upper and lucid audio on the lower?
Not really. I tried playing with different settings, but it's tough to get them to fully separate.

Cute cat picture, nice to see AA working! (I’ve heard from people that it’ll come soon too)
next Thursday? Lols.
That's Loki.
 
All it does is just show the regular car related menu on the lower screen. I think the only way you can see the other type of screens is if you exit the carplay (projecting the Android auto device) from the upper screen. It's kind of sub-optimal in that respect. In other words, I could never find a way to show the Car Play / Android Auto Device on the upper screen while showing a different type of app on the lower screen, because what's on the lower screen is dictated by what car specific sub app (nav, media) is on the upper screen. The Car Play / Android auto screen is never reflected on the lower screen.
Interesting. So I'm guessing that's how AA will work when it comes native.
 
Yep that's my expectation.
did you try playing music from the car native system and then switch to AA? does native music even play? And, I suppose even if it did, with no control screen available, it would be sub-optimal as well. hopefully they will bring a gravity split-screen experience to Air (does it have one?? I assume yes?). Funny thing is that split screen is so much of a basic requirement that I wonder why neither they nor my prior car (polestar) figured that out during design.
 
did you try playing music from the car native system and then switch to AA? does native music even play? And, I suppose even if it did, with no control screen available, it would be sub-optimal as well. hopefully they will bring a gravity split-screen experience to Air (does it have one?? I assume yes?). Funny thing is that split screen is so much of a basic requirement that I wonder why neither they nor my prior car (polestar) figured that out during design.
Yes. You can play music from the car's native system. You need to enter the music screen in the upper screen to select and play the music. Once you do so, you can then enter the Apple CarPlay (in my case the Android Auto adapter) screen via the home icon in the upper screen. Once you switch back to the Apple CarPlay screen, the only place you can see what music track is playing is on the right side of the screen behind the dash.

Similarly, if you want to use the native car navigation, you need to switch to the nav menu in the upper screen, select the destination there or via the lower screen, and then switch nack to Apple Carplay. You can see the directions on the right side of the display behind the screering wheel.

The only drag with all of this is that the lower screen doesn't show anything but the car menu when you are looking at the Apple CarPlay portion of the upper screen. So you can't see the native music track or nav on the lower screen at all while the Apple CarPlay screen is displayed.
 
Yes. You can play music from the car's native system. You need to enter the music screen in the upper screen to select and play the music. Once you do so, you can then enter the Apple CarPlay (in my case the Android Auto adapter) screen via the home icon in the upper screen. Once you switch back to the Apple CarPlay screen, the only place you can see what music track is playing is on the right side of the screen behind the dash.

Similarly, if you want to use the native car navigation, you need to switch to the nav menu in the upper screen, select the destination there or via the lower screen, and then switch nack to Apple Carplay. You can see the directions on the right side of the display behind the screering wheel.

The only drag with all of this is that the lower screen doesn't show anything but the car menu when you are looking at the Apple CarPlay portion of the upper screen. So you can't see the native music track or nav on the lower screen at all while the Apple CarPlay screen is displayed.
Yeah that was the hope that you could use a car app, show it on the lower screen, then start carplay AA on the upper. At least it's something. Ok, we'll see how often I use AA when it is released native.
 
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