Android Auto/ACP Discussion Thread

[MrH42]

I'm surprised by the answers in this thread.

I run Carplay 100% of the time I'm in a car that has it. I use Waze everywhere I go. It's like having a much more accurate, built in radar detector that integrates into the screen. All my texts are read to be, I can take phone calls, listen to podcasts, etc.


Outback I use carplay. The S2000 has a phone mount up near my hand, waze running the whole time, all sound Bluetoothing to the headunit hidden behind the door.

[wap]

It seems to this that a connected just leaves you so exposed to hackers and eavesdroppers that it's a hard for me until it becomes so ubiquitous that I can't avoid it.

I agree with you as well about using AA/CP. With that big green square taking up 40% of the screen, and my screen being the 6.5" version, it's really not much better, if ANY better, than my phone screen. Also BT-quality audio is perfectly :fine: for audiobooks, and the Maps prompts come through the stereo and pause the book
as well. And if I want to listen to music I just switch to my on-board SD card - so glad that VW didn't delete this capability from their :poverty: HU. I suppose if I had enough monthly data to allow me to stream then I'd use some AA-supported radio or music ap but I don't so

The SD card is actually

In the car most of my listening is just BT streaming podcasts or streaming music. Quality be damned.

Also, I feel like the smart house paranoia is somewhat but I feel the exact same way. I't sjust have more stuff listening in on you 24/7? Does it matter? Not really, but I just don't care for it. It's also just more stuff to as there are glitches, things to update software on, blah. Fuck tech, I don't like it.

So much
Plus, hasn't Amazon already admitted that their Alexa thing listens in the background even when you're not directly talking to it (by starting sentences with, "Alexa, xxx") and the only way to keep it from eavesdropping on you is to turn it off or remove it from the room? Fuck that.

[wap]

The SD card is actually

In the car most of my listening is just BT streaming podcasts or streaming music. Quality be damned.

Also, I feel like the smart house paranoia is somewhat but I feel the exact same way. I't sjust have more stuff listening in on you 24/7? Does it matter? Not really, but I just don't care for it. It's also just more stuff to as there are glitches, things to update software on, blah. Fuck tech, I don't like it.

I don’t need my fridge or stove to know when I’m

Exactly! And I also usually in my kitchen.

[D Griff]

I don’t need my fridge or stove to know when I’m

Exactly! And I also usually in my kitchen.

I wherever I damn please. Alexa, no one wants you here.

[wap]

Exactly! And I also usually in my kitchen.

I wherever I damn please. Alexa, no one wants you here.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

It seems to this that a connected just leaves you so exposed to hackers and eavesdroppers that it's a hard for me until it becomes so ubiquitous that I can't avoid it.

I agree with you as well about using AA/CP. With that big green square taking up 40% of the screen, and my screen being the 6.5" version, it's really not much better, if ANY better, than my phone screen. Also BT-quality audio is perfectly :fine: for audiobooks, and the Maps prompts come through the stereo and pause the book
as well. And if I want to listen to music I just switch to my on-board SD card - so glad that VW didn't delete this capability from their :poverty: HU. I suppose if I had enough monthly data to allow me to stream then I'd use some AA-supported radio or music ap but I don't so

The SD card is actually

In the car most of my listening is just BT streaming podcasts or streaming music. Quality be damned.

Also, I feel like the smart house paranoia is somewhat but I feel the exact same way. I't sjust have more stuff listening in on you 24/7? Does it matter? Not really, but I just don't care for it. It's also just more stuff to as there are glitches, things to update software on, blah. Fuck tech, I don't like it.

IDGAF if people listen to me. They're going to be pretty bored.

Overall, I too hate tech. I'm surprised by how much use I get out of the smart home tech...it's about the only tech I utilize. Shockingly free of glitches and more useful than I ever expected.

[max225]

I refuse to support Bezos and I have cancelled amazon crime. Fuck em.

[Johnny_P]

I refuse to support Bezos and I have cancelled amazon crime. Fuck em.

I like the TV programming. If it wasn't for that I'd cancel Prime for sure.

[Apex]

I refuse to support Bezos and I have cancelled amazon crime. Fuck em.

[wap]

I refuse to support Bezos and I have cancelled amazon crime. Fuck em.

I like the TV programming. If it wasn't for that I'd cancel Prime for sure.

Did you watch Upload?

[Johnny_P]

I like the TV programming. If it wasn't for that I'd cancel Prime for sure.

Did you watch Upload?

Yeah. Interesting show. Hope they do another season. The actual uplink process had me

[ChrisoftheNorth]

I refuse to support Bezos and I have cancelled amazon crime. Fuck em.

I need to do this.

The value just isn't there now that the supply chain takes forever. I don't even watch any content really...

[wap]

Did you watch Upload?

Yeah. Interesting show. Hope they do another season. The actual uplink process had me

It was certainly a good show, pretty original, imo.
Just read an article in our local paper this week about the main character's friend at Horizen. I forget his name. The dude who lost his legs in the army or whatever. He was profiled because he's from here and went to high school nearby. Anyway, he said that the show was renewed but production is currently suspended because of Covfefe-19. But it was renewed, so that's

[3rdgenfan]

ITT: Old men yelling at clouds.

AA/CP is the bees knees. I see no issue with the size of that direction panel As while you're driving at highway speed the map will zoom out to let you see more roads and as you get closer to your destination it will zoom in.

[Wocka Wocka]

CP is good, especially now with the split-screen functionality that just came out.

AA, last time I experimented with it, I was not quite as enamored with.

Split screen?

I must be missing something. This hasn't been presented to me.

I have the dashboard thing, but that's it.

[wap]

ITT: Old men yelling at clouds.

AA/CP is the bees knees. I see no issue with the size of that direction panel As while you're driving at highway speed the map will zoom out to let you see more roads and as you get closer to your destination it will zoom in.

Do you use AA or ACP?
Exactly how do you use it that makes it the knees of bees?

My problem with that direction panel is that it's MUCH bigger than it needs to be, making the rest of the screen that's actually devoted to the map no bigger than my phone screen so I'm all

[ChrisoftheNorth]

CP is good, especially now with the split-screen functionality that just came out.

AA, last time I experimented with it, I was not quite as enamored with.

Split screen?

I must be missing something. This hasn't been presented to me.

I have the dashboard thing, but that's it.

No split screen. The map behind the green direction box will automatically zoom in and out depending on how far you are from the next direction change.

[razr390]

CP is good, especially now with the split-screen functionality that just came out.

AA, last time I experimented with it, I was not quite as enamored with.

Split screen?

I must be missing something. This hasn't been presented to me.

I have the dashboard thing, but that's it.

iOS 13 introduced CarPlay updates that allows you to have split screen map and then other functions on the other half such as audio, calendar, quick routing to home/work. Right now split screen only works with Apple Maps but will work with GMaps and Waze as soon as they add the update

[Wocka Wocka]

Split screen?

I must be missing something. This hasn't been presented to me.

I have the dashboard thing, but that's it.

iOS 13 introduced CarPlay updates that allows you to have split screen map and then other functions on the other half such as audio, calendar, quick routing to home/work. Right now split screen only works with Apple Maps but will work with GMaps and Waze as soon as they add the update

Ah. Yes. I did read about that.

Google and Waze seem to be taking their good ol’ time.


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[wap]

Split screen?

I must be missing something. This hasn't been presented to me.

I have the dashboard thing, but that's it.

iOS 13 introduced CarPlay updates that allows you to have split screen map and then other functions on the other half such as audio, calendar, quick routing to home/work. Right now split screen only works with Apple Maps but will work with GMaps and Waze as soon as they add the update

[D Griff]

I refuse to support Bezos and I have cancelled amazon crime. Fuck em.

Out of curiosity, why do you consider Amazon so evil?

[max225]

I refuse to support Bezos and I have cancelled amazon crime. Fuck em.

Out of curiosity, why do you consider Amazon so evil?

Because they are essentially a Monopoly that has destroyed all competition by going below cost to lure consumers, and using funds from their then profitable "cloud" business to fund the money losing retail business, while driving every brick and mortar into the ground. And no they didn't get driven into the ground because they "refused to adopt".

Now that they have eliminated nearly every competitor, they have started to raise prices. It is a shit ass corporate strategy, and it exposes us all as consumers to an unstoppable force, that controls the entire ONLINE marketplace, it is way too much power to have within 1 entity.

Not one company can compete with amazon at this point and stay competitive online.

I have a lot more to say on this, as they used to be my competitor and are now my customer. But overall it is a whole lotta

[troyguitar]

Out of curiosity, why do you consider Amazon so evil?

Because they are essentially a Monopoly that has destroyed all competition by going below cost to lure consumers, and using funds from their then profitable "cloud" business to fund the money losing retail business, while driving every brick and mortar into the ground. And no they didn't get driven into the ground because they "refused to adopt".

Now that they have eliminated nearly every competitor, they have started to raise prices. It is a shit ass corporate strategy, and it exposes us all as consumers to an unstoppable force, that controls the entire ONLINE marketplace, it is way too much power to have within 1 entity.

Not one company can compete with amazon at this point and stay competitive online.

I have a lot more to say on this, as they used to be my competitor and are now my customer. But overall it is a whole lotta

I thought you were a capitalist

[max225]

Because they are essentially a Monopoly that has destroyed all competition by going below cost to lure consumers, and using funds from their then profitable "cloud" business to fund the money losing retail business, while driving every brick and mortar into the ground. And no they didn't get driven into the ground because they "refused to adopt".

Now that they have eliminated nearly every competitor, they have started to raise prices. It is a shit ass corporate strategy, and it exposes us all as consumers to an unstoppable force, that controls the entire ONLINE marketplace, it is way too much power to have within 1 entity.

Not one company can compete with amazon at this point and stay competitive online.

I have a lot more to say on this, as they used to be my competitor and are now my customer. But overall it is a whole lotta

I thought you were a capitalist

but for some odd reason capitalistic principles haven’t truly applied to amazon for years. They kept getting held to a different standard for “disrupting” retail

[D Griff]

Out of curiosity, why do you consider Amazon so evil?

Because they are essentially a Monopoly that has destroyed all competition by going below cost to lure consumers, and using funds from their then profitable "cloud" business to fund the money losing retail business, while driving every brick and mortar into the ground. And no they didn't get driven into the ground because they "refused to adopt".

Now that they have eliminated nearly every competitor, they have started to raise prices. It is a shit ass corporate strategy, and it exposes us all as consumers to an unstoppable force, that controls the entire ONLINE marketplace, it is way too much power to have within 1 entity.

Not one company can compete with amazon at this point and stay competitive online.

I have a lot more to say on this, as they used to be my competitor and are now my customer. But overall it is a whole lotta

Interesting/

Funny story: so my company is a distributor, we sell directly to custom install/design companies ONLY. A lot of our products we manufacture and sell under our own brands, but we also distribute 3rd party brands. One line we carry is Logitech Harmony. I don't do much residential business but from time to time I have my customers call me bitching about how the Harmony line is cheaper on Amazon than our "wholesale" pricing. I basically site your reasons above and am like Amazon is selling it for less than we pay for it, we make very low margins on that stuff as-is due to bean counting at Logitech ( ).

But it is a pain in my ass as someone competing against them in many areas. My customer's customers are always like "I can get this display mount, surveillance system, etc. on Amazon for 1/2 of what you're charging" but in many cases they're selling sub standard trash product.



Pre COVID they did a good job with shipping. Maybe I should sever ties. Check out WIKIBuy if you use Amazon, it's a Chrome extension that will find better pricing on everything you're looking at at Amazon.