Android Auto makes me sad

I finally moved from iOS to Android (LG G6) about a 6 months ago, been extremely happy. Lot of things are way better on the Android side.

Now, I got a car with the AA / Carplay support built in the infotainment system (7" Opel IntelliLink). I was pretty excited about it. Until,

1) Found out that AA is officially available only in a bunch of countries, mine not included. For how long are they planning to develop it, I believe it was released already in 2015. Worth mentioning the AA, while working, supports my language pretty much perfectly.

2) So yeah, sideloaded it. The installation reminds me the days of Symbian: Download some package from a hazy site, approve probably around 15 different permissions and confirmations and tweak 2 or 3 different settings as well. No automatic updates.

3) When connecting, the phone vibrates several times and 3-4 notifications are shown on top of eachother. Doesn't actually ooze quality.

4) After 1 to 15 minutes the connection always dies. Googled a lot of similar issues between several phones / systems, the usual suggestion is the USB cable. I'm using the one provided with the phone, it works perfectly with every other device / app, but I did try with another cable, same thing. I'm not really buying into the cable explanation.

So what's the deal here? Is it ever gonna be done and available properly?

The thing is that I consider AA / Carplay pretty goddamn key feature to have now when my car has the support. I tried with my old iPhone SE and the Carplay worked instantly, no glitches whatsoever, asking one confirmation, without any app installations, with a bruised old cable.

Goddamn you Google if you make me go back to iOS because of this.

Edit: downvoting this to oblivion is the same thing as accepting Google to do whatever they want. This actually is a legit question.

Tldr, Is Android Auto ever gonna be working and available properly?



Submitted January 30, 2018 at 09:53PM by throbotd http://ift.tt/2DQMdsA http://ift.tt/eA8V8J

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