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#cursed development on semi-commercial #rave / #EDM / #festival scene - DJs using pre-recorded sets and pretending to operate the controller (which is easy to do as vinyl records and CDs aren't used as often as before), which (on top of pressure from #copyright authorities) has led to DJ's increasingly no longer sharing their mixes in easily downloadable form as others will pirate them and pass them off as their own

this also means its difficult to get a mix to listen to in the car if you don't want to use a streaming app (and audio volume control doesn't work that well if you have a #navi app running at the same time on #AndroidAuto

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@qlp I think USA gets a different infotainment system (certainly the firmware is different) - the screen isn't too bad on the MIB2 I have but in some ways I find the general flakiness of #AndroidAuto (both the apps themselves and the interface with the car) a downgrade from the standalone TomTom navi I used for many years and agree that this isn't good for road safety, as battling dodgy software could create more distraction unless you are self-disciplined enough to concentrate on the road (in fact the reason you now have to use navi in UK driving test is not for navigational skills, but so the examiner can check you don't get distracted by it!)

The way #AndroidAuto works (and surprisingly strict rules devs must follow about what can appear on the screen and how the UI works) is a clear example that US #tech companies *will* comply to regulations if enough nation state governments and other corporates (such as vehicle manufacturers, who themselves have to obey laws) put enough pressure on them (and very few people would dare argue against attempts to increase #RoadSafety )

11111km im #KiaEV9. (ist schon ein paar Tage her)

*Pros:*
- Platz
- Assistenzsysteme
- Ladeleistung
- Leistung
- Wireless #AndroidAuto
- Sitze
- Handy als Schlüssel

*Cons:*
- schiere Größe insb. Wendekreis
- Wireless AA führt zu Überhitzung des S25U
- Fingerprint sinnfrei
- wenig sinnvolle Ablagen vorn

Der Verbrauch ist im Sommer wirklich angenehm. Oft fahre ich unter 20 kWh. (ohne Autobahn)

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@mamatt88 it seems they use Foursquare (at least in UK) for some of the other data, but there's also *another* dataset for highway junctions. And all these seem to vary with country!

0,99€ is still cheaper than TomTom (about 14€ per year?) but if they are going to charge I'd expect better feedback/support channels (similar to what TomTom had before they downsized everything).

The main missing feature on #CoMaps for me is no speed display and limit on #AndroidAuto (there is a new open issue for that so it appears it is being worked on)

codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/iss

Summary card of an issue titled "feat: Android Auto: show current speed" in repository comaps/comaps
Codeberg.orgfeat: Android Auto: show current speed### What problem would this feature help solve? As of 2025-06-30-22 Android Auto is not showing current driving speed. ### Describe the ideal solution Show current speed in Android Auto along with an indicator when exceeding allowed speed.

So far #MagicEarth seems least worst of the #navi apps to work with #AndroidAuto - although devs appear very cagey about exactly which version(s) of #OpenStreetMap they are using, and where they are getting their shop / business data from which makes correcting it a bit harder - I've still not heard anything about the spelling mistake I reported (other than an auto acknowledgement) and as its closed source they only have email as a contact method.

It seems to be OSM based but with proprietary datasets tacked on and "crumbs from the table" of their commercial projects (providing navi solutions to transport networks in Germany)

Even so its a better app than many paid ones, especially after #TomTom has become increasingly enshittified, and #CoMaps still lacks features..

Alas, #CoMaps fell at the first hurdle in my test of #Navi software - it doesn't show #speed limit nor #GNSS speed on the screen on #AndroidAuto - a big missing feature! #OrganicMaps (which it is forked from) doesn't have this either, there's an open issue for it but 0 reply / acknowledgement from the devs..

(Curiously the speeds are shown if you use the device standalone, and other Android Auto apps do have this display so its not a Google UI restriction..)

So I will stick to #MagicEarth for the moment..

Sagt mal, wer nutzt denn hier #MagicEarth in Verbindung mit #AndroidAuto? Wie kann ich mir das denn vorstellen? Wird dann im Display meines Opels die Oberfläche vom ME angezeigt und ich kann dann dort Ziele eingeben und die Navigation starten? Oder muss ich trotzdem alles über das Handy machen?
@askfedi_de

Just downloaded #CoMaps as an experiment - haven't tried it in the car with #AndroidAuto yet, but also found there seems to be a some delay between the app making use of an #OpenStreetMap dataset (in this case the map is 2025-06-25 ).

This is understandable as it must take a fair bit of time to get all the data across and maybe it has to be validated (otherwise trolls/vandals could end up causing all sorts of chaos) - found in the FAQ that CoMaps apparently updates 1-4 times each month (which if true seems fairly good and better than some commercial apps!)

Got this USB wireless #AndroidAuto adaptor as I was fed up with having the USB cable trailing across the car into the passenger footwell (where the phone is in or on top of one of my kit bags) - it works quite well and doesn't even seem to randomly disconnect as much!

Might not be the most secure thing (and curiously you have to connect to the devices Bluetooth but then it transfers the signal to the #MIB2 connection just like using the cable!) but it creates a 5 GHz rather than 2,4 GHz wifi SSID so not going to go that far, and its only going to display the navi app from a bright red car that you would likely already be able to see in order to receive the wifi signal..

Does anyone have recommendations for better #navi #apps that can work with #AndroidAuto than stock #Google #maps or #Waze ? Tried out Waze today and it wasn't too bad, even had Paddington Bear narrating the turns but I'd rather use something less corporate (OSM based?)

Features I need -

* good basemap of UK roads and speed limits

* audible warning if speed limit exceeded (Google doesn't have this, Waze does as does my stand alone #TomTom

Yesterday, whilst I was driving, I received a text message. When I pressed for Google to read the message I was asked if I wanted the fucking AI to summarise the message! No I want to hear what someone has said - not what some bloody piece of computer code thinks they have said!
How do I turn the bastard off?
#GoogleAI #AndroidAuto

#ABRP 6.0 came out and it finally brings a magical feature: support from #AndroidAuto CarInfo API. All the cars that support it will automatically get live battery data in ABRP, just by running it as the navigation app through Android Auto. It's quite amazing, it's a shame though my #EV6 does not support this :neocat_sad:

So does anyone have an #EV supporting this, can give it a go and share impressions?

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