While there are plenty of music players for Android Auto, including those for the major streaming platforms (Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music, Amazon Music, etc.), there weren’t any that let you play songs from youtube videos in the car. Yes, there’s CarTube that lets you watch YouTube videos on Android Auto, and NewPipe that plays YouTube music. However, CarTube does not let you play just the audio and NewPipe is not officially compatible with Android Auto.
Luckily, ViMusic player is now available on Android Auto to let you listen to your favorite YouTube songs with a friendly interface and without having to show you the video. With this app you can play the music from your favorite YouTube videos in the car, as well as the songs hosted on YouTube Music.
ViMusic, an open source player to listen to YouTube music in the car
ViMusic is a music player for YouTube Music or YouTube videos. It is one of the few players of its type (if not the only one) that It has a version specifically designed for Android Auto. It is capable of opening the YouTube links that you send it, although it also lets you search for the songs, albums, artists, videos and playlists that you want to play from its integrated search engine.
It also offers the possibility of cache some songs for offline playbackcreate a list of your favorite music, order and edit playlists, establish a dark theme, set a timer and much more… As if that were not enough, it incorporates a loudness / audio normalization system.
By the way, it’s a ridiculously light app: the APK only weighs 2.57 MB. And the best thing is that its interface is very simple and very easy to use in the car. You can download the ViMusic APK using any of the following links:
Download | ViMusic on F-Droid
Download | ViMusic on GitHub
How to use ViMusic in Android Auto
To be able to use the ViMusic player in your car using Android Auto, you just have to do the following:
- First of all, follow this tutorial to activate developer mode in Android Auto.
- Now, Install the ViMusic APK on your mobile following this tutorial on how to install an APK file on Android step by step.
- Open the ViMusic app and press the option other.
- Press the option Android Auto to enable car support.
- Add to the app all the playlists and songs you want to listen to on Android Auto.
- Clever! Now you can connect mobile to car. On the car screen you should see the app icon in the app drawer.
That is all! If you are not subscribed to any streaming music service, ViMusic may be an excellent solution to listen to free music on Android Auto with decent quality.
