If you have a car with Android Auto, surely you are interested in getting the most out of it and for that there is no way to have the best applications available and be clear about how you can install them on the console of your car. We have asked the editors of crast.net Móvil and crast.net Android what their essential applications for Android Auto and these have been their answers.
Android Auto App Downloader
Iván Linares’ recommendation:
“My favorite Android Auto app is one that Allows you to install apps that are not allowed on the system:AAAD. Or Android Auto Apps Downloader, a tool that is responsible for downloading apps such as a YouTube viewer for the car, a phone screen sharing application and much more software created by independent developers.
AAAD enables you to discover new “side by side” software, download it to your phone, and manage downloaded apps so they can be used in the car with Android Auto. It seems to me essential to fully squeeze the relationship between vehicle and mobileAAAD gives really good utilities.”
Youtube music
Pepu Ricca’s recommendation:
“There’s nothing like driving while listening to music. I’m not going to discover anything new, but I am a subscriber and I use YouTube Music on Android Auto. The integration of the official Google application in cars is good and allows us to listen to any hit easilyat the stroke of a finger.
The interface for cars is clean and intuitiveand keeps the player always at our disposal: it has the typical buttons, such as the pause button, as well as the button to go to the next song, and one dedicated to repeating the current one.
It is comfortable and does not impede listening to your favorite music wherever you go. Of course, always be careful at the wheel, that’s why I usually perform any action with Google Assistant. And YouTube Music is compatible, how could it be otherwise.”
CarTube
Iván Ramírez’s recommendation:
“You won’t find my essential app for Android Auto on Google Play, it’s CarTube, an application with which you can watch youtube videos on android autosomething that Google does not let us do except for that time that it slipped in as an easter egg (which no longer exists).
CarTube is in a way a fix to watch YouTube on Android Auto, but it works reasonably well to give an extra use to the car screen when we are parked and bored. Another quite similar option is CarStream, with very similar functions.”
Waze
Ricardo Aguilar’s recommendation:
“My favorite app for Android Auto is Waze or, as I call it, the Google Maps of taxi drivers and Uber. Based on the same database and maps, Waze is much more complete, showing real information about traffic and, above all, radars.
It is not a matter of running or not running, it is a matter of many Spanish roads do not have well marked limitsand you can be surprised even when you think you are driving at a legal pace.
The interface is quite optimized in Android Auto, with quick access to nearby gas stations or restaurants in a single touch (important to avoid having to open the keyboard). I recently used it on a 1,000 km trip, and the behavior is impeccable.”
google maps
Laura Sacristán’s recommendation:
“My essential application in Android Auto, without a doubt, is Google Maps. And not only to guide me to my destination, but even if I know the way, it is also very useful for me to know What time will I arrive or if there is an alternative route in the event of a traffic incident.
It’s even good for me watch speed limits or radars.
Google Maps has been one of the apps I use the most on my mobile for a long time, but its seamless integration into Android Auto It has made her an inseparable co-pilot on board my car.”
Google Maps and Apple Music
Álvaro García’s recommendation
“Yes, Waze is a great piece of driver app and I highly value its features. In fact it has been my go-to app for it for a long time.
However, for some time now I have surrendered to Google Maps both in the car and on my mobile. I know of its limitations, but The fact that it brings together so many functions makes it the most complete from my point of view..
For music I choose Apple Music. It’s not that I’m a particular fan of the platform at the interface level, but I am an Apple One subscriber and since it comes in the pack I try to take advantage of it.
Spotify
Samuel Fernández’s recommendation:
“It’s been many years since music is part of my day to day. I listen to it with headphones when I’m doing things around the house, I put it on the speakers when I’m working and, of course, I also take it in the car on all kinds of trips.
So it’s logical that, for me, Spotify be my must-have app for Android AutoBecause the poor thing doesn’t stop working for a single second.
It is true that when I have to travel very long distances I usually resort to podcasts instead of music as such, and before that I had to look for other programs but for some time now that has also been payable via Spotify. So I’m pretty clear. In my car Spotify is used more than Google Maps even. music forever.”
