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have a 2018 progressive and installed android auto on my cell. When connected with tbe usb cable in storage area can use google map on MMI but using the tabs in the dash and going to map instead of showing the google map it just shows a compass.
Any idea how to get google map like the navigation map in the dash?
I don't think it's possible. I've been trying for some time now since my trial of Audi Connect expired and I loved the GM in the VC but the only way to get navigation to show up in the VC is to use Audi's native navigation. Or pay for Connect.
The only modification I've seen for Android Auto is AnyAutoAudio, which lets you play an audio through Android Auto, even apps that aren't AA compatible. For me, it's a sideloaded Spotify app and some Radio apps. But I do see that some podcast apps and other Audi streaming services which are normally not supported with AA can be used with AnyAutoAudio. But that's not what you're asking about, though.
Audi chose to show a compass in the VC if you start turn-by-turn directions on Android Auto (and also, apparently, on CarPlay). Android Auto requires the OEM to stop any active turn-by-turn nav in their native system when you start turn-by-turn in the Android Auto -- this is to ensure that only one system is giving you voice turn instructions at once. Audi decided they'd just turn off their entire nav system in VC to stop any existing active nav, showing a compass instead.
If you leave Google Maps or Waze up on the MMI without actively navigating to a destination, you will still see the upcoming traffic and also get alerts about road conditions (in waze). You can set TBT directions in the Audi system -- Android Auto will not replace its maps with a compass.
I generally use TBT directions on Android Auto, and I leave the VC display on audio, so I can see all of the metadata for the currently-playing track at the same time as my navigation.
For what it's worth, I rented a Ford Fusion on a trip out west and it did the same thing. The dash map turned into a compass when set a destination on google maps in carplay.
Just reading through forums, yes you can add this feature, all you need to do on the android is say allow bluetooth and you will see the map in the console and the waze map, you cannot do this on an apple, picture for all the doubters Plus this way you can use the much better bluetooth phone functions and not the android auto horrible one.
Just reading through forums, yes you can add this feature, all you need to do on the android is say allow bluetooth and you will see the map in the console and the waze map, you cannot do this on an apple, picture for all the doubters Plus this way you can use the much better bluetooth phone functions and not the android auto horrible one.
Sorry, don't understand what you mean. Do you mean not connect the cell via the USB cable and try to get andriod auto via bluetooth? How ?
along with this - how does one get Android Auto from launching every time on one plugs into the USB port? I 've removed the AA app and I still get a question about AA starting every time I start the car. Very annoying. Samsung Galaxy S7
02-27-2019, 05:43 PM
Google map via android auto in dash
Plus this way you can use the much better bluetooth phone functions and not the android auto horrible one.
