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Android Auto 'How to Connect Google Maps and Apps in Your Car' · THE DAILY BRIEF

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  Speaker 1: Today, we're in the twenty twenty five months to CX
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  Speaker 1: seventy plug in hybrid, which isn't super important other than
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  Speaker 1: the fact that it's a good platform for demonstrating both
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  Speaker 1: wired and wireless Android Auto, and it's got a big
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  Speaker 1: screen that you can see everything clearly. Now, if you
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  Speaker 1: don't have a twenty twenty five brand new car, well,
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  Speaker 1: don't worry. There's also a lot of aftermarket options that
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  Speaker 1: you can use to add Apple CarPlay or Android Auto
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  Speaker 1: to older vehicles. So now that we've gotten through that,
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  Speaker 1: let's dig right into getting connected.
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  Speaker 2: Now. Android Auto is not just a cheap knockoff of
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  Speaker 2: Apple Car Play.
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  Speaker 1: It's been around for merely as long, and it's an
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  Speaker 1: extremely popular way to get on the road with things
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  Speaker 1: like Google Maps and your favorite audio streaming apps. For
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  Speaker 1: the phone, you need an Android phone running at least
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  Speaker 1: Android version six point zero for a wired connection, and
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  Speaker 1: for wireless connections, we're talking Android ten, Android eleven, depending
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  Speaker 1: on the manufacturer. Google's Pixel phones and the Samsung Galaxy
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  Speaker 1: series of handsets are the best for compatibility.
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  Speaker 2: Your mileage made vary if you get a lesson known
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  Speaker 2: phone type.
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  Speaker 1: Today, I've got my Google Pixel six pro here an
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  Speaker 1: older phone, but it's running the newest version of the
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  Speaker 1: Android sixteen Beta, so don't worry if bits of your
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  Speaker 1: menu look a little bit different from what I've got here.
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  Speaker 2: It's pretty much the same steps to get started. Now.
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  Speaker 1: The next thing that you're gonna need is a USB cable,
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  Speaker 1: and here's a place that you definitely don't want to
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  Speaker 1: cheap out. Depending on your phone, you'll either need a
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  Speaker 1: micro USB cable for your phone side or a USB
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  Speaker 1: Type C, and depending on your car, you're gonna either need.
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  Speaker 2: A USB Type C or the older USB Type A port.
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  Speaker 1: Most Android phones say that they can get by with
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  Speaker 1: a USB two point zero connection, but I find that
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  Speaker 1: using a USB three point one Gen two connection will
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  Speaker 1: guarantee that you'll have the best bandwidth. Buying a nicer
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  Speaker 1: cable also means that you'll probably have a nicer connection,
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  Speaker 1: so no wiggling. They're a more stable connection and a
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  Speaker 1: much better behind the wheel experience. The next step is
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  Speaker 1: to plug them all in cable to the car to
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  Speaker 1: the phone, and your car should automatically recognize that your
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  Speaker 1: phone supports Android Auto and show you a prompt to
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  Speaker 1: get connected. You'll also have to approve this connection on
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  Speaker 1: your phone side, So do this while parked, not at
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  Speaker 1: eighty miles an hour, but that's pretty much it.
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  Speaker 2: You're now set up.
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  Speaker 1: Now, if your car supports wireless Android Auto, you may
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  Speaker 1: get a prompt to connect to that you may have
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  Speaker 1: to go into a menu on your phone to set
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  Speaker 1: it up. Your mileage may vary depending on the generation
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  Speaker 1: of Android you're running on your phone and what the
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  Speaker 1: software in your car wants to do. Some cars, like
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  Speaker 1: certain BMW support a feature called fast pairing, whereas when
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  Speaker 1: you get in the car, it automatically recognizes that your
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  Speaker 1: phone supports Android Auto and just prompts you to connect
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  Speaker 1: it kind of like quick pairing with air pods on
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  Speaker 1: an iPhone, and certain Mercedes Benz vehicles have NFC points
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  Speaker 1: that you can tap your phone to automatically initiate pairing. Now,
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  Speaker 1: connecting via Bluetooth is going to vary from car to car,
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  Speaker 1: so showing you it here doesn't really help you very
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  Speaker 1: much if you drive a different from the twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: five miles to CX seventy.
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  Speaker 2: But a tip that I've found.
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  Speaker 1: Is that if you're in a car and it doesn't
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  Speaker 1: have a phone paired to it usually you can hold
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  Speaker 1: down the voice come in button and it will automatically
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  Speaker 1: pull up the.
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  Speaker 2: Bluetooth pairing menu.
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  Speaker 1: From there, you should be able to very quickly get
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  Speaker 1: your phone paired and connected to Android Auto wirelessly. Now
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  Speaker 1: we got a pairing code here, whoop, and we're good
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  Speaker 1: to go. Now. Wireless connectivity is great for short trips,
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  Speaker 1: but I really like to plug in for longer trips
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  Speaker 1: for a variety of reasons. Number one being that your
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  Speaker 1: phone is gonna be rendering maps for navigation, it's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be streaming audio, and it's gonna be doing all of
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  Speaker 1: that while keeping its Wi Fi connection hot, and that's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be a big drain on your phone's battery. It's
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  Speaker 1: gonna make your phone get very hot, which is great
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  Speaker 1: for longevity. So for longer trips, I like to plug in,
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  Speaker 1: which is why I fit that that cable is so important.
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  Speaker 1: So now we're all connected. This is the Android Auto interface.
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  Speaker 1: In a lot of ways, it's more flexible than Apple
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  Speaker 1: Car Play, and in a lot of ways it's just different.
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  Speaker 1: We've got a split screen configuration here in most vehicles, though,
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  Speaker 1: depending on whether you have a wide screen or a
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  Speaker 1: tall screen or a square screen. You may see the
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  Speaker 1: screen split differently in your car along the left edge.
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  Speaker 1: We've got shortcuts to our most recently used apps, and
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  Speaker 1: we can also pull up a list.
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  Speaker 2: Of all of the apps that are on our phone. Now.
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  Speaker 1: When you connect to Android Auto, every app that's on
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  Speaker 1: your phone will automatically populate this list. If you want
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  Speaker 1: to rearrange them or get rid of an app you
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  Speaker 1: don't want it showing up in the list, you're gonna
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  Speaker 1: have to pop over to your phone and go into
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  Speaker 1: the settings now if you don't want to be reaching
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  Speaker 1: to tap your screen or scrolling around like we do
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  Speaker 1: here in the Maza. You also have voice command. You
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  Speaker 1: can either tap the microphone here, you can hold down
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  Speaker 1: the voice command button on your steering wheel for a
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  Speaker 1: couple of seconds to trigger the Google Assistant or Gemini,
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  Speaker 1: depending on how you're bone this setup, or you can
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  Speaker 1: hit it with the good old Hey Google, Navigate the.
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  Speaker 2: Work sure Anderson Anderson architecture. So there you have it.
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  Speaker 1: How to get connected with Android Atto in your car,
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  Speaker 1: and some tips that can help you troubleshoot any connectivity
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  Speaker 1: issues you might be having.
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  Speaker 2: Drive safe and I'll see you next time.