Top/Must apps for car head units

[Rataba]

Anyone use a different reverse camera app that can allow adjustable grids?

 

[woozie.2007]

for radio: xiialive pro(i don't use analog radio)
for music: poweramp
for video: mx player pro
for navigation: igo nextgen and waze
for ads: adaway(root)
fx for file explore(root)

 

[Sim08u]

Has anyone found an alternative way to playing Spotify? The stock one that's available on the play store isn't really user friendly or appropriate for a head unit...

Sent from my MI 8 using Tapatalk

 

[mcwieger]

- Overlays to run widgets over other apps, showing a speedometer and music controls over every app I choose.
- Ubiquity Music Widget, the music controls mentioned above.
- Sygic for offline maps.
- Pulsar for music playback: probably most lightweight music player on Android. Poweramp caused the unit to overheat.
- DAB-Z for DAB radio.

 

[o0k00l]

- Overlays to run widgets over other apps, showing a speedometer and music controls over every app I choose.
- Ubiquity Music Widget, the music controls mentioned above.
- Sygic for offline maps.
- Pulsar for music playback: probably most lightweight music player on Android. Poweramp caused the unit to overheat.
- DAB-Z for DAB radio.

speedometer < which widget app are you using for this?

 

[mcwieger]

Drivers widget: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.opbyte.odometerwidget&hl=nl

 

[The Android Attorney]

Has anyone found an alternative way to playing Spotify? The stock one that's available on the play store isn't really user friendly or appropriate for a head unit...

I think you have to change the dpi of your unit for Spotify to work well.

 

[cleverdicky]

Malaysk rom
Nova launcher
MXPlayer pro - simple, plays anything and everything, streams over bt.
Igo next-gen (Russel Crow voice) cant stand nagging female voice with attitude !

Anyone know what happend to tablet talk? was going to try it for sms messages but no longer in play store.

 

[EGOiST1991]

Also looking for another a2dp app... I mean.. Even my original HU could show more than the songtitle when playing from bluetooth.. And the original HU lacks pretty much everything..

You found anything mate? I want to change that aswell

 

[Fatmonk8]

Anyone find anything that will mirror SMS, and possibly a way to reply using Google assistant?

 

[toni___18]

hi , anyone says a music player works for idrive bmw button? thanks

 

[crank.head]

If I receive a location pin on whatsapp how do I send to my android head unit of car?

Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

 

[War-Rasta]

If I receive a location pin on whatsapp how do I send to my android head unit of car?

Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

What I usually do is open it in Google Maps on my phone and save it as one of my Starred Places. Then I open Google Maps on my headunit and look it up in there. I haven't found a more appropriate way to do it and I don't know if there's a way to do the same for Waze since I don't use it much, but If anybody has a better way feel free t share it.

 

[crank.head]

What I usually do is open it in Google Maps on my phone and save it as one of my Starred Places. Then I open Google Maps on my headunit and look it up in there. I haven't found a more appropriate way to do it and I don't know if there's a way to do the same for Waze since I don't use it much, but If anybody has a better way feel free t share it.

OK so what I do is I have downloaded messanger lite on Android head unit. When I receive a location I share it to messanger to my Frnd or a mock profile and open the link from head unit.

 

[garoto]

Pushbullet is a great app for this purpose

 

[icedroid]

Join works great for this as well as a pop-up for text messages

 

[nile13mx5]

I'm looking for a couple of things:

1. A simple widget for Radio, allowing me to change station from the widget on the Home screen (the one that Joying PX-5) came with is ugly and small)
2. An automatic way to switch to home screen on boot-up instead of default Radio screen. The radio should continue playing, however.

For point #2 above, would a Tasker or Automate do the trick?

 

[wooldogsinc]

1 Pulse
2 Google Go
3 Amazon Music
4 Torque
5 Sygic
6 PC Radio
7 Netflix Prime
8 Agama Launcher
9 Solid Explorer
10 Penrite
11 Google News
12 Magisk
13 Lucky Patcher
14 YouTube Vanced
15 Google Home
16 Plex
17 Dab Z
18 Network Manager
19 Advanced Task Scheduler
20 SwiftKey
21 Find my Device
22 Google Keep
23 YouTube Kids
24 Flight Radar

 

[dagosjt]

I'm looking for a couple of things:

1. A simple widget for Radio, allowing me to change station from the widget on the Home screen (the one that Joying PX-5) came with is ugly and small)
2. An automatic way to switch to home screen on boot-up instead of default Radio screen. The radio should continue playing, however.

For point #2 above, would a Tasker or Automate do the trick?

Try FCC Launcher, you shoud find everything you want, and it's highly configurable.

 

[nile13mx5]

There are a lot of configurable launchers. Can it do what I'm looking for, specifically? Also can it leave y interface alone and not change it? I like old school Windows look with separate icons on uncluttered background. Really don't need my screen to look "pretty".