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Drivers Hate The Tech In Their Cars
(jalopnik.com)
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My car saved my ass from a road raging drunk, but android auto cannot skip songs from the steering wheel, quite a duality.
Android auto is great, but it's also a horrible cluster fuck because it's up to the automakers to integrate it into their system. Sort of just like Android phones from Samsung and other third-party companies.
The automakers usually fuck it up. It works fairly great on my 2015 Mazda 3 except for if I plug my phone in while the car is in reverse or some other odd times, the head unit just gets stuck on a black screen until I restart the car. Also, the touch screen doesn't work for Android auto which is a bummer.
One word: Stelantis.
Android Auto on my Toyota works perfectly. I love it. And I think CarPlay works even better (I only tried once with somebody else's phone)
Wut
Mine can do this, but it's a 2012 Mazda 3 with a custom radio (Pioneer AVH-2330NEX that I installed myself in 2018) and an adapter to make the steering wheel controls work.
Uconnect on stelantis vehicles is the worst software suite I've ever had the pleasure of connecting my phone to
The latest gen of mazdas can do this out of the box too.
I wish Mazda made an electric version of the Mazda 3.
I want an electric car because it's way more convenient to charge at home, especially since I've got solar panels that produce more electricity than I need day-to-day so charging would effectively be free.