Android Auto Usability Tweaks

Feature requests
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Feature description:

I use Symfonium a lot via Android Auto and while it works great there are a few things I miss vs the full app which I think would add some nice usability touches.

  • On now playing the ability to touch the album / artist names to jump straight to the album view / artist view.
  • A way to start Radio Mix & Instant Mix from the now playing screen (maybe in the 3 dots menu?)

Problem solved:

While Android Auto supports voice, I haven’t figured out how to do things like start a Radio Mix, Instant Mix or do things like show all albums for a playing artist. Having the ability to access these from the now playing UI would be a nice workaround.

Brought benefits:

Easier access to features when using Android Auto

Other application solutions:

 

 

Additional description and context:

 

 

Screenshots / Mockup:

    

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Duplicate of many.

Apps have 0 control over Android Auto UI.

We can only change the buttons see Configure notification and media session buttons.

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Thanks. Apologies for not finding that already - I did search but didn’t connect the request with the title of that post you linked.

I guess if the now playing screen is pretty much restricted by android, is Radio Mix / Instant Mix something you could consider adding as options on the Home tab?

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No as the library is independent from the now playing. I’ve already given you the link to the doc to add those as buttons in AA.