Android Auto Usability Tweaks

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:

    

Duplicate of many.

Apps have 0 control over Android Auto UI.

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

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?

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.