Best car audio apps for Android Auto in 2018: Stream music, podcasts, and audio books
To summarize it all, Android Auto is a great solution bringing Google-powered navigation and your favorite music playlists to your car without the potentially distracting interface of Android itself. You get larger, simplified menus, integration with core phone functions, and less-distracting text notifications. Best thing, however, is Android Auto's protection - if you use it too much for a short period of time, it will automatically disable itself for a while, urging you to keep your eyes on the road.
There are tons of apps that work quite well with Android Auto already, but as usual with anything Android-related, the selection is super big. Nauseatingly big, even.
So, we decided to sift out some of the best Android Auto apps that could brighten up your daily commute while maintaining a distraction-free atmosphere.
In case you're driving some older wheels or simply can't enjoy the sound of a V8 engine, your single entertainment during longer rides is most certainly music. Here are the best music-streaming apps that seamlessly work with Android Auto and flaunt simplified car mode interfaces. Note that all of them are similarly-styled, with the only differences being a couple of colors here and there as well as the items in the overflow menu, housing your music library and playlists.
Music
In case you're driving some older wheels or simply can't enjoy the sound of a V8 engine, your single entertainment during longer rides is most certainly music. Here are the best music-streaming apps that seamlessly work with Android Auto and flaunt simplified car mode interfaces. Note that all of them are similarly-styled, with the only differences being a couple of colors here and there as well as the items in the overflow menu, housing your music library and playlists.
Podcasts
Okay, why listen to music when you can entertain yourselves other ways and even learn a thing or two while doing that? Podcast apps are a grand staple of the Android Auto experience and deserve their own gallery selection. Boasting the same general interface as music apps, the only differences are hidden into the overflow menu and, of course, your content.
Audio books & Radio
Thanks to the wondrous magic of technology, you no longer need to read books, you can simply listen to them while you're commuting! Or, you know, you could just listen to a particular radio station by simply installing its app. There's a slew of apps for Android Auto that let you do just that, here are our favorites.
8 Comments
1. RebelwithoutaClue
Posts: 5473; Member since: Apr 05, 2013
Still waiting until they open up the nav part of Android Auto. Currently, only Google & Waze are allowed.
posted on May 29, 2018, 7:26 AM 0
3. nikhil23
Posts: 414; Member since: Dec 07, 2016
Atleast waze is allowed. I'll be happy to see here maps on Android Auto
posted on May 29, 2018, 10:01 AM 1
5. RebelwithoutaClue
Posts: 5473; Member since: Apr 05, 2013
Absolutely, I use Waze since it offers speed control checks so I can speed without thinking too much of it
posted on May 29, 2018, 1:21 PM 0
2. Landon
Posts: 1227; Member since: May 07, 2015
Android Auto and Apple CarPlay should come standard in all new cars. The proprietary navigation systems from almost every car manufacturer are horrendous.
posted on May 29, 2018, 9:44 AM 0
6. emcdonald75
Posts: 152; Member since: Nov 07, 2012
Does Podcast Addict work for Android Auto?
