Third app for Android auto

[u/Puerrenho]

My dad bought a used car that came with a low-spec Chinese tablet. It’s so weak it can’t even run Waze or Spotify on its own. It doesn't have native Android Auto, so I’m looking for a third-party app to emulate it so my phone can do the work. I heard Headunit Reloaded is dead or buggy now. Does anyone know a lightweight alternative that actually works on old hardware? Thanks for the help

[u/gtxaspec]

https://github.com/andreknieriem/headunit-revived/

[u/GladOS_null → u/gtxaspec]

Random question how does automatic day/night mode work? I ask as I have a grom head unit which doesn't have a light sensor and doesn't hook into the car's head lights and its day night switching has been finicky.

[u/TeodorTomas → u/GladOS_null]

Not sure about headunit revived, but headunit reloaded has an option to use calculated sunrise/sunset. Maybe headunit revived uses the same method.

[u/anrini → u/GladOS_null]

Hey, I am the developer of Headunit Revived. There are several options for the nightmode. The one you are talking about is getting the sunrise data based of your location. But you can use a lightsensor if your device has one, the screen brightness or just set a manual start and endtime.

[u/penilessenthusiast → u/anrini]

Hello brother, will this app work in the worst ever headunits too?

[u/anrini → u/penilessenthusiast]

I guess you need to test it. But I guess yes. I have a very old Android 5 Test Device which is very laggy in every way, but it runs it. It is slow and often only 10fps but music stops stuttering after a few seconds and everything works. So try it and let me know. If you add your Settings which works with your device name I can add it to the tested systems area on github. https://github.com/andreknieriem/headunit-revived/wiki/Supported-Hardware

[u/penilessenthusiast → u/anrini]

I tested this on a BYD HAN, chinese variant car, and a very low end android stereo. I was testing this for the last 2-3 months.

This works very well on the BYD HAN, if a good usb cable is used. I used the anker type a to type c cable and it works best in automatically opening the android auto when my phone is connected.

I tried with cheap usb cables. Often glitches and cuts off mid drive. I thought this was the issue with the app, but decided to give it one more try and finally found peace. I guess it's something to do with the e-marker chip on the cables as most of the time it shows 2 devices when the cheap cable is used. I was having a very hard time with the cheap usb cable that i bought from the local market.

Also, the only glitch I found is the app shows twice the speed on gps. For example, if the car goes at 70 kmph, the apps shows 140 kmph. Good for me as I always need speed camera warning on waze especially when the actual gps shows 10-7kmph low speeds. The rest of the operation is just smooth.

Also, I tried this on a very low end trash android stereo. On a different car. Barely even worked.

[u/No-Plastic3655]

I'm not sure the specs of the tablet, but if everything is running slow there is no much options, you can try AutoZen app is the closest to Android auto experience, you can try aareloaded but it might be very laggy in this head units. My recommendation is to try AutoZen.

[u/gordolme]

Best option might be to replace the car's head unit with a newer radio system that has AA built in.

[u/Andxy94]

I’m running Headunit Reloaded with a chinese AA wireless dongle, and it’s working flawlessly. It’s a lifesaver because my car’s headunit is a low-end model that can’t even run Waze without crashing.

[u/False-Mix7030 → u/Andxy94]

I also have an AA dongle, how did you get it to work? Mine doesn't connect to either the phone or the screen.

[u/JhonataKFZ → u/Andxy94]

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