[Android Auto] Expert level usage?
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[Android Auto] Expert level usage?
I have a '16 Yukon XL which shares the DNA of all other GM radios regarding Android Auto and I have a question on apps/operation.
So using Google maps via USB is working, Google music works etc....so all the basics are 100%.
I installed Waze (compatible app for Android Auto) which comes up as a working app to select between Google maps and Waze when Android Auto comes up and both work great.
The question is, things like Textra, Skype and various other apps in the Google Store are all apps that are supposed to work with Android Auto when it is active.......my question is how to use those apps or access them. I have Skype installed but yet I can't find any way to see how to choose or access Skype anywhere in the Android Auto app operation.
Waze clearly works and is accessible showing that it does "work" as one would expect, but the "other" apps don't seem to show up or work as expected and wondering what I could be doing wrong? I did some YouTube looking and it really only talks about the Bluetooth operation or just the USB cable in, nothing really about how to add apps into Android Auto or how to use them.
Anyone have any tips or can guide me to a method of how to do it?
Thank you!
Chris
So using Google maps via USB is working, Google music works etc....so all the basics are 100%.
I installed Waze (compatible app for Android Auto) which comes up as a working app to select between Google maps and Waze when Android Auto comes up and both work great.
The question is, things like Textra, Skype and various other apps in the Google Store are all apps that are supposed to work with Android Auto when it is active.......my question is how to use those apps or access them. I have Skype installed but yet I can't find any way to see how to choose or access Skype anywhere in the Android Auto app operation.
Waze clearly works and is accessible showing that it does "work" as one would expect, but the "other" apps don't seem to show up or work as expected and wondering what I could be doing wrong? I did some YouTube looking and it really only talks about the Bluetooth operation or just the USB cable in, nothing really about how to add apps into Android Auto or how to use them.
Anyone have any tips or can guide me to a method of how to do it?
Thank you!
Chris
