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What a steaming pile of digested waste material. Have they ever thought about fixing their app? There are plenty of Android Auto apps on the store.

thefz 5y ago
The existence of other Android Auto apps mean nothing. Enel is quite a large company and I am sure it has a lot of people working on its mobile applications. Besides, they are enforcing European law.
- baridbelmedar 5y ago
  Just because they are big in one particular sector doesn't mean that the app they built didn't have problems (security in this case). This is very likely just a way to squeeze some money from a foreign company.
  - hulitu 5y ago
    Security was never a concern for google. There is a lot of malware in Google play. But the interference with their monopoly is a concern for them.
hulitu 5y ago
It's half true, there are plenty of android auto apps on the store. The majority of them are music playing apps. Navigation apps are not allowed by google. I have 2 cars with android auto and android auto is useless for me because i cannot mirror the phone screen.
- rightbyte 5y ago
  Wait what? Only Google Maps is allowed? That is absurd.
  - namdnay 5y ago
    Waze is definitely allowed (but then again, that’s Google too :) )
  - gman83 5y ago
    Apparently that used to be true but is no longer. OsmAnd (OpenStreetMap navigation app) is releasing their Android Auto app later this year: https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/3391 https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/3391
- gpas 5y ago
  > Navigation apps are not allowed by google. They removed that restriction last April[1], now devs can publish nav, parking, charger apps etc. Sygic[2] as an example. [1] https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/04/start-your-engines-launch-new-android.html https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/04/start-your... [2] https://www.sygic.com/android-auto https://www.sygic.com/android-auto
  - ylere 5y ago
    The antitrust investigation in this case was launched in May 2019 though.
- threeseed 5y ago
  According to this TomTom, MapFactor and other navigations apps work: https://9to5google.com/2020/08/11/android-auto-navigation-apps/ https://9to5google.com/2020/08/11/android-auto-navigation-ap...

thefz 5y ago

The existence of other Android Auto apps mean nothing. Enel is quite a large company and I am sure it has a lot of people working on its mobile applications. Besides, they are enforcing European law.

baridbelmedar 5y ago
Just because they are big in one particular sector doesn't mean that the app they built didn't have problems (security in this case). This is very likely just a way to squeeze some money from a foreign company.
- hulitu 5y ago
  Security was never a concern for google. There is a lot of malware in Google play. But the interference with their monopoly is a concern for them.

hulitu 5y ago

It's half true, there are plenty of android auto apps on the store. The majority of them are music playing apps. Navigation apps are not allowed by google. I have 2 cars with android auto and android auto is useless for me because i cannot mirror the phone screen.

rightbyte 5y ago
Wait what? Only Google Maps is allowed? That is absurd.
- namdnay 5y ago
  Waze is definitely allowed (but then again, that’s Google too :) )
- gman83 5y ago
  Apparently that used to be true but is no longer. OsmAnd (OpenStreetMap navigation app) is releasing their Android Auto app later this year: https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/3391 https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/3391
gpas 5y ago
> Navigation apps are not allowed by google. They removed that restriction last April[1], now devs can publish nav, parking, charger apps etc. Sygic[2] as an example. [1] https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/04/start-your-engines-launch-new-android.html https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/04/start-your... [2] https://www.sygic.com/android-auto https://www.sygic.com/android-auto
- ylere 5y ago
  The antitrust investigation in this case was launched in May 2019 though.
threeseed 5y ago
According to this TomTom, MapFactor and other navigations apps work: https://9to5google.com/2020/08/11/android-auto-navigation-apps/ https://9to5google.com/2020/08/11/android-auto-navigation-ap...