Is there a good integration for Android? I never used Google Assistent, when I tried, it failed for basic tasks. I rented a car with Android Auto, went inside

Is there a good integration for Android? I never used Google Assistent, when I tried, it failed for basic tasks. I rented a car with Android Auto, went inside my podcast app, and couldn't go back to Google maps, and of course Android Auto makes google maps stop working on my mobile phone when android auto is on. So i was trying things like ,,go to maps'', ,,go to navigation'', ,,maps'', but none of them worked. Disconnecting and reconnecting andorid auto worked mostly (but not always)