Best Android Auto Apps for music, messages, maps and more

Android Auto is one of the best technological implementations for modern cars, a simple and inexpensive control center that makes each car "smart" and connected with all the apps we are used to. In machines that have an on-board computer with Android Auto, you can install many of the daily newspaper applications on your smartphone, so that you can use them while driving, with voice commands and a large and optimized graphic display for the on-board computer screen . You can then call, send a message, listen to streaming music as you would at home, ask for directions, listen to the reading of books and many other things.
To configure Android Auto just connect the phone to the USB port of the machine to configure it and go. An internet connection is not required in the car, because the smartphone takes care of it.
Without forgetting that you can use Android Auto on each machine thanks to the smartphone app, in this article we see the best apps that are compatible with Android Auto, which integrate within its interface, to customize the computer experience of smart board and expand its functionality.

Article Index

• Books and Audiobooks
• Listen to music
• Streaming music
• Internet Radio and Podcast
• Satellite navigator and maps
• Whatsapp, Messenger and other chats
• SMS
• Other apps

Listen to reading books and podcasts in the car

Among the apps to listen to Ebook reading, the best is Google Play Books, fully supported by Android Auto.
Even better, it is possible to listen to the reading of audiobooks, which unlike ordinary books are read by a human voice and not by artificial intelligence. Among the apps for Audiobooks in Italian, the best is Amazon Audible, which can be used for free in a limited version or by subscription.

Listen to music in the car from the phone

For those who use the smartphone as an MP3 player, thus saving the songs on the phone, Android Auto asks to install Google Play Music which works well, even if it is not the best of its kind. Among the best apps for listening to music on Android, you can use an app like MediaMonkey as a local music player, simple for simple and customizable, even inside Android Auto. Alternatively, you can also try DoubleTwist Audio, which also supports Podcasts or JetAudio or even Pulsar Music Player.

App to listen to streaming music in Android Auto

The two best apps for listening to music via the internet are definitely Amazon Prime Music, Deezer and Spotify, which can be used with a subscription (but Amazon Prime Music is free for Prime subscribers). The car radio, thanks to these applications and the connection of the phone, allows you to choose any song you want to listen to while driving and to ask for any playlist of any kind, without limitations and without ever having to touch buttons. Both Spotify and Amazon Music work well with voice commands and allow you to access saved playlists quickly.
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Listen to web radios and podcasts on Android Auto

Applications with online radio are especially useful when traveling, so you can stay tuned to your favorite station without having to search for the frequency in normal radio. In addition, internet radios offer a virtually unlimited choice of stations to FM or web radios from around the world, in order to choose to listen to music of different genres for free (without a subscription) or to discuss politics and sports at local stations. Among these apps are excellent TuneIn, MyTuner and Simple Radio, supported in Android Auto.
For Podcasts you can always use Tunein, or more specific apps like Podcast Republic, which also supports the addition of Podcasts via Feed and is practically unlimited in playing talk shows and episodes from any source.

Satellite Navigator and Maps for Android Auto

Android Auto has been designed to work natively with Google Maps, which is its first and natural application for seeing directions and with support for voice commands. The only other alternative app with maps and road navigator that interfaces in Android Auto is Waze for Android . Waze, which is also from Google, works similarly to Google Maps with voice commands and focuses mainly on driving in traffic, to avoid traffic jams and slowdowns.

Chat on Whatsapp, Messenger, Telegram, Skype on Android Auto

Depending on the chat usually used to chat and send messages, among the best supported by Android Auto there are certainly Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, which allow you to listen to the reading of the messages when you touch the notifications and to reply by speaking out loud.
Other messaging apps also have support for Android Auto, including Telegram and Skype, which also allows you to make streaming calls and video calls.

App to send and receive SMS from Android Auto

Among the best apps for SMS on Android, we can choose to use Android Auto Pulse SMS, perhaps the number one of its kind, highly configurable, which works on computers, mobile phones and machines.

All other apps for Android Auto

Google has an entire section dedicated to Android Auto on the Google Play Store for Android Auto apps. On this page you can find many other alternatives to the apps listed above, to listen to the radio, to send messages, to listen to news and podcasts, for many other types of content and features.
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