Alexa App For Android Auto
The coolest feature is with maps.
Alexa app for android auto. There are about 500 cars with android auto support. Alexa already helps you simplify and organize your life at home now you can take her with you on the go with alexa auto. The company is aiming to compete with google s android auto and the apple carplay. Alexa s brain is in the cloud so she continually learns and adds more functionality over time.
It was creepy at first says kelley blue book auto analyst rebecca lindland a self professed early technology adopter. The more you use alexa the more she adapts to your speech patterns vocabulary and personal preferences. The boxy device plugs into your car s usb port or lighter then you use the alexa app to set it up. Alexa can help you play music get directions place calls listen to audiobooks control your smart home and more with just your voice so you can keep your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road.
The android version of tidal the artist owned music subscription app works on more than 400 cars that support android auto as well as third party head units and auto s own phone interface. The third simpler way is to simply download the android auto app. How it works interactions with alexa are automatically mirrored visually on your amazon alexa app providing more information as you want it. It s not guaranteed to work with all android devices but to.
Discover more get more out of your echo device through personalized feature recommendations from alexa discover and enable recommended alexa skills. Amazon is currently planning to place its virtual assistant alexa in automobiles recently. The more you use alexa the more she adapts to your voice vocabulary and personal preferences. Asking alexa to navigate somewhere automatically pulls up the navigation tab and starts google maps directions.
Set alexa as the default assistant on android you can also set alexa as the default digital assistant replacing google assistant. If any of you are wondering if echo auto plays nice with android auto the answer is yes. Amazon has come out with its own answer to alexa auto accessories with the echo auto. I haven t figured out how to force waze navigation yet but google maps works great.