Boo hiss fuck off
I wouldn't be so pissed if Gemini actually had good audio to text
Great! another feature I have zero interest in will be shoved down my throat!
Don't do evil
We need an alternative to android auto now😭
I upgraded to an older car that doesn't have any of that nonsense.
Could they just try to make it so it actually works rather than telling me my wife doesn't exist in my contacts list when I ask it to call her?
That's just Gemini trying to break you out of the Matrix. You don't have a wife. There's no contact list. Wake up then_three_more!
"Smart AI" is like saying "Microsoft Works"...
It's a more talkative, more delusional Clippy.
I do not normally say this, but please, for the love of fuck, make Gemini a premium feature
the monkey's paw curls
There will now be constant popups for you to upgrade and regular "free trials" that shift around the ui so you use it accidentally, and then go back to normal a week later.
There is a simple solution: stop using Android Auto.
please no
They couldn't possibly make it any more garbage than it actually is.
In the middle of an audio book in any media player but you connect to your car? Too bad! Android Auto is its own separate little world and your playlist position is different in the car vs. out of it.
Someone sent you a text but ye gods forbid, they sent it before you started driving your car? Too bad! You can't see past text messages, just the ones that were sent while you were driving. I guess if somebody texted you an address in advance you'll have to fish your phone out of your pocket.
Somebody's calling you who is already in your address book. Too bad! We'll only show the phone number on the screen and not their contact name.
Etc., etc.
Android Auto is basically useless. My car stereo supports both, so I just screen mirror if I actually care about functionality. I only use Android Auto itself when all I want is a map.
The position thing is the fault of the app developer. I don't have that issue with Podcast Republic.
My favorite thing to hate on Android auto is: if you get a call or text while using google maps for directions, the notification blocks your view of your directions. I drive with the voice dictation off, i hate driving with 'turn left, turn right, turn left...' Announcing every 2 minutes while I'm in the car so I glance at the screen before I need to make turns. In this case, if someone messages or calls you before an exit number or turn on google maps, you will miss it, I've passed many highway exits because of this.
All 3 of these things are Google's own products, how the fuck couldn't they have thought this through? It also gives the impression, they do literally no real world testing.
That's also happened to me many times lol! But honestly this is my only real gripe with Android Auto. I hope Gemini doesn't make it worse
It's insane to me that there are basically no good options for a secure and private phone from a major manufacturer. All commercial options have some caveats, even Apple. It seems like Google Pixel + Graphene is the only option but you have to do that yourself and it still ONLY supports Google Pixel (for technical reasons, I understand). Literally any laptop can be made secure and private by installing Linux, but with phones your options are severely limited by hardware
We do have this. Not perfect but a good effort by them. https://www.braxtech.net/
Pre-order. So it's not on the market yet.
Correct. They are shipping it in batches. The first one already shipped I think.
What OS?
It runs iode OS. A forked project of lineage. It's also capable of running Ubuntu touch. It's a great project, just has some deal breakers for me. If I ever de-google I'd rather use an existing device.
What are your deal breakers?
At least for me.
1612 x 720P screen, not terrible but not great. Would be a downgraded from current device
5000Mah battery, nice; 10W charging, err; 2.5 - 3 hour charge time, yikes.
Mediatek 6300 octa core processor, not actually terrible, but performs less than my current device.
8GB RAM, again not horrible, same as my current but it could be a tad higher. Can't complain too much about this one though.
Overall not a bad device. For someone who doesn't use their phone heavily and like the idea of a dedicated privacy friendly phone, it may do well.
Also for its price point. It is only fair that it wouldn't be the top performing device of course.
Ah. Yes. All very good points. My current phone is slightly better than its specs, too, but I also paid more for my phone that Brax's current asking price. Personally, those specs are a sweet spot for a replacement phone at a cheap (ish) phone, when you consider its privacy preserving implications and the fact that other phone with a similar goal go for a much, much higher asking price.
I'm with you, though. I'm not going to change out my current phone with this one, but I'm also not going to dismiss it as a viable option for the masses.
~~smarter~~ worse
FTFY
How about instead you make it where I'm can constantly connect the first time!
Smarter eh? My BP already usually up when driving in traffic. You sure this isn't just going to piss me off more because I feel like this is just going to piss me off more?
Good thing I don't use android auto either then I guess.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuck google
This is why I didn't buy a wireless android auto adapter when I bought a different car. I figured Gemini was going to get stuffed down our throats there.
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