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Android Auto & INSTRUMENT PANEL

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#1 ·
I don't know if anyone asked this here before, but has anyone figured out a way to get the Google Maps up onto the instrument panel. I love the Google Maps for ease of use and now I have to look down & to the center console to see the map & the turn directions.
 
#3 ·
Abu Dhabi Dude said:
ytcan said:
I don't know if anyone asked this here before, but has anyone figured out a way to get the Google Maps up onto the instrument panel. I love the Google Maps for ease of use and now I have to look down & to the center console to see the map & the turn directions.
Can't be done. Only the car satnav can be put on the instrument panel cluster.
Agreed. But is there good reason why not?

The driver display can take information from Android Auto - you can get the Spotify information displaying on the media screen for example.
It should only take a software tweak to allow Google Maps or Waze to display there too.
 
#4 ·
Ascot said:
Agreed. But is there good reason why not?

The driver display can take information from Android Auto - you can get the Spotify information displaying on the media screen for example.
It should only take a software tweak to allow Google Maps or Waze to display there too.
I believe media is handled differently. Media information is passed from CarPlay/AA to the in-car media player in the infotainment system. The dashboard is not displaying the Android Auto or CarPlay media information, but the in-car media information from the Pivi Pro or TouchPro Duo.

I believe that Apple CarPlay does now support side loading to a secondary display (I think that was introduced in iOS 13 or 14), but it has to be incorporated by the vehicle manufacturer. I've not heard of a car that does this yet, but probably somebody has.
 
#5 ·
Going back to the superior Android Auto I think it is a similar problem that it was not designed to fit multiple screens only a single rectangular screen. To show maps as part of a dash display would be tricky since every manufacturer is likely to have a different display layout. There would need to be a degree of standardisation and AA adaptation to work with multiple screens.

Whilst there are many many things software and hardware related that JLR could and should be blamed for integrating functionality not supported by the AA platform is not really one of them.

The only possibility is that if AA provide a standard in future AND JLR want to support it AND it is only software AND it is offered to all Pivi owners not just new customers as an update AND it works (a very real question with JLR) then you may get your wish.

Too many improbable things in that list on the JLR side for me to hold my breath
 
#7 ·
Abu Dhabi Dude said:
Yawn. One of those people. I referred to both in my post.
You went on to say what Carplay supports AA does not currently support dual displays.
 
#8 ·
Maybe there is a safety issue regarding putting phone information onto the driver's dedicated display. Any form of external data or interaction with the drivers display/HUD may be considered unsafe?
 
#10 ·
Abu Dhabi Dude said:
electric beagle said:
You went on to say what Carplay supports AA does not currently support dual displays.
So? I discussed both. As it was relevant to the topic and would be relevant to other people reading it. Interesting to know that the so-called "superior product" has less features though.
Possibly a bit like the superior iPace has so many more issues than the inferior e-Tron and Tesla options ;)
 
#11 ·
electric beagle said:
Possibly a bit like the superior iPace has so many more issues than the inferior e-Tron and Tesla options ;)
Oh how original. A post from you slagging off the I-Pace. Do us all a favour. Go buy an Etron. Or a Tesla. Or basically anything else. All I've seen from you is spamming of almost everyone else's post, regardless of the topic, turning it into a "woe is me, the I-Pace is awful" discussion, and now you've added to that nonsense with a ridiculous attempt to start an absolutely meaningless and pointless "phone OS war". It. Doesn't. Matter. It's. A. Phone.
 
#12 ·
Abu Dhabi Dude said:
electric beagle said:
Possibly a bit like the superior iPace has so many more issues than the inferior e-Tron and Tesla options ;)
Oh how original. A post from you slagging off the I-Pace. Do us all a favour. Go buy an Etron. Or a Tesla. Or basically anything else. All I've seen from you is spamming of almost everyone else's post, regardless of the topic, turning it into a "woe is me, the I-Pace is awful" discussion, and now you've added to that nonsense with a ridiculous attempt to start an absolutely meaningless and pointless "phone OS war". It. Doesn't. Matter. It's. A. Phone.
:roll:
 
#14 ·
famar said:
Hi - I am trying to update the browser in the panel to stream video, eg netflix/youtube - any chance someone has a clue how this could be done? Thank you so much!
It's not always possible it can be deliberately excluded in the browser code. I have that with the large screen (running a variant of android) on my home rowing machine, it has a browser but using it to stream content has been disabled and it's not possible to add a new browser or add streaming apps direct even when you force it to give you a play store page (by hacking through the manufacturer's app and dropping to native android).

I suspect JLR will have taken all possible steps to prevent use of the browser in this way for safety reasons .
 
#15 ·
Don't know about updating the browser to watch Netflix/Youtube but maybe something like this might help?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZWwnn14qA8&t=430s[url]

I've not tried one so don't know but maybe it's a way of getting other mapping apps such as "wattsup" onto the in-car display too as (so far as I know) there is no Android Auto version of the App yet.
 
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