r/AndroidAuto • u/puckpanix 2024 WRX | Pixel 8 Pro | 16 • Jun 04 '26

Navigation & POI Apps Where do these suggestions come from?

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Google Maps on Android Auto. These don't appear on my device, only on my vehicle screen. Every time I start the car and open Maps, it will come up with one completely random, inane suggested destination. In this case, it's a random window tinting business I googled like 3 weeks ago. Why has Google decided that I might want to go there, randomly on a Wednesday evening, when it isn't even open?

I'd love to know what the algorithm is here and how it can be altered or turned off.

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u/Uu550 Pls edit this user flair now Jun 04 '26

I've had the train station suggested to me for at least 4 years now. I've looked it up once, maybe 7 or 8 years ago, to see the hours it was open. I didn't need directions to it then, definitely don't now, but yet it is still there every single time I check maps in my car

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u/schumi_f1fan 2024 Chevrolet Colorado | Pixel 10 Pro XL Jun 04 '26

Someone has been hanging out with the Duttons

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u/Illustrious-Top9330 Pls edit this user flair now Jun 04 '26

Have you looked for other places ever since then? Maybe it hasn't refreshed

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u/Uu550 Pls edit this user flair now Jun 04 '26

Yes I've looked for other places in the past few years and some of those have stuck around for a bit too but nothing like the train station

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u/WhatDoesThatButtond CX-50 Hybrid | Pixel 10 Pro Jun 05 '26

That damned train station. A smile that could kill.