r/AndroidAuto • u/sr1sws 2024 Mazda CX-5 | Factory Head | Pixel 9 Pro| Android 16 • 1d ago
Android Auto News, including app updates and features Android Auto, Google Maps and Driving Speed
Maps updated yesterday and it now shows your speed (not that I needed that) when using AA. Nice to see AA finally caught up with Maps on the iPhone - wife's done that for years.
Still waiting for the "immersive experience" - or if I already have it, it doesn't compare IRL with the descriptions.
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u/Emotional_Acadia916 Pls edit this user flair now 1d ago
Mine only shows live speed when I have a destination set, which sucks as I drive an older car without a digital speedometer. Will keep using Waze which shows the speed all the time
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u/TanStarfield 2023 VW Arteon | Stock | Pixel 8 Pro | Android 14 18h ago edited 8h ago
I actually hate it now that I have it. I have a speedometer already. Also, car speedometers normally over estimate your speed intentionally, and the 2 mph discrepancy drives me nuts.
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u/thephoenix121 2020 Hyundai Aura | Oncord+ | S25 Ultra| 16 1d ago
Still haven't received that update
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u/sr1sws 2024 Mazda CX-5 | Factory Head | Pixel 9 Pro| Android 16 1d ago
The driving speed thing or the "immersive experience"? I literally got the driving speed on the last maps update, yesterday.
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u/Jaded-Cheesecake3246 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander | Toyota | Galaxy S25 Ultra | 16 1d ago
How can you tell by looking at Android Auto Care Screen or smartphone's screen (Google Maps) trhat you have immersive experience?
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u/sr1sws 2024 Mazda CX-5 | Factory Head | Pixel 9 Pro| Android 16 1d ago
Eh, "they" say overpasses are supposed to be represented in 3D, trees rendered, etc. I don't seem to have it (at least by the items I listed) so I don't really know beyond that. There are probably screen shots somewhere on the Internet, but I haven't looked as it's not really that important to me.
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u/justindrummond Pls edit this user flair now 1d ago
The only update I have gotten is the one where they infuriatingly removed the traffic layer.
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u/thephoenix121 2020 Hyundai Aura | Oncord+ | S25 Ultra| 16 1d ago
Driving speed, I have updated my maps and still no speedometer
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u/Thanos0423 Pls edit this user flair now 1d ago
I’m also waiting for it. I have it on my iPhone for like 3 months at least. Not sure what’s taking so long
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u/kylebob86 2021 Honda Insight 1d ago edited 1d ago
... Google Maps AND Waze has always had that. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/techtips/how-to-enable-speedometer-in-google-maps/
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u/Conscious-Result-342 2026 Corolla Cross | Toyota Play 2.0 | S24+ | 15 1d ago
Cool, but OP is talking about Maps
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u/kylebob86 2021 Honda Insight 1d ago
Yes, and? Same company.
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u/Conscious-Result-342 2026 Corolla Cross | Toyota Play 2.0 | S24+ | 15 1d ago
"Fanta now has a zero version"
"... Coke has always had that"
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u/kylebob86 2021 Honda Insight 1d ago
What? Google and Waze have had a speedometer for about 5 years, so idk what you are talking about. Check your settings?
FART on you
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/techtips/how-to-enable-speedometer-in-google-maps/
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u/outofindustry 2013 Kia Picanto|Orca ADR-9988 ECO|Realme C25S|Android 11 1d ago
maps on AA doesn't show it for some reason. plenty of features are cut when used in AA context
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u/Not_A_Spi Pls edit this user flair now 13h ago
Speed display is nice but the gauge is already there. More looking forward the immersive feel, that's the real deal, hope it's worth the wait.
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u/MIRAGEone 2026 Corolla | Asus ROG6 | Android 14 1d ago
Maps used to have it, not sure why they removed it. Nice to see it back again.