The car needs a ton of TLC for electric work and new shocks.
Ive been holding out on dealing with the stereo for as long as possible.
But a recent APK teardown of the Google app has me seeing red.
© Anker
Im driving to Los Angeles in a few months and need hands-free controls.
I may not have them by then, at least not through the Roav Bolt dongle.
Google Assistant on your car accessory will be discontinued in coming weeks.
© Florence Ion / Gizmodo What Android Auto on the phone used to look like. Those were the good old days.
To keep using Assistant, invoke queries either on your Mobile or via Android Auto.
I contacted Google to ask if whats being seen here is valid.
I bought it in 2019, three years into the Google Assistant journey.
Anker makes the Roav Bolt.
It accepted all the basic commands, like call somebody and skip songs.
I could even ask for facts on the fly if my passenger disagreed with something I said.
My usual setup stopped working entirely for several months.
I could only manage a command one out of every three times I attempted it.
Its the worst thing to endure when driving, and you need Google Maps to act fast.
But none of this surprises me.
All you have to do is plug your phone into it with a cable.
There is no reason for a phone-only driving mode for a specific subset of people.
Still, I am sad that the dongle is about to be extinct.
Its not idealits uglybut its free.
Either that or I finally figure outhow to hack the Spotify Car Thing.
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