Android auto coming to Lexus
12-30-19, 10:45 AM
#32
If you have a non-nav car, AA or CP can make a huge difference. If you are running a Gen 11 Nav car, Our Lexus system is by far better. If you have Gen11 nav and you don't feel so I would suggest you take some time on lexusdrivers.com and teach yourself how to take for advantage of it.
12-30-19, 12:17 PM
#33
Driver School Candidate
No Android Auto is so disrespectful
I just bought my 2020 NX 300h this August so I'm pretty disappointed to read that only NX's produced after October 2019 will have Android Auto. I emailed Lexus to see if they will have firmware updates to add in Android Auto to all 2020 NX's but it seems like the chances are low for any pre October 2019 NX's to get Android Auto.
12-30-19, 12:43 PM
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12-30-19, 11:15 PM
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Intermediate
Surely other states are adopting the same laws and car manufacturers will have to adapt in a way that allows a driver's phone/device to be readably useable while driving. I look forward to the day I too can use Google/Waze while driving...and I too am not switching to Apple.
01-04-20, 09:30 AM
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01-06-20, 01:16 PM
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2020 nx300
I just picked up a 2020 nx300 and found out its not Android Auto Capable. It is a Non Nav truck. Other than using AA, is there ANY other way/app/feature that will give me the ability to project any sort of Nav in the truck?
01-06-20, 04:00 PM
#38
Racer
Maybe get an older iPhone (like a “burner” phone) just for navigating in your SUV? If your NX has built-in Wi-Fi, maybe the iPhone can connect to the internet via Wi-Fi and you won’t need a data plan for it.
01-13-20, 10:16 PM
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01-14-20, 03:43 AM
#42
Lead Lap
I live in a state (Washington) that does not allow a driver to hold a phone in one or both hands while driving (driving includes stopped in traffic) unless the car is pulled over to the side of the road and stopped. However, this does not preclude the minimal use of a finger to activate, deactivate, or initiate a function of the device...as long as it's not in the driver's hand(s).
Surely other states are adopting the same laws and car manufacturers will have to adapt in a way that allows a driver's phone/device to be readably useable while driving. I look forward to the day I too can use Google/Waze while driving...and I too am not switching to Apple.
Surely other states are adopting the same laws and car manufacturers will have to adapt in a way that allows a driver's phone/device to be readably useable while driving. I look forward to the day I too can use Google/Waze while driving...and I too am not switching to Apple.
Car companies could do more to reduce texting and driving and I wonder how long it will be before someone challenges them through a civil claim and win for them to finally take action. I mean, seriously, if they can have suspensions that reads the road and adapts to 1 million times a second, sure they can do something to help reduce this problem that is more widespread than drinking and driving...
05-01-20, 03:48 AM
#44
Pole Position
Personally, I wish car companies would put USB port in the trunk of the vehicle....Put the cell in there and you can only use bluetooth and things related to the car interface to avoid people texting and doing silly stuff with their cell while driving. There are many rules here but the penalty is not harsh enough - People blow red lights, rear end vehicles and almost run over pedestrian because their are addicted to that text message that makes them feel so important and loved...All you need is one of your loved one (wife, husband, kid, parent, sibbling) to be killed or seriously injured (paralyzed) but a person texting and driving to fully understand the seriousness of this action....
Car companies could do more to reduce texting and driving and I wonder how long it will be before someone challenges them through a civil claim and win for them to finally take action. I mean, seriously, if they can have suspensions that reads the road and adapts to 1 million times a second, sure they can do something to help reduce this problem that is more widespread than drinking and driving...
Car companies could do more to reduce texting and driving and I wonder how long it will be before someone challenges them through a civil claim and win for them to finally take action. I mean, seriously, if they can have suspensions that reads the road and adapts to 1 million times a second, sure they can do something to help reduce this problem that is more widespread than drinking and driving...
05-03-20, 04:07 PM
#45
I used Android Auto for the first time today. I did a little test trip from here where I live to about an hour away to the address where I grew up. Got directions from Google Maps on my home PC and sent them to my phone. When I got out to the NX and paired the phone up the Android Auto app popped up on the phone asking me to allow it to take over everything. When I did that the menu popped up on the nav screen in the vehicle. Selected Maps and the address popped up, selected it and off we went. I must say I think I do like this form of navigation a little better than the factory nav. But I think I've confirmed I'm going to have to go get fitted for glasses because especially the moving map side of it is just too small for me to be able to read it. Even the factory nav screen is difficult for me to read. Unless I can find some sort of non reading glasses off the shelf at a store since I would only need them for driving.
Now here's where I had trouble with the Android Auto. Once I got to my old house address I thought ok now let's let Android Auto bring me back home. But for some reason I couldn't pull up maps to tell it to go home. Are you supposed to input addresses in Google Maps from the vehicle screen or from your phone? Because on the vehicle screen if I selected the Google Maps icon again it just showed me that I had completed that trip and wouldn't let me get past that. If I tried to go into maps on my phone it said Android Auto was running and I couldn't access maps while it was running so I turned it off. But turning Android Auto off meant that I couldn't get it back on again. So I just told the factory nav unit "go home" and used it on the way back.
What should I have done different? Maybe unplug the phone, unpair it, then redo it all like it was the first time being connected? Speaking of the factory nav, this new 11.0 system, it says that it now uses "the cloud". Is it just getting traffic updates and such from the cloud or is it supposed to be more intuitive with better route choices than the old systems?
Now here's where I had trouble with the Android Auto. Once I got to my old house address I thought ok now let's let Android Auto bring me back home. But for some reason I couldn't pull up maps to tell it to go home. Are you supposed to input addresses in Google Maps from the vehicle screen or from your phone? Because on the vehicle screen if I selected the Google Maps icon again it just showed me that I had completed that trip and wouldn't let me get past that. If I tried to go into maps on my phone it said Android Auto was running and I couldn't access maps while it was running so I turned it off. But turning Android Auto off meant that I couldn't get it back on again. So I just told the factory nav unit "go home" and used it on the way back.
What should I have done different? Maybe unplug the phone, unpair it, then redo it all like it was the first time being connected? Speaking of the factory nav, this new 11.0 system, it says that it now uses "the cloud". Is it just getting traffic updates and such from the cloud or is it supposed to be more intuitive with better route choices than the old systems?