
Plus, you can 'favorite' items on the screen that you want to be added to your favorites in the app-it's a great way to avoid reaching for your phone to save a track for later. Since you'll be driving while you listen, it's awesome that all your podcasts, shows, and playlists from your account are so easily accessible. You can browse by podcast, audiobook, music genres, and moods.

So why is it useful as an Android Auto app? We think it's good to have Spotify connected to your head unit for two reasons: Your recently played items are just a tap away, and millions upon millions of songs are available for streaming.

This app serves music and podcasts to over half a billion monthly users you can read more about it in our Spotify review. Premium required for ad-free listening and other features.Īndroid Auto has many music-related apps, but you can't go wrong with Spotify. Here are some other things we like: Your speed is always displayed on the map, so you can keep that in check while using the app, alternative routes are available, and you can quickly turn the sound off or enable just alerts. Another toggle helps avoid difficult intersections, so you're not struggling in new places. You can also make it so Waze doesn't take you down unpaved roads, or if you don't mind some, you can set it up only to permit short unpaved roads. You can set up the app to avoid toll roads, ferries, and freeways. We also like what you can do in the settings. This means you can easily see if a nearby business has things like restrooms, parking, or air conditioning. Directions home or to work are just a tap away, and there are also categories for finding parking, gas (including gas prices at some locations), shopping, coffee, drive-thru restaurants, and pharmacies with just a few taps.Ī phone number is displayed for some businesses, as are their on-site services. Of course, Waze also works as a normal navigation app. There are large buttons on the screen you can tap to say that you see a hazard in the road, for example. It's also just as easy for you to report those things so other users can benefit. These updates are reflected right there on your vehicle's display. In short, all of its millions of users become reporters who can send updates to the map when they see a traffic jam, police officer, crash, or hazard.

See What Is Waze and How Does It Work? for all the details. The super-popular, Google-owned Waze navigation app is extremely useful for up-to-the-minute information on things like traffic jams and crashes and vital details to know if you want to stay safe and save time on the road.
