Samsung’s version of Android Auto has a clever notification trick

Android Auto is one of Android’s best features, since it lets you safely access many of your phone’s features while you’re driving. It’s not the only phone projection implementation, though. In China, where Android Auto isn’t available, Samsung offers its own version called Samsung Auto. Samsung Auto offers many of the same capabilities as Android Auto, but it has one neat feature that we’d like Google to copy: location-based navigation.

Most people input a destination before driving, but sometimes, drivers must change destinations mid-drive. This could happen for several reasons, but when it does, inputting the new destination can be difficult without pulling over. Although it’s possible to change destinations while driving, Android Auto only allows voice input while driving. The new destination may have an address that’s hard to say or require disambiguation in the case of businesses, forcing drivers to briefly take their eyes off the road to choose the right location on the car screen. Picking up your phone and manually typing the new address into a navigation app is incredibly dangerous to do while driving.