Navigation Options
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2018 12:22 am
I've spent the last week or so using all the options, the on board nav system with Tom Tom, Google Maps and Waze, and to be honest I'm still not sure which I prefer, they all have their pros and cons, will try to keep it simple bit here's a few things I've noticed about them all.
If you open Waze as soon as you load AA it will run in the background, this is handy for speed limit warnings, mines set for 5mph over the limit at which point it makes a sound, it will make this sound no matter what aspect of android auto you are using... even if you've switched to Google maps!
There doesnt appear to be a way of making either google maps or Waze full screen, it's split between directions and the map, however you can have the on board nav full screen.
The image of the on board nav seems sharper than nav via AA, this is probably because its mirrored.
If you use voice command for directions whilst using Waze google "hands off" too Waze, however in doing this sometimes it doesn't load the results. Meaning using Google maps seems more reliable from voice command at the moment.
Speed limits are out dated via Tom Tom where as with Waze they are right up to date, I've noticed this in the past, I'm going through many 20mph zones and Tom Tom is saying 30, yet a road near me recently went from 70 to 50 & Waze has updated almost immediately, so be wary of that.
The Tom Tom seems to beep at every traffic camera and speed camera, I really haven't had a good look to see if this can be muted to be honest but it is annoying when u are passing through alot of cameras, it's likely this can be changed though I will have a look tomorrow.
For traffic Waze and Google are the best (I'm pretty sure google own Waze and use the info collected from Waze about traffic and incidents for google) Tom Tom got me stuck in a pretty obvious jam the other day which I know would have been picked up by Waze.
If like me you use it for alot of short journeys then I'd go with Google or Waze, however if you do one or two long journeys a day you can use them all, yes it may take a while loading the info but Tom Tom will show on your HUD, and Waze can give you the up to date incidents, traffic, speed warning etc.
If Google update a few things with Waze like the full screen option and a clearer display I think that would be my first choice, but until then I will just keep using a bit of them all.
Any tips corrections or advice welcome!!...
If you open Waze as soon as you load AA it will run in the background, this is handy for speed limit warnings, mines set for 5mph over the limit at which point it makes a sound, it will make this sound no matter what aspect of android auto you are using... even if you've switched to Google maps!
There doesnt appear to be a way of making either google maps or Waze full screen, it's split between directions and the map, however you can have the on board nav full screen.
The image of the on board nav seems sharper than nav via AA, this is probably because its mirrored.
If you use voice command for directions whilst using Waze google "hands off" too Waze, however in doing this sometimes it doesn't load the results. Meaning using Google maps seems more reliable from voice command at the moment.
Speed limits are out dated via Tom Tom where as with Waze they are right up to date, I've noticed this in the past, I'm going through many 20mph zones and Tom Tom is saying 30, yet a road near me recently went from 70 to 50 & Waze has updated almost immediately, so be wary of that.
The Tom Tom seems to beep at every traffic camera and speed camera, I really haven't had a good look to see if this can be muted to be honest but it is annoying when u are passing through alot of cameras, it's likely this can be changed though I will have a look tomorrow.
For traffic Waze and Google are the best (I'm pretty sure google own Waze and use the info collected from Waze about traffic and incidents for google) Tom Tom got me stuck in a pretty obvious jam the other day which I know would have been picked up by Waze.
If like me you use it for alot of short journeys then I'd go with Google or Waze, however if you do one or two long journeys a day you can use them all, yes it may take a while loading the info but Tom Tom will show on your HUD, and Waze can give you the up to date incidents, traffic, speed warning etc.
If Google update a few things with Waze like the full screen option and a clearer display I think that would be my first choice, but until then I will just keep using a bit of them all.
Any tips corrections or advice welcome!!...