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Using your cell phone in the car is dangerous, unless you do it when you're stopped. However, Google has come up with the formula to keep your attention on the road and not leave out some mobile functions. We refer to Android Auto. A system that can be used both on mobile phones and on-board browsers in compatible cars. With it we can listen to WhatsApp messages that come in, receive all the directions from Google Maps, or even listen to our favorite podcasts.All of this with a design designed for safety behind the wheel But, what you may not know is that it hides much more.
And it is that, Android Auto in its application version, as usual, has some hidden extra settings and functions. We say “as usual” because many applications are secretly keeping some features because they are still in development or to allow access only to developers, and not to ordinary users, to change some of the information and features of the application. Well, if you're interested in knowing all the ins and outs of Android Auto, keep reading.
Android Auto Developer Settings
The activation process is simple. Very much like Google, if you know other company secrets on Android mobiles, such as showing the Android version screen hidden in its version number within Settings.
Now, from tuexperto.com we warn you that changing the secret or developer settings of Android Auto can change the normal operation of the application. So follow this tutorial only at your own risk Of course you can always reinstall the application from scratch. But we will not be responsible if something happens to your application or your mobile. You have to be careful and know what to do with this menu. Especially considering that many of these hidden functions cannot be modified without the proper knowledge. With that said, let's get started.
Just open Android Auto as usual. Then look at the menu, which is displayed from the button with the three lines, top left. On this new screen, look for the Information section, where the current version of Android Auto is reported.
With this we access this menu, where we will have to look at the top bar, where you can read Information about Android Auto Well, all you have to do is tap or click on it repeatedly. A message will soon appear at the bottom of the screen informing you that continuing to hold will unlock the developer menu. Keep pressing until a new message alerts you that the process has been carried out.
Now you must click on the three points in the upper right corner of this screen, where a new menu is displayed. The difference is that, now, among the options is Developer settings, already visible to click and access all of them.
Secret menu
These Android Auto Developer Settings collect a good list of functions and qualities of the application that you did not know or that are not visible to the naked eye.Of course, at the moment its manipulation does not always have a direct effect on the application For example, we have tried to try to block the night mode of Android Auto to have it always active . Something that we have not been able to carry out although we have touched on this option.
However, there are other tools that are suitable to take advantage of. Even functions that we must activate to take advantage of other unofficial applications in Android Auto, as is the case of Carstream through the Unknown Sources function.
