Good music is crucial to an enjoyable car ride, whether you’re commuting to work or taking a long road trip. Luckily, Android Auto makes it easy to listen to music with your favorite media app or with voice commands via Google Assistant.
Your most recent media app will show up on your car’s display, but it’s helpful to set your default app if you use voice commands. This ensures that if you ever say, “Hey Google, play My Favorites playlist,” it’ll automatically know which media app to open and start playing music from. You can set your default music service by heading to your Google Assistant settings, selecting Music from the menu, and choosing your default music provider out of all the ones you have downloaded.
You can select a default service for podcasts and radio stations as well by scrolling down to the Podcasts and Radio sections, respectively. Then, instead of saying, “Hey Google, play [podcast name] on [platform],” you can just say, “Hey Google, play [podcast name].”
Android Auto also has a setting that allows you to toggle whether your music starts automatically when you start driving. If you want more manual control when you enter your car, leave it disabled, or you can enable it if you know you want music to play every time you get in your car, and it’ll start up whatever you were last listening to on your default platform.
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