From e920093fa8ddd1982cdece4b1d464edb75e6b199 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Seb3thehacker Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:18:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] README: wireless that connects by itself, calls from the nav bar, the new navigation and look, settings on the phone --- README.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2a66119..9690412 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -41,15 +41,17 @@ screen-sharing mode. ## Features - **Phone calls.** Dial from a keypad, or search your contacts, then confirm before the - call goes out. When a call comes in, answer or decline it on the car screen. + call goes out. When a call comes in, answer or decline it on the car screen. During a + call, the nav bar shows who you're talking to, and you mute or hang up from there. - **Navigation.** Gearslip hosts real Car App Library map apps on the car screen. - Organic Maps, OsmAnd, and Flitsmeister work today. Vela runs, with rough - edges. + Organic Maps, OsmAnd, Flitsmeister, MAPS.ME, and MapQuest work today. Vela runs, with + rough edges. While you navigate, a big turn card on the left shows the arrow, the + distance, and your lane, and the map keeps the right side. - **Music.** Browse, play, and queue tracks from a car-enabled media app, with a Now Playing view, an Up Next queue, and lyrics. Type a search, and apps that accept one play the best match. -- **The web.** A browser template with its own on-screen keyboard, for anything that - doesn't ship a car interface of its own. +- **The web.** A browser with an address bar, back and forward, and its own on-screen + keyboard, for anything that doesn't ship a car interface of its own. - **Weather and the day ahead.** A dashboard screen shows the week's calendar next to the current and coming weather. - **Voice.** Tap the mic, or press the talk button on the wheel, and say "navigate to the @@ -63,30 +65,35 @@ screen-sharing mode. - **Your apps, your order.** The launcher groups apps by kind: phone, maps, music, messaging, and the rest. Press and hold an app to move it. - **Car controls.** Steering wheel buttons, control knobs, and D-pads all work. +- **Your phone's colors.** The car screen and the phone app take their colors from your + phone's Material You palette, and every card and button matches. - **Themes.** Choose flat buttons or skeuomorphic ones that look like real keys. +- **Settings on the phone.** The car's settings sit on the phone's home screen too, so you + can set things up before you drive. A change on either screen shows on both. ## Status - **Wired or wireless.** Plug the phone into the car's USB port, or, in a car with wireless Android Auto, tap Connect wirelessly and pick the car. Pair the phone with the car over - Bluetooth first. + Bluetooth first. After the first wireless drive, Android asks once whether Gearslip may + watch for that car; from then on, Gearslip connects whenever the car's Bluetooth does. - **Setup walks you through it.** First launch asks for the Android Auto certificate, then one permission at a time, each with a plain reason and an Allow or Skip. A help screen inside the car answers anything setup didn't cover. -- **Templated apps work.** Gearslip renders all 16 template types that the Car App - Library defines, and it draws its own keyboard for search, sign-in, and text fields. - It has been tested against several real navigation and media apps. +- **Templated apps work.** Gearslip renders the Car App Library's templates on the car + screen, and it draws its own keyboard for search, sign-in, and text fields. It has been + tested against several real navigation and media apps. - **Gearslip works with [LIVI](https://github.com/f-io/LIVI),** the open-source head unit used in homemade car dashboards. - **Some apps refuse Gearslip.** Spotify, Waze, and Google Messages use a version of Google's car library that accepts only Android Auto itself. Spotify still plays through - Gearslip's own player. + Gearslip's own player. TIDAL lets only approved apps browse its library. - **Calls use the car's Bluetooth,** as they do in Android Auto. Pair the phone with the car to hear calls through its speakers. - **Music reaches the car over Bluetooth or USB.** Setup asks which. Bluetooth is the default: Android never asks for permission, and your map app's voice reaches the car - too. USB sounds a little clearer, with no delay, but Android shows a screen-share - consent dialog once per drive. Gearslip never reads the screen; capturing playback is + too. USB sounds a little clearer, with no delay, but each drive Android asks you to + share your screen, which lets Gearslip send the sound. Gearslip never reads the screen; capturing playback is the only way an ordinary app can pass another app's audio along. - **Gearslip needs no adb, root, or Shizuku.** Every feature relies on an ordinary Android permission or an on-device consent dialog. For USB audio, setup offers two