Android auto is getting more customized – new wallpaper feature and assistant shortcuts are here

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Google is creeping out new features for android auto users that allow for more customization on the platform.

Google is revamping its own android auto these days. A few of the new features announced and discovered months ago are now launching on users’ devices. This includes, for example, the wallpaper function. I came across users on reddit who, for a few days now, have been able to select the wallpapers offered by google in android auto’s settings.

There are only images offered by google and no own, shared a user. He also shared a few photos with us demonstrating the new feature:

shortcuts for google assistant functions and contacts

Perhaps not new to every user right now, or possibly not even available yet, are the google assistant shortcuts. Namely, it’s now possible for you to store assistant action shortcuts directly in the android auto-start menu. Individual contacts can also be stored in the launcher.

Just open the settings in android auto’s smartphone app, in the "customize launcher" section you should now see "add link to launcher" pop up as well.

The new features mentioned may have been available to you for a while or may not even be available yet. The distribution is probably more based on chance.

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What I would really like to know is how to use the right side of the screen – as shown above in the pictures of the BMW. I also have a big display in my car and on the right is black and the name of my phone appears there.

Just activate the splitscreen function and then choose in its menu which content to show.

Actually android auto has widescreen support, which probably doesn’t work for everyone. depends on the car manufacturer, says google. > https://support.Google.Com/androidauto/thread/11499476?Hl=en

It’s about time that google car gets a major overhaul. i feel sorry for anyone who has only this system in their car and no decent factory navi. Also in comparison to carplay google loses big time.
The whole performance is bugged and jerky, the bad map display and driving instructions in maps are really really bad, the integration into the car more bad than good, because no vehicle data can be used. And only now finally other navi maps are to be allowed, where carplay has long offered such killer apps as magic.
I do not understand why many google so abfeiern, you feel there like in 2005. It is and remains a cheap alternative for manufacturers and customers, who simply want to save money, without coming close to the systems of BMW, audi or mercedes. the only really positive thing about the google system are the search functions thanks to the google online database.

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Cars with automatics usually cost at least 1.000€ more expensive than the same one with a manual gearbox. And a panoramic roof can even cost 2.000€ price premium. With mileage be generous and look also at the vehicles which have 10-20 tkm on the speedometer. For the buyer, the difference is not whether the car z.B. has run 50 or 60 thousand.

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Autozug sylt introduces a new punctuality guarantee. If your train between niebull and sylt is delayed by more than 30 minutes, you will receive a 10 euro amazon voucher. The normal passenger rights also continue to apply. How the action works exactly, you can read in this article.

The sylt car train now comes with a punctuality guarantee.

Punctuality guarantee: 10 euro amazon voucher if the autozug sylt is delayed

The criticism does not stop: more and more passengers complain about delayed and cancelled services car trains to the island of sylt. The reason is the single-track line over the hindenburgdamm, which also urgently needs to be renewed. Commuters and holidaymakers were particularly affected again this summer. The problems even lead so far that in the meantime in the context of a satire the introduction of a catapult was demanded.

The private railroad company car train sylt has therefore already introduced a punctuality guarantee at the end of august and is now extending this to online bookings up to 31. October 2018 from. Should your train at least 30 minutes late arrives in westerland or niebull, you will receive a shopping voucher for 10 euros for the internet retailer amazon. The action is in addition to the normal passenger rights, which you can still assert.

"we would like to send a signal with this that punctuality is and remains a very high priority for us. We would therefore like to offer our passengers with train reservations at least this small compensation in the event of a delay – and do so quickly and unbureaucratically," explains the managing director dr. Markus hunkel the new punctuality guarantee from autozug sylt.

Prerequisite is, however, that you have made your ticket online including reservation you have booked. In addition, the action period is initially limited to bookings until the end of october 2018 limited, whereby the travel period for the punctuality guarantee does not matter. you will only receive the 10 euro amazon voucher if you actually use the originally reserved connection and do not switch to another DB Autozug on the spot.

amazon voucher will be sent automatically

To you amazon voucher from autozug sylt to secure your rights, you don’t have to do anything else. Instead, the system recognizes when your booked train is at least 30 minutes late. In this case you will receive the 10 euro voucher for your next purchase at amazon.De automatically sent. You do not need any further proof for the punctuality guarantee.

ZRB short info: punctuality guarantee for the car train sylt
action period:	bookings until 31.10.2018 (travel period does not matter)
prerequisite:	online booking including reservation
punctuality guarantee:	10 euro amazon voucher if you are 30 minutes late
sending the voucher:	automatically by e-mail about one working day after the start of the journey
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You will receive the voucher as a rule within one working day after the start of the journey by e-mail. On monday, due to the increased passenger volume at the weekend, there may also be a longer processing time at times. The corresponding voucher code can then be redeemed on a special amazon page*. the amount will then be deducted from your next purchase.

Autozug sylt: normal passenger rights still apply

in addition to the 10 euro amazon voucher, the normal passenger rights still apply for the autozug sylt of course. In case of a if you are at least 60 minutes late, you will be refunded 25 percent of the ticket price, and if you are more than 120 minutes late, you will be refunded 50 percent of the ticket price. The costs of an alternative means of transport or for an overnight stay in a hotel are also reimbursed under certain circumstances.

Unfortunately the payment of compensation in the event of delays within the framework of passenger rights, however not so unbureaucratic how to send the amazon voucher with the punctuality guarantee. Instead, you must fill out a passenger rights form and send it to the autozug sylt customer center or hand it in personally there in westerland.

Also the german railroad was last used in this regard called upon by federal justice minister katarina barley to find a better solution. Filling out and submitting forms is no longer in keeping with the times, the SPD politician wrote in a letter to railroad boss richard lutz. The railroad would have the details of the scheduled and actual departure and arrival of the trains anyway – and in the case of an online booking, also the personal data and bank details.

The minister is therefore urging deutsche bahn to, introduce a button for compensation or reimbursement in the booking overview in the customer portal. In Switzerland, delays are now even automatically detected and evaluated via the SBB mobile app as part of a pilot project. And another issue is also close to barley’s heart: the sale of through international tickets. Here, too, she demands an improvement from deutsche bahn.

What do you think about the new punctuality guarantee of the autozug sylt? I look forward to your comment.

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