[Android Automotive] Search view needs refinement

Question

Plan

Premium

Country
Norway

Device

Polestar 2

Operating System

AAOS 10

My Question or Issue

When using the search function, there's at least two issues that makes it less user-friendly and more scary to use as you're driving.

- It does not show a list of the recent searches, so you always need to type

- When you have found a song, pressed it for playing, when you press the BACK-ARROW, you're taken to the main home screen, not the search view you found the song. To get back there, you have to press the search-button again.

Bonus, feature request:

I would like to be able to queue songs...

Gwareth · Answer

Thanks Elena, however, it feels very antiquated that we need to create an "idea" to get something working in AAOS that already exists as default in the normal Android app, making it more road-friendly even.

But I'll get that going, I'm having many "ideas" based on a cool app I've tried, "Spotify".

Elena · Answer

Hey @Gwareth,

Thanks for reaching out to the Community about this.

We appreciate you taking the time to share your suggestions about improving the search feature in Android Automotive. If you think other users might also support your ideas, we recommend that you create separate posts on our relevant Ideas board. We always take new ideas and feedback into consideration to improve the app. Here you can read more on how ideas work.

We also suggest checking this help article for useful tips on how to submit an idea. As a heads-up, you'll need to create 3 posts to cover the suggestions you've listed above, so that it would be clear what other users are voting for when the ideas are approved.

Hope this info helps. We'll be happy to reply if there's anything else that we could do for you.