[Android Auto] Browse large album library by artist

[dlo2]

I want to efficiently browse a large library of albums on Android Auto.

This is browsing for albums I haven't chosen yet, not search. So using the alphabet search or voice commands are not useful.

It's impractical to browse a large album library using Android Auto. Recently played and newly add albums are at the top of the list. If I want browse albums I add some time ago I can only access them by scrolling many times and triggering the safety pause over and over. It takes too long which is a distraction on the road.

What I would like to see:

• Options to ALSO sort by new/recent DESCENDING so older selections are shown first
• Options to sort by artist name ascending or descending
• Options to sort by album name ascending or descending
• Option to group albums by artist so I can select from a shorter list of artists first before choosing an album
• In the artist view, give preference to showing albums I have in my library first over other choices. Right now browsing by artist doesn't show the albums in my library, which makes no sense to me
• In the artist view give access to the entire artist discography. Right now the releases available when browsing by artist are limited.

[Dian]

Updated on 2023-10-10

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