Android Heat Unit

**thephantom** · April 19th, 2022 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by ice15

wanted something with local support.

was almost decided to get the Navitopia one since may branch sila malapit sa favorite car wash shop ko. but my wife hated na may "Navitopia" name yung harap ng head unit.

Ah yes, local support. Totally understandable. That's the con of getting one from oversees.

I think you can request for one without the branding. Same here ayoko nakalagay "Navitopia" sa head unit and luckily they gave me one without any branding.

Or go with one of your original ideas and get a branded unit with Carplay and Android Auto. That's actually the solution we did because I gave up on the Android head unit. Sold our navitopia and got a pioneer avh-z5250bt instead. Even after selling the car the new owner liked the head unit and didn't change it.

**ice15** · April 19th, 2022 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by thephantom

Ah yes, local support. Totally understandable. That's the con of getting one from oversees.

I think you can request for one without the branding. Same here ayoko nakalagay "Navitopia" sa head unit and luckily they gave me one without any branding.

Or go with one of your original ideas and get a branded unit with Carplay and Android Auto. That's actually the solution we did because I gave up on the Android head unit. Sold our navitopia and got a pioneer avh-z5250bt instead. Even after selling the car the new owner liked the head unit and didn't change it.

was initially decided on getting a Pioneer head unit instead, kaso tempting yung YouTube and Netflix (etc)

Previous Gen City yung car ko so may malaking space sa area ng Head Unit, mas maganda tignan yung 9-10 inch screen sa harap.

**ice15** · May 9th, 2022 11:32 AM

Had the Growl Premium installed yesterday.

The new Hazard button looks cheap!

But the head unit is way better than AVT

**ice15** · May 19th, 2022 05:14 PM

to those using Android Head Units.

Did you turn on your Google Play Protect?

**ice15** · June 7th, 2022 12:18 PM

A month after using my Growl Head Unit (4/64)

Observations:

Radio volume is slightly higher than the volume of Waze (even with the loudness off). No issue if I use Spotify.
Same volume issue if I use the radio with Android Auto/Apple CarPlay.

It will turn off and disconnect when I start the engine.

The unit will take some time to turn on, halos nakalabas na ako ng parking before I can use the unit.

Reverse camera is a split second slower compared to my AVT head unit

Yes you have an Android device in front of you... (however)

You need to update the Apps 1 by 1. Somehow, the update all doesn't work
Android Auto keeps disconnecting (wireless)
I'm used to using gestures on Android and Growl does not support it.
I also cannot delete unused/empty home screens

And I can't seem to figure out how to add/switch user profiles... (anyone who uses the car will see my Google history)

You can't remove all Apps (messages and contacts feels weird)