Google finally rolls out a fix that will hopefully fix Android Auto full screen for RAM?

[Chieffreeze]

My big question is...Why the Fuck does anyone need a 14 inch map???...I am in my 60's and have no issues with a half screen map.Most of us Gen Exers and boomers drove around this country with a folded up paper map....

AAA maps. That is how I, my wife, two kids under five, and our dog did it from Maryland to Alaska. Parts of the ALCAN were still being built or redone. At one point we had to wait two hours as they blasted and cleared part of the road. We also had to pay attention to the signs warning about falling rocks. At several points we had to drive around boulders that had rolled down the hill and onto the dirt road. What an adventure.

 

[RamFan]

AAA maps. That is how I, my wife, two kids under five, and our dog did it from Maryland to Alaska. Parts of the ALCAN were still being built or redone. At one point we had to wait two hours as they blasted and cleared part of the road. We also had to pay attention to the signs warning about falling rocks. At several points we had to drive around boulders that had rolled down the hill and onto the dirt road. What an adventure.

I loved having a state map and then when you got into town, the local gas station would have maps for sale or you could look at the map in the phone book at the pay phone.

I’m that old

Chris

 

[Ganooch]

After seeing the photo you posted, I don't know if I want full screen AA. I didn't realize I could set it up with all of those shortcuts at the bottom. I'm actually liking the shortcut feature (thank you for unknowingly providing that info). Hopefully if they do full screen AA they come up with some way to implement easy access shortcuts

You won't lose the shortcuts. The way that full screen AA works is that you can choose full screen or normal half screen (at least that is how it worked in my Raptor). So the guys that want half screen with the shortcuts can do that, while others can use full screen. Or use full screen, and close to half screen when shortcuts are needed.

 

[Mikey Swift]

Wait what? I thought you’re a retired DJ?

Chris

I am...made that shit up so y'all would STFU.

 

[RamFan]

I am...made that shit up so y'all would STFU.

 

[RAM-Ranch-MT]

Your guys AA meeting is getting out of hand

 

[IdahoKTM]

Ford's F-150 screen was a much more common width-to-height ratio within Google's parameters, that's why you got full screen Google Maps when you did. RAM's portrait style 14.5"s screen is unique and less common, although I thought I noticed GMC using a similar portrait-style screen layout in their new Yukons, whereas Tahoe's were staying in landscape view.

Autolinkr (and similar devices like CarPC, Ottocast, and Calinkit AI) do not make Android Auto full-screen; they cheat and bypass Google's projection rules entirely. Autolinkr is not an Android Auto device. It's a full Android computer running Android 13/14, the real Google Maps (the phone app, not Android Auto Maps,) and any other Android app you install. It then casts its own screen to the Uconnect display using a custom video protocol. It essentially replaced Android Auto with a full Android tablet running inside your truck.

Google restricts Android Auto to specific aspect ratios, but Google does not restrict Android screen mirroring, Android tablets, or Android apps running on external hardware. Autolinkr uses this loophole. It's not Android Auto, it's not bound by Google’s projection container, it can output any resolution the car accepts, and it can fill the entire 14.5" RAM screen.

When Autolinkr is active, the RAM thinks it is receiving a generic video stream from a generic Android device, at a resolution matching the full 14.5" panel. RAM does not know it’s Google Maps, it just sees “video input.” That’s why the borders disappear.

Nope. AI boxes like Autolinkr, Carlinkit, etc. bypass the UConnect limitations by tricking the system into believing you are connecting with an iPhone via CarPlay. Note the CarPlay icon in the controls at the bottom of the screen.

If Google restricted specific aspect ratios, how do you explain this? Virtually the same aspect ratio as Ram's portrait screen. This is 100% a UConnect limitation.

 

[mghtymous21]

Nope. AI boxes like Autolinkr, Carlinkit, etc. bypass the UConnect limitations by tricking the system into believing you are connecting with an iPhone via CarPlay. Note the CarPlay icon in the controls at the bottom of the screen.

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If Google restricted specific aspect ratios, how do you explain this? Virtually the same aspect ratio as Ram's portrait screen. This is 100% a UConnect limitation.

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WRONG!!!!

JK I have no clue, just stirring the pot

 

[IdahoKTM]

WRONG!!!!

JK I have no clue, just stirring the pot

Nope. Time will prove you wrong. You RHO'ers sure are sensitive.

 

[mghtymous21]

Nope. Time will prove you wrong. You RHO'ers sure are sensitive.

So i said wrong and said jk which means I'm not saying it's wrong now you are saying I'm wrong soooooo that means I'm right?

 

[JeeperJohn]

WTF are you guys talking about, I'm so fucking lost.

 

[IdahoKTM]

So i said wrong and said jk which means I'm not saying it's wrong now you are saying I'm wrong soooooo that means I'm right?

Ahh, I get it. I ignored everything after WRONG!!!!

 

[Nkmjo]

I don't mind the half screen AA anymore. I've got shortcuts to cameras and drive modes on the bottom half now.
I do wish Google Maps directions would show up on the IP and HUD like Carplay tho.

 

[mghtymous21]

I don't mind the half screen AA anymore. I've got shortcuts to cameras and drive modes on the bottom half now

I'm in the exact same boat. I enjoy my shortcuts, I feel like a pilot every time I get in and I press every single one