I see by Googling that HA has at least some (beta) tie-in with Android Auto, but I can’t seem to find out the current status. There’s no “Android Auto” integration. Using the Search function on this forum mainly reveals that “Android” and “auto” are unfortunately very commonly used words
Is there a subforum, Reddit, Github project or some other place where I can see what’s going on?
Android auto support is offered through the Companion app. You don’t need an integration.
It can pull some sensors from the car (if your car allows - most don’t) and offer notifications in dash and a quick access panel for up to six entities. The entities for the in dash shortcuts must be simple on/off entities for now as Android Auto has limited support from what devs can put in the interface - so cameras, or anything that requires complex controls (keypad for an alarm for instance) aren’t currently supported.
It shows up in Android Auto. On the dash display, after a very long spinning cursor, it puts up a single icon labelled “Navigation” which does nothing.
And that’s it. How do I populate that screen with something useful?
There are multiple ways tk setup access outside of home and NabutCasa is indeed one of the but you could also set up your own SSL tunnel, tails ale, cloud flare, or SSL access from outside with a reverse proxy and DuckDNS.
Android Auto through the companion app just uses what you setup.
I use ha cloud so can connect with my ha remotely.
I can set favorites for Aa on my companion app.
If i am home connected to the same network as Aa, then i can see the favorites that i set and the button for selection others on the screen in my car
The momemt that i am out of range of the home wifi, i only see the Navigation button on my car screen. If i go into my remote connection then i can connect to my Ha remotely.
It is almost as for Aa purposes i have no remote access.
I’m in a similar boat. I have Nabu Casa, but when my car starts AA it creates a wifi link with my phone, and therefore both the phone and the car get kicked out of my home network. That shouldn’t be an issue, but I get nothing in the HA app within AA apart from the Navigation button that you mention. I have set up my garage switch entity to be displayed in AA (done in the companion app), but still nothing. I wonder if our cars block communication to an extent. I’m in a BYD.