@Rob-Smith said in Android Auto - power consumption - hot phone:
a phone that gets physically hot while navigating is not going to be ideal for the device.
No, it is certainly not ideal!
But keep in mind by far not all phones suffer from that problem.
most people when talking about power consumption seem to be basically saying - make sure your phone is plugged into a reasonably meaty charger - that way all is well.
That is not how I intended any of the many comments I made 😉
But truth is that many people use far from ideal charging equipment, but do not realize that. I think at least a significant part of the users that see their phone's charge not keeping up with the battery use can be helped by better charger and better cable, that sustain the charging capabilities of modern phones.
That is however by no means an excuse for the high power consumption of the app (or better said: the HERE rendering engine).