Update 5.1 - CarPlay / Android Auto improvements and more!

[Aiello antonino]

@corjan-meijerink Great job! I'd like to offer a suggestion, if I don't know if it's been read in the suggestions section. It could be a more incisive sound for speed cameras, even better if you can choose it, and maybe a double warning, the first at 400 m like now, and another at 150 m... Basically, like Garmin does... I got two tickets because I heard the first one, but I got distracted and, not having the second warning, I got the speed camera ticket... I hope this is a useful idea...thank you!!

[guenniguenzelsen]

@Aiello-antonino said:

@corjan-meijerink.
I got two tickets because I heard the first one, but I got distracted and, not having the second warning, I got the speed camera ticket...

I think you got the tickets, because you were speeding

[Ed Lauwerens 0]

Great work, thank you very much.

[Aiello antonino]

@guenniguenzelsen I know this very well… But in my opinion the speed camera warning is very weak, compared for example to the Garmin one, which even warns twice, the first time at 400 m and the second at 150 m.

[b0hd1]

@Aiello-antonino The speed cameras are the ones listed in Here. I'd recommend any dedicated app to run alongside them. They work better than any other navigation system (for example, in Spain, Radarbot is fantastic).

[Aiello antonino]

Thanks for the advice, but why do I have to use additional software if I already have everything I need? Just improve it in terms of sounds and number of alerts, maybe with the option to activate them...

[b0hd1]

@Aiello-antonino Because you can't add alerts. The ones you have are what they are. You can't invent them. That's why the best option is to use reliable software or make do with what's available...

[Aiello antonino]

@B0hd1 Maybe I explained myself badly... MRA is a software, right?! So developers, I don't know if you are, can decide what to add and what not... I suggested to modify/add what I wrote... it doesn't seem so incomprehensible to me... I didn't say anything about what you wrote... and the message was addressed to @corjan-meijerink...

[ginogino]

@Aiello-antonino

I also suggested a year ago that the speed camera sound be customizable. Since it took three years to display the altitude, perhaps in two years it will be possible to customize the speed camera sound.

[Ewout D]

I just installed the update, and it looks like another great step forward!
I’m especially curious about CarPlay, so I gave it a quick test in the garage.
More options, easier to access, and the control buttons work again on the Goldwing (no touchscreen). The test drive is coming up soon, but I’m confident it’ll go well!

[Aiello antonino]

@ginogino Let's hope it takes less this time... I also suggested the same things a long time ago... but I wonder if the suggestions are actually read... also because the sound is actually barely perceptible as an alarm, something more decisive would be needed... on TomTom Rider 2013, there were several alarms to choose from... anyway... first alarm as it is now, 400 meters, then a second at a closer distance, perhaps based on speed, but even 150 meters would be enough, like Garmin Zumo does... I don't know how difficult it would be to program something like this, but given the splendid work they did with the latest update, I imagine they are perfectly capable of doing this too... let's hope! In the meantime, I'm enjoying the new update I downloaded this afternoon on my iPhone!

[paul69]

Not trying to start a debate, just curious: what problem are speed camera alerts actually solving? Or are they basically the modern version of drivers flashing headlights at each other?

[Corjan Meijerink]

@paul69 let’s not start that debate.

To all, feel free to start a topic on the speed camera warnings. This thread is not the place.

[TomOnTour]

@maky-7-0 said:

5.1 is already on ios?
thx

The iOS version was already available in the App Store yesterday afternoon. The Android version is still pending

[Aiello antonino]

How do you get the larger version of Myroute App compared to the music player?!

[Rob Verhoeff]

@Aiello-antonino tap in the map.

[Aiello antonino]

@Rob-Verhoeff If I click on the map, the app appears in full screen...maybe it's my CarPlay?!

[paul69]

hi @aiello-antonino
the bottom icon in the left hand panel in the above scrrenshot shows four squares, if you click this it will then change to one square and the two apps show side by side,

this works on my carpuride, which actually has three boxes, one mRA largest on left, one music on the right and one other above that, can't remember off hand what this.

[Rob Verhoeff]

@Aiello-antonino Yes, that's the bigger version of the app! It's your version of your screenshot or the fullscreen. That's it.

[Harkos]

@corjan-meijerink I have been a user of MRA for several years, both for holiday trips (3.5 months a year with car and caravan) and motorcycle tours through Europe. This morning, while on the road in France, I was surprised by the latest version in Android Auto. This is really top-notch. Everything that bothered me has disappeared, and it works very smoothly. Two years ago, I still had my doubts about the whole thing. Last year, there were still bugs that bothered me, and I sometimes wondered if I would go back to just Garmin. Now that feeling is truly gone. The altimeter, the yellow arrows in the route, and the subtly different feel give it a great look. I am becoming increasingly convinced that my Garmin Zumo XT is becoming redundant. I still transfer the route because it is easier for me to keep it in view right in front of me with the sound off, but that is not necessary, just an extra feature, because I really have to look quite a bit to the right in the car to see the Android screen. On the motorcycle, I have the phone right in front of me. This is a top-notch update, thanks. Oh yes, there will undoubtedly still be all sorts of wishes and comments that might be made, but for my needs, this covers everything completely. I create all the routes on my laptop, because messing around on the phone along the way isn't my thing, and the preparation is part of the fun. Thanks for this good work.