I admit that my favorite app for driving is Waze, but that doesn’t mean leaving behind apps that are as good as Google Maps or the legendary TomTom AmiGo. When it comes to radars, I generally prefer the method of combining two applications: a scanner in the foreground and radars in the background. Normally the browser is any of the three browsers mentioned above, but I clearly know which app I prefer for Android Auto for Radars.

I love trying out speed camera warning apps. They usually have to pay and I know they didn’t hire me for a punctual traveler like me but you never know. For example, I was pleasantly surprised from the first moment with ‘Fixed and Mobile Radars’. There are many aspects that can be improved when navigation apps win, but if You don’t want to miss a single radar and you don’t want to pay even a single euroHe seems like an ideal candidate for me.

It’s not perfect, but it has functions that are unrivaled by Fixed and Mobile Radars (it’s free)

Let’s start the presentations: Fixed and mobile radars are available free of charge Available on Google Play Store for Android devices and App Store for iOS. Interestingly, when installing it on an Android mobile we can “see” it in Android Auto without paying anything, but for Apple CarPlay you have to go to the payment page.

Being free has a price: there are a few ads, so you have to swallow the ads that fill the mobile screen from time to time and worry about turning it off. It’s not dramatic and there’s always the option of making a single payment of €3.99 to get away with it.

After granting the relevant permissions (you need to select “Always” in “Location”, otherwise it will not work properly). And their virtues start from here. As soon as we open it, we find what you see in these lines. If we tap ‘Enable’ and then the ‘Map’ button in the top right corner, At a glance you will see the radars around you in great detail: how far they are, what types, what speeds they are limited to.

So when it comes to radars, you have a lot of information and it’s up to date. More concretely, Warns of fixed and mobile radars, traffic lights and cut-offs. Not only does it have a comprehensive radar database, but it also has a community that warns of others who may appear on the road.

Although it can be used without adding a destination, it is important to enter it and here it is best to do this without starting the route and without using your mobile phone. It’s definitely an aspect that needs improvement. Its interface is not the best in the world and the design is pretty typicalIn terms of elements, colors and options, however, it is more than enough to have an orientation and not miss the radars. That’s why I use it in the background.

I think it’s very good at sending alerts visually or audibly (this is the last important point if we use it in the background) so we don’t miss the radar. Her Another great strength is the radar-centric configurationIt’s light years away from the services offered by more mainstream apps like Waze or Google Maps (at the end of the day, they’re still very complete GPS navigators).

Some examples are that we can configure an alert distance for radars that emits approach beeps that increase in frequency as we get closer, or, and this is important, we can verify heading so that it warns us about a radar that is only in our direction. and not vice versa. A real miracle for you, Whatever you do, don’t fly under the radar.

In a few words and in conclusion: I wouldn’t use it as the only app in Android Auto (because the infotainment system allows you to use multiple apps at the same time), but As a free speed camera warning, I think this is for the best..

Cover | Eva Rodríguez de Luis

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