Car Home

I like using car home in my car cradle. the app launches directly, just by putting the phone into the cradle. My one issue is that the default panel is the left-most panel. Not the center panel as the desktop does. I'd like to have my basic stuff in the middle, then contact shortcuts on the left and destinations on the right. One click to all my buttons, but I can't do that yet...so I sigh...

Every time I buy a new phone this app claims to be incompatible with it. Yet actually it's compatible with every Android device in the world. GOOGLE! REMOVE THESE RESTRICTIONS ON THIS APP FOREVER!

love the app but not verry use full when the app turns on when ever i put my phone in my holister and killing my battery would like it to be an option to have on a phone or not. cause i do not do alot of travel it is not use full to me unless i want to kill my phone when i am not useing it.

To the people saying it won't work: this is a carrier restriction. You can find apks to side load this. Also install the launcher if you have no dock. Great app if you can install it!

this app is unnecessary, it keeps popping up and interfering with my phone usage. i cant even use my phone to make a call with out Car home messing up my call

Don't want it any more but cannot uninstall it. It does keep crashing phone even when not in use. Annoying.

Will only show two apps under "other applications" when adding shortcuts. Uninstalled and reinstalled now it wont even open. It used to work. Bummer.

I had the app installed in 2.2 froyo and this is incompatible with 2.3? too bad! I loved the app. will you make it work on 2.3 too?

I dont know how folks are giving this a bad rating. It is a perfect home interface when docked in the car. Hugely customizable.

Incredible! So fast and quick uploading, great directions-even to France! Much better than paying for an expensive sat navigation :)

brightness setting is terrible! eats up battery & this app is no longer available on market 2.3.3!

PLEASE add setting so phone goes out of Auto Brightness & into HIGH brightness. Auto is a nightmare when driving. N1.

It's always searching for GPS. And sometimes it can take up to 10 minutes to find the GPS. But when it does work it works great

Congratulations Google you managed to create another useless app that is almost impossible to keep from launching at the wrong time

Will open on Gingerbread and works great I have a HTC Desire with Gingerbread (Oxygen 2.0 ROM installed) and Car Home does install fine but you may need to use an app like Astro to create a home screen shortcut (Long press on home screen, then Add shortcut - Activities - Car Home - com.google.android.carhome.CarHome will do the trick)

this app sucks my toe It opens by itself whenever it wants so i dont know what all you people think is so great. I have a magnetic pouch for my phone!

...5 stars when I don't have to side load this on my Galaxy Nexus and can get an update. Maybe this decade GOOG?! EDIT: And on my Motorola RAZR MAXX!!!

Simple and very customizable, but not a lot of features like other apps, but that's why I like it. However, I wish Google would make this compatible with all phones. I have to side-load it, but this app and Google Music and Navigation are the three most used apps on my phone.

Would not show in app list, had to create custom shortcut. Works fine now. i7500 gaosp2 b3.

Its Great!I like it better than my tomtom,now tomtom is a $300 dust collecter.Google Maps rocks&thats what this uses,for free its more than good. MotoDroid a855

Grossly CPU intensive. Whole phone slows to snot speed when opened. Fix! Moto Droid 2.2

almost does what you want. I wish it would disable the lock screen for all apps instead of just the home screen (there are apps that do this for you however). Wish it read your text messages (guess thats more of a feature to be in the messages app). The big one... please have shortcut buttons for previous, play/pause, and next track. I have yet to find a decent solution to this.

Wtf google. Why are all the best google products NOT on google android? so sick of this app opening itself &freezing when in cradle. Opens over navi then freezes itself and maps. Why so resource intense? It does 6 things!

Keeps opening unexpectdedly. I hit 'exit app' but its still in my status bar. No way to fix in settings so I have to force stop in 'manage apps'

Like it way better then the htc car panel app had to flash google apps with clockworkmod to get it on my htc evo shift 4g

Only criticism is that the phone doesn't automatically switch to speaker mode when app runs. Also the UI could use a facelift. App looks too generic.

It guides me to all my destinations I'd be truly lost without it.

Why doesn't auto rotate work? Won't go into landscape mode. ( not using motor adapter )

Sound is too quiet using official N1 car dock speaker. Does not switch gps on automatically.

Isnt closing automatically when i pull the phone from the dock...it did so before. How about custom icons?

What is up with that?

I could not get around without Google Maps/Navigation, and the Car App lets me access everything very easily while driving. As soon as the phone is in the car dock, the Car screen comes on - couldn't be easier. Thank You, Google!

It very good app but not complete. The phone key pad should be in landscape mode and the answering should be re desinged for use in landscape too

Opens when I put my droid 1 down, plug it in, try to go to the homescreen. And never wants me to leave it once it's got me there. It's like a stalker.

Google, I have no idea why you think carhome does not work on ICS. Well It does on my galaxy nexus. I am not going to say how I got it on there. Honestly I think car home is vital on any android phone. I just hope google is working on a newer version for ics. Trust me every other car home replacement just cannot compete.

Seems like every time I get my phone out this app is running, for no reason. I know I don't touch it because it is hidden in the last page, next time it's getting uninstalled.

Despite this being pre-installed on my Nexus One, there is a messaged under the blue highlighted 'Installed' icon saying "This app is incompatible with your Vodafone HTC Nexus One". What utter rubbish. This IS compatible and works perfectly fine on my device, and I'm sure on other devices which seem to be restricted from installing it. Google need to stop these restrictions and where applicable request that carriers refrain from blocking access to apps that work perfectly well on Android devices. What with the already existing regional restrictions and now these so-called incompatibility issues, Google is building its own walled garden, much the same as Apple's notoriously restricted market place. Please Google de-restrict this. Because of these restrictions I cannot install this very useful app [and others] on my Galaxy SIII or Galaxy Nexus with Jelly Bean. Ridiculous

When trying to install on HTC Thunderbolt, I get: "This item is not compatible with your device". Have Car Home on my original Droid and it works great.

You have to root your phone to get what you want. So sad and it should not have to be this way. I have a Sensation with a 4.3" screen. Do you think I use the GPS? Does this phone sit on my nightstand? So I can download this to my G1 but not to my Sensation? WTF Give me a nightclock that can be dimmed and will not burn my screen. Do you developers use these phones? Do you use an old alarm clock?

I really liked using this on my original Droid and was very used to its interface. Now I've moved to a Droid Bionic, and Car Home is not compatible with my device. Are there plans to update for Droid Bionic compatibility as the Car app included is anemic at best!