How To Sideload Apps Onto Android Auto – Engadget

You can unlock video streaming on your dashboard, but should you? Gabriel Nica/Shutterstock Android Auto was built to make your driving sessions simple and easy, but not everyone wants simple. If you’ve ever wished you could stream YouTube through your dashboard or mirror your phone’s screen to your car display, you’re not alone. Luckily, there’s a way to do it. Sideloading lets you install apps that Google never approved for Android Auto, opening the door to features the platform doesn’t officially support right now. The process doesn’t require any crazy moves like rooting your phone, but it does come with trade-offs regarding security, reliability and safety. By design, Google restricts what can run on your dashboard to cut down on driver distraction, which means no YouTube videos, no browser and no screen mirroring. It’s a sensible policy, but one that leaves plenty of drivers feeling like their car’s display is capable of a lot more than it’s being allowed to do. How do you sideload apps onto Android Auto? The whole process of sideloading apps on Android Auto is not that complicated, but you do need to go through a few steps to set things up. First, you’ll need to
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