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Android Auto can display content recommendations on the dashboard when the user
isn't listening to anything. To avoid the default logic of pulling
recommendations from the top of the browse tree, apps should provide their own
source of recommendations and tweak these suggestions to the driving context.
You may consider using the user's in-car listening history to generate
recommendations, instead basing them on their living room listening habits.
Recommendation example
This example shows a dashboard that supplies a For
You pane with suggested playlists (Android Auto
example).
Recommendation requirements
Requirement level
Requirements
SHOULD
App developers should:
Provide a source from which to pull relevant media recommendations
for users
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