roadlet is not released yet. There is no download, and nothing on this page describes a finished app.
It is a home screen for the Android head unit or tablet in your car, and it is sofalet’s idea moved into a car. A wallpaper fills the screen, and the colours of everything else are taken from the photo that is showing. Over it sit a big clock, a small strip that says whether you are online, the weather for your city, what is playing in any app, buttons that start navigation to the places you saved, and a dock with your apps. It is not Android Auto and draws no map: it hands the destination to the navigation app you already use.
Themes are written by the community: a theme sets the wallpaper, the colours and the layout, and is only data. Modules, small separate apps made by other people, can add their own cards.
Everything on the device is free. Pro, keeping your configuration in step between devices, is planned. The app will come to Google Play and to F-Droid.
It needs no account. What it reads on your device stays on your device: the privacy policy says exactly what goes where.
Frequently asked questions
What is roadlet?
A home screen for the Android head unit or tablet in your car. A wallpaper (photos, an animated aurora or a gradient) fills the screen and the interface takes its colours from it. On top are a big clock, a network strip, the weather, a Now playing card, buttons that start navigation to your saved places, and a dock with your apps.
Is it Android Auto?
No. It is an ordinary app for head units that run plain Android, and you choose it as the home app. It draws no map: navigation is started in the navigation app you already use.
Where can I get it?
Nowhere yet: the app is not released. This page will say so until it is.
Who writes the themes?
Anyone. A theme is data, a file that sets the wallpaper, the colours and the layout, never code. The catalogue is published on this site and the app reads it only while you have the Themes screen open.
What is free and what is Pro?
Everything on the device is free: themes, wallpapers, widgets, modules and saved places. Pro is keeping your configuration in step between devices, for two cars or a car and a tablet at home. The F-Droid build is free and complete except sync.
Does it need an account?
No. You can sign in, with an address and a code or with Google in the Play build, so that a licence granted to your address finds your device, and that is all the sign-in is for. To close an account, see the delete account page.
What does it send over the network?
Photos are fetched from Unsplash, weather from Open-Meteo, and the city can be estimated from your internet connection if you ask. Read the privacy policy for who gets what.