Privacy policy

In short: CarCast does not collect, store, share or sell any personal data. It has no internet permission, so it cannot send anything off your phone.

What CarCast does

CarCast shows your phone screen on your car’s display through Android Auto. When you start casting, Android asks for your permission to capture the screen. The captured picture is drawn directly to the car display on your phone’s graphics chip.

Information we collect

None. Specifically:

• Screen content is processed only in your phone’s graphics memory while casting. It is never recorded, saved to storage, logged or transmitted.
• No accounts, analytics, advertising or crash-reporting services are included.
• No network access: the app does not request the Android internet permission.

Information stored on your device

CarCast saves a few settings on your phone (quality preset, fit mode, and on/off switches such as “Keep phone screen on”). They never leave your device, are excluded from cloud backup, and are removed when you uninstall the app.

Permissions and why they are used

• Screen capture (MediaProjection) and foreground service: to cast your screen, only after you approve the system prompt. A notification with a Stop button is shown the whole time.
• Notifications: for the casting notification and to ask you to confirm on the phone when you start from the car.
• Car surface and navigation templates (Android Auto): to draw the picture on the car display.
• Vehicle speed (only if you turn on “Only while parked”): read from the car to hide the picture while moving. It is not stored.
• Wake lock (only if “Keep phone screen on” is on): keeps the phone display awake while casting, because mirroring needs it.
• Accessibility service (only if you turn on “Control from the car” and enable it in Android settings): repeats the taps, drags and pinches you make on the car screen on your phone. It cannot read screen content and receives no accessibility events. You can turn it off at any time.

Children

CarCast is intended for adults and is not directed at children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be published at this address with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions: mohamedyaseent@gmail.com