KITT Launcher
I couldn't find a launcher that did everything I wanted so I designed one myself. It's primary theme was the 1980s show "Knight Rider." Basically I wanted my own KITT. Here's the details:
Built in navigation and maps
Built in OBD2 reader with gauges, info, trip logging, VIN lookup, and other options
KITT can use your Gemini or Perplexity API key (enter it in settings) for Ai powered prompts, questions and commands but will also use the most appropriate model to cost as little or no money for Ai
Built in browser to watch/stream video or whatever you want inside its own window without having to leave the screen and gauges, import your own bookmarks, save sites, etc
Swipable pages for things like: a dedicated ai page where you can log into your AI pro accounts and not be forced to use an API key
Page for retro gaming built in with controller support
Dedicated media page
TONS of KITT settings and config options
10 different themes including a Terminator, Matrix, and Robocop theme
3 different personalities of KITT To choose from starting at ruthless where KITT is a filthy and sarcastic foul mouth to a slightly less smartass KITT to a normal no sarcasm KITT.
2 versions of the app that can be installed alongside each other if you want to see both but the idea was I needed one for a 12.1" Tesla style screen in my truck and also wanted a version for my smaller sized horizontal screen in my mustang.
Download them here if you like, free. You can see all the options and what it looks like from this page prior to installing.
Hope you like it...
Edit: I added another tab on the web page called "in action" with short clips of each launcher so people can see it that way too. I didn't include audio though, just video.
Edit 2: New features since the last post:
- System check at the top of KITT Config: every permission and setting KITT needs, each with a Fix/Allow button.
- Problem report to your phone: scan a QR code (phone on the same Wi‑Fi or hotspot; the link works for 10 minutes), or send it through Android's share menu.
- Home-screen check: KITT warns if another launcher has taken over and offers a Fix button.
- Low fuel: under 12%, KITT warns once per drive and a "Find gas" button routes you to the nearest station. You can also say "find gas".
- Parking spot: saved with its address when you switch off. The Trips screen shows a QR code to open it on your phone, and you can ask "where did I park?".
- Speed limits: the road's limit from OpenStreetMap appears next to the speedometer and turns red when you're over. A spoken warning is optional and off by default.
- GM tire pressures: added with a source note.
- Driving commentary: hard stops, revving a cold engine, 10 minutes of idling, and full throttle each get a comment, at most once every 5 minutes per type.
- Report card: each drive gets a grade (A+ to F) when you switch off, shown on the Trips screen.
- KARR personality: menacing rather than profane, with the same accuracy and safety rules.
- Sound effects: a scanner whoosh at startup and a turbo-boost sound at full throttle. Off by default.
- Night theme: switches to a theme you pick at sunset, using the GPS position when the head unit has no light sensor.
- Pursuit mode: a full-screen 1982-style dash. Open it from the Gauges page, Quick Settings, a learned steering-wheel button, or by saying "pursuit mode".
- Maps + KITT: opens Google Maps or Waze with a narrow KITT panel beside it showing speed, limit, revs, temperature, fuel, media keys and a KITT button. Android doesn't let a home-screen app run in split-screen, so the panel floats on top of Maps instead.
- Big text for AI answers on the AI page, with read-aloud.
- Mini player: a video playing in the stream window keeps going in a corner when you leave the Drive page. Tap it to go back, or ✕ to close.
- Data saver per site (no images, and videos wait for a tap), under the browser's More menu. 18–19. Weekly backup to Downloads/KITT, keeping the last four. A backup from either app restores into either app.
- What's new appears once after each update, and KITT announces it.
Currently working on the Terminator, Matrix, and Robocop themes to have the UI for each better reflect the movies and characters and am adding a Back to the Future theme. Obviously all features from knight rider will still work it'll just look different.