Hi Yinzcity, I've got 2 questions for you... 1. (hope this isn't a dumb one, but) I'm not familiar with the Andriod Auto Adapters. Actually just loked and found several on Amazon. What all do they do? I mean, is it just an easier way to connect your phone to your truck, or is there some other benefits, and 2. Are you a "Yinzer" from the Burgh?
I never actually talked up a cable, but I love this one. not just because of data quality, but build quality and perfect length and design for where I like to set my phone.
No dumb questions here! The android auto adapters just make it possible to connect your phone wirelessly with android auto. Some new cars have this built in already, but ours are old enough to need a physical cable connection toto run android auto. With the adapter, my phone connects automatically through Bluetooth whenever the car starts. So I'll have android auto automatically pop up a few seconds after starting, even if my phone is still in my pocket.
Yinzcity - Yeah, thank you. I had assumed that was the adapters sole function. My work truck, (which was a Chevy Silverado 1500) had that feature as standard equipment and it was really convenient. What through me, was some of the descriptions found on Amazon, which are quite lofty, having you think your adding the capability of transferring your Androids screen, or video to your trucks screen. I was tempted to purchase a "Carlinkit" adapter, as they seem to be the most popular, but after thoroughly sifting through all of the negative nightmare feedback available, I got cold feet. There seems to be a common thread of lagging, repetitive disconnecting and failure.. Being a dude who has consistently and mind numbingly proven to be prone to electronics issues, I felt it best to walk away. - Probably just going to go the route of securing a high quality USB data cable and being done with it..
I'm glad you mentioned this. I thought it was my Pixel 6 making Waze freeze but it started happening right about the time I got the Android 13 update. I use Google Maps everyday to get around Washington, DC traffic.
FWIW, the actual data going from your phone to the M1 is via WiFi, Bluetooth does not have enough band width to support AA. Not sure why the Bluetooth pairing is necessary but the Carlin wireless CarPlay adapter for my wife's iphone in her Jeep works exactly the same way.
I'm confused. I do not have a wi-fi connection available while driving my vehicle. I have never connected the M1 to my phone via wi-fi. As I understand this would also require a wi-fi connection between my phone and the device. I had a dash cam that worked via wi-fi and a connection had to be made between them in order to view the camera on my phone. The camera provided the wi-fi signal.
no, that's how it works--wifi is used for the video. you don't have to specifically set anything up as the wifi connection is made automatically (via wifi direct, not the usual infrastructure mode with one device acting as an access point). bluetooth is used as the control channel to negotiate the wifi, and for audio. as mentioned above, bluetooth simply doesn't have enough reliable bandwidth for the video portion. carplay works basically the same way, for the same reasons.
Whether you are aware or not, the truck does have a WiFi connection, as evidenced by automatic SYNC updates. There are settings and procedures needed to hook up your phone or another device to the WiFi.
