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Originally Posted by Crowz
I personally prefer my phone to only be involved with making phone calls. I let the radio do the rest so carplay is useless to me. So as long as the radio has Bluetooth to make phone calls with it then Im good phone wise.
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I played this week with Google Auto (or whatever it's called) in a rented Ford. It's very, very cool. I hope that the Android head unit will support it the way the Ford did.
It wasn't perfect, but I don't know if that is my phone (Pixel XL, Android 8.1) or the 2018 Ford small SUV (Escape?) Sony system. But basically, a USB connection enabled me to see on the car's screen the Android apps Waze, Maps, Amzon Music, and even Plex each driven by my phone's unlimited cell plan. By 'imperfect' I mean that the connection would wet the bed every now and then and the car's own software would take over again. I had to physically plug and unplug the phone a number of times during the week. Now that I consider it, the problem could very well have been my USB cable. I never did try another.
But my understanding is that Android Auto is supposed to work over Bluetooth. That would be cool, but I could see it sucking the life from a phone battery. Using one of the USB ports to charge and communicate may bring the best experience- If these things will connect to a phone with Android Auto installed.
I'm anxious as hell to try it but both of my Android head units are outside of my reach right now.
