XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2021-08-29, Jim Whitby  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 29 Aug 2021 15:19:57 -0400, nospam wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> what i'm specifically referring to are apps that automatically connect   
   >> and communicate with bluetooth devices entirely in the background, in   
   >> particular, without the user needing to separately launch an app at all.   
   >> this isn't specific to obd either.   
   >>   
   >> the moment the bluetooth device comes within range of the user's iphone,   
   >> ios will automatically auto-launch the app directly into the background   
   >> if needed with no user interaction whatsoever, at which point the app   
   >> starts doing whatever the app was designed to do.   
   >>   
   >> this happens regardless of when the app was last launched, even if the   
   >> phone has been rebooted.   
   >>   
   >> android can't do that.   
   >   
   > How do you think every phone (Android, Windows, ios, linux, etc) is   
   > connected  to a vehicle? Magic? USB? WiFi? or ???   
      
   I mean, he literally said "Bluetooth" multiple times above. Are you   
   blind or something?   
      
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