XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Jolly Roger   
    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?   
      
     "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"   
     - arthur c. clarke.   
      
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