XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-17 14:00, badgolferman wrote:   
   > Carlos E. R.  wrote:   
   >> On 2026-02-17 12:50, badgolferman wrote:   
   >>> Carlos E. R.  wrote:   
   >>>> On 2026-02-17 12:04, Andy Burns wrote:   
   >>>>> Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> in my experience the Android Car thing is almost crap. Not reliable.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Huh?  Android Auto is better than any OEM satnav/multimedia system I've   
   >>>>> had in a car, wireless (whether native or with a dongle) is the   
   >>>>> finishing touch.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It often fails to start. I have to manually tell the car to pair with   
   >>>> the BT of my phone, and sometimes I need to reboot my phone. Sometimes   
   >>>> it forgets the pairing with my phone, blue led flashes fast, and I have   
   >>>> to delete in the phone the BT of Android Car and re-pair.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Plugging the USB cable works better, somewhat. Still needs the car BT to   
   >>>> pair.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I can not tell the thing a destination by voice, it doesn't detect my   
   >>>> voice. Can not answer Wasaps. some days it works.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Crashes, leaving me with no map. Sometimes a critical crossroads, so not   
   >>>> knowing what route to take.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Fortunately, I have a TomTom navigator which is more reliable, but has   
   >>>> its own problems.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I have never experienced any of this with Apple CarPlay on either my 2023   
   >>> Toyota Highlander or my wife’s 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLC300. Maybe it’s   
   your   
   >>> phone.   
   >>   
   >> Not Apple. Android.   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Yes, Android. That system is notorious for dropped Bluetooth connections,   
   > especially in the cheaper phones. Is there someone in your household with   
   > an iPhone which you could test your car with?   
      
   Nope.   
      
   I have an expensive BT earphone that connects to my phone and my laptop.   
   After a few days, it connects to the computer and drops instantly.   
   However, a cheap BT earphone connects fine to the same laptop.   
      
   Also, the same phone works fine with a recent version of the same car,   
   via cable, without asking to connect via BT previously.   
      
   Same expensive BT earphones connect fine to an LG TV set.   
      
   The cheap BT earphones can suffer short cutoffs.   
      
   BT connections are always touch and go. Sometimes they work, some times   
   they don't. Randomly.   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers,   
           Carlos E.R.   
           ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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