baatliwala@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 months agoMotorola has a tiny new black box at MWC that wants to kill Android Auto cableswww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down11
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minus-squareDampSquid@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoDo the little bluetooth dongle-thingies i’ve seen on AliExpress work?
minus-squaretgf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoYes. Both my brother and father bought the aliexpress dongle because Opel and Ford implementations were shit.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYeah but they drain your battery because what you see on your car’s display is rendered and streamed by the phone. A cable is much more efficient in terms of power per data sent, plus it provides power back to the phone.
Do the little bluetooth dongle-thingies i’ve seen on AliExpress work?
Yes. Both my brother and father bought the aliexpress dongle because Opel and Ford implementations were shit.
Yeah but they drain your battery because what you see on your car’s display is rendered and streamed by the phone. A cable is much more efficient in terms of power per data sent, plus it provides power back to the phone.