Comment on Why Are Cars Getting Rid Of Android Auto?
ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world 1 week agoYou just need a wireless Android Auto dongle. I have an older Honda without wireless AA. I got an “AAWireless” adapter that physically plugs in, then I connect my phone via Bluetooth and WiFi while I wireless charge it. The cool part is that it also removes the safety stuff that prevents you from typing while car is in motion and taking “safety breaks” while scrolling on head unit. I highly discourage distracted driving (just don’t be an idiot).
atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 week ago
We have a wireless Android Auto dongle. And it takes an age to auto connect. Not to mention the problems with it still wanting us to pull over and put the car in park to switch, something I thought would be circumvented when I bought it but somehow is not. Usually it’s the person in the passenger seat trying to change something and not being able to. I’m not advocating for distracted driving. I’m pointing out that someone else in the vehicle who’s not driving can’t interact to change certain things even though it’s perfectly safe for them to do so.
ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world 1 week ago
If your dongle has a configuration app, I’d look in there for options to disable the safety pause bullshit. I couldn’t agree with you more! The head unit can’t tell if its the driver or passenger tapping it, so why on Earth would it force the vehicle to be stopped or in PARK?!? Idiotic babysitting for no reason isn’t safer.