Toyota didn’t have Android Auto for many years after 2015
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LordCrom@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
2015 cars came with bluetooth support fir hands free calling using your phone. This was great.
After that, it was replaced with carplay or android auto as the only means to get hands frwe calling. Stupid…stupid.
Plus, last 2 new cars i bought, i had yo take the interior roof apart so i could access the buily in cellular antennae wire and remove that spyware P.O.S. And by the way, car works fine without it.
CCMan1701A@startrek.website 6 hours ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 minutes ago
2017 Toyota. Android auto was optional. We opted not to pay for it
titanicx@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
Toyota also had Bluetooth before then as well in fact many cars had Bluetooth before then. I had two 2014 vehicles including one Tacoma which I still have that is Bluetooth but not Android auto. I will say having Android auto is nice but it is limited as well. My new 2024 RAV4 has Android auto wireless and it’s fantastic.
SlothMama@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
My 2018 Camry doesn’t interestingly enough
amenotef@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I still use that Bluetooth everyday in my Mitsubishi Outlander. The only problem is that since December 2024 android release on Pixels it stopped connecting “media audio” automatically due to some timing issue or something. So I have to manually toggle that button on my phone since that day… (Google Pixel) And now Samsung seems to have the same issue since they started updating to newer android versions.
titanicx@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
I have a Samsung and I’ve had two of them this year actually three of them this year one fold three, one fold six, one s24 ultra and one pixel 9 and none of them have had this issue that you mentioned.
amenotef@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
And which Mitsubishi car and year do you have?
titanicx@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
I don’t have a mitsubishi, you didn’t mention Mitsubishi in your comments. You mentioned some Japanese cars. I had a quest which I recently traded in and I still own a 2014 tacoma. Both of which are Japanese vehicles
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
On most cars, it’s probably easier to unplug it on the head unit side. They’re generally designed to be accessed for repair
bluemellophone@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I would be shocked if there wasn’t a single fuse just for that antenna.
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I think it’s common for the antennas to contain both GPS and LTE. I think the fuse would power the whole fin?
On the head unit side, they’re generally separate cables
LordCrom@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Correct the head mefia unitnhas the cellular plug. But to get to it, id have to remove the whole dashboard. The roof was easier
daq@lemmy.sdf.org 9 hours ago
They didn’t really replace it though. Pretty much every modern car sold today has Bluetooth. You don’t have to use android auto.