Instead, the AA Wireless app will wait until your phone connects to SYNC via bluetooth, and then it will tell Android Auto to start. What this does is prevent the Android Auto app from automatically starting when your phone conncts to the AA Wireless device.

If this happens to you, try enabling the Start/Stop feature in the AA Wireless app.

It could be that it only does this when there are SYNC updates to download, or perhaps this behavior changed as of a SYNC update at some point.

My Ranger used to behave this way, but no longer does.

It will continue to happen while in range of the AA Wireless device, until the Ranger cuts power to the USB ports. This manifests as a screen that annoyingly interrupts whatever you may be doing on your phone at the time, and then quickly disappears. If this happens, your phone may repeatedly connect to the AA Wireless device but the Android Auto app will fail to start (since the AA Wireless device is powered up available, but SYNC is not).

Sometimes the Ranger retains power to the USB ports and AA Wireless for 10+ minutes after being shut down and locked.

This setting also allows you to view the contents of notifications while moving. I am not sure if this is an expected side-effect or a bug. It seems to switch Android Auto from using the vehicle's GPS and sensors to the phone's GPS and sensors, and in my experience causes the map to jump around or rotate randomly.

The 'Remove tap limit' setting appears to cause issues with navigation accuracy.

Going even smaller to bellow approx 110 causes Android Auto to switch to a split-screen view (but everything too small imo).

Custom DPI of 130 works well to see more of the map and to shrink the size of buttons and text a little.

Notes/Tips/Discoveries/Issues (I'll try to keep this list updated if/when things come up) One of the features I was really bummed not to find in the Ranger was wireless Android Auto.

Aside from that 'it just works'! I hid mine near my brake controller with the USB cable sneaking over to the USB port that I'd normally plug my phone into. In short: you plug it into the vehicle instead of plugging your phone in, and then you can use Android Auto with your vehicle wirelessly.Īll it took to get it up and running was to plug it in, install the app on my phone, and let it do the initial setup steps. More info on AA Wireless, here: cpeb – Wireless Android Auto for Everyone! I was quick to back this project as I was already familiar with one of the guys behind it and I had been using some of his apps. I wanted to start a thread on AA Wireless, which is slowly making its way to Indiegogo backers now.

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