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European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Were you using Android Auto with a USB cable or wireless? I have an aftermarket AA radio in my car that I use wired and it works almost perfectly,

Are you suggesting a ~~Wi-Fi~~ Bluetooth device inside of the same vehicle its trying to connect to via ~~Wi-Fi~~ Bluetooth would have connection problems, and not be able to connect, at that short range?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I mean, yeah, it's possible

Just trying to get more information about their experience as well, maybe it's not actually Android Auto and it's a weird half baked system built into the car

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It uses Bluetooth, not Wi-Fi. But there are a ton of factors that make wireless communications less reliable than wired. Have you ever been on Wi-Fi and had connection issues right next to the router? All of those factors also affect Bluetooth.

That said, I've never had any issues connecting my phone to AA via wireless.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It uses Bluetooth, not Wi-Fi.

Yeah sorry about that. I actually know it's Bluetooth and not Wi-Fi, but I was just working on my Wi-Fi in the house before I posted that comment, so it got stuck in my head. I connect my phone to my stereo system in my car via bluetooth.

But there are a ton of factors that make wireless communications less reliable than wired.

Over long distances, sure. But in a vehicle, with that short of a distance?

It would have to be one hell of another thing interfering to break a Bluetooth connection in a car.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have an irrigation valve that turns the water on and off for the garden. It talks to the app via Bluetooth, and I've found that my phone has to be at least 3m away from it or it won't connect. Any closer and the signal must overload it to the point where it can't interpret it. The first one I bought, I took back to the store and swapped it for another before I figured out what the problem was.

I'm sure it's a bad design on the valve's Bluetooth implementation, but nevertheless, it exists.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I have an irrigation valve that turns the water on and off for the garden. It talks to the app via Bluetooth, and I’ve found that my phone has to be at least 3m away from it or it won’t connect. Any closer and the signal must overload it to the point where it can’t interpret it.

Not to discredit your example, but that's not exactly a car that we're talking about right? I would imagine more due diligence would have been done on the engineering side for a Bluetooth connection in a vehicle, versus a lawn sprinkler.

If cars were having that same problem of close distance issues that would be making the news, especially if it was a whole fleet of cars that that problem was happening for.