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[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
One more thing after that monster post.

Does anybody know what we can do about having two cars with two units? It is a bit rare that we drive each others cars, but I noticed in the Config app that there is a box there and you can add another (would be nice to name the box something meaningful to easliy identify which it is) so I can see that at the moment our phones will only work wirelessly in each others car. I do not know how native AAW headunits manage this.

The main thing is that if we are both home and I take her car, her phone will probably connect to the headunit as the primary connection, like normal. If I'm not at home then I can imagine a connection to her box, without her phone around would be good, but if we are both in the car and the opposite person is driving, how to make the drive have control of the headunit. In the bad old days this was easy, plug your phone into the cable.
[Android Auto General] tallleroy:
Thanks for posting this @Genebaby

My Samsung Galaxy S20 FE with Android 11 and One UI 3.1 does keep the hotspot also while connected to AAWireless.

I had tried this before when my phone was still on Android 10 and One UI 2.5 and it did not work. I have not tried since.

LeRoy
[Android Auto General] tallleroy:
If your phone is paired with Bluetooth to AAWireless, it will operate properly. So you can connect with multiple AAWireless devices in multiple vehicles with no problem.

In the device, it keeps a list of phone that have connected. For my device it knows about four phones. The device will attempt to pair first with the phone that last connected to the device. If it cannot pair with that phone, it will try the next most recent connection and so forth on down the list.

For the situation with multiple paired phones in the car, it will pair with the phone that last connected, even when that phone does not belong to the driver. There is no mechanism to select the preferred phone order. Maybe later, after they get the outlying vehicles that have problems working well.

LeRoy
[Android Auto General] DaveR77:
Had mine for 3 days and had nothing but trouble with it. I have a MIB2 HU and a Huawei P30 Pro. All my apps are excluded from battery optimisation.

Issues are:

Sometimes the phone WiFi doesn't auto connect, I can live with that

80% of the time, once connected I get a black screen with only the bottom menu bar showing.

When it does show the screen properly, clicking Spotify shows the 'spotify is not available' error, yet if the play button is visible in the menu, it will play.

Has anyone else had these issues?
[Android Auto General] Nudnik_de:
Have you ensured you have the latest android auto version installed? That was the root cause for me. Of course no Quashquai...
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Thanks for the info. I'll setup each phone on the other car and see what happens. Just one of those things.

My wife actually only drove my car for the first time yesterday but in her car for BT my phone is there as the second device. Annoyingly that unit doesn't let the second phone stream music via BT, only the primary, and I don't change it as I don't drive it much.

Hoping to have a better experience with AAW, now, or in the future.
[Android Auto General] tallleroy:
One more thing about multiple phones on the same device. Any phone that has disabled Bluetooth will be skipped. On most phones Bluetooth is a quick setting from the notification panel. The passenger Bluetooth can be turned on again after the driver connects to keep your fitness band happy.

So if it won't cause too much discord, have your passenger disable Bluetooth in settings while you connect. You will be in control for the rest of the drive. When the passenger is again alone in the car, they will connect.

LeRoy
[Android Auto General] ejufrhef:
wireless projection is enabled.

aawireless wifi network is visible and connected, as is bluetooth. my phone is connected to BOTH, i can also see the device settings etc. it still keeps blinking green.... (and occasionally red, then back to green)

i noticed though, that on repeated setup, the device is not recognized (it says i have to manually connect BT).

i might try another complete reset of the device (and/or everything), but i really don't know where else i could change things, i've done it a dozen times now, and it always comes out the same way :(
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Not sure what you mean, AA should always start automatically, wether the screen is on or not.
[Android Auto General] Boosky:
Sorry,

I mean one of the Android Auto app settings that is currently inactive.

In my previous car, where AA worked wirelessly, I could choose AA to start after connecting the phone to the car's bluetooth, but only after taking the telephone out of my pocket.

So for short trips around the city I did not take my phone out of my pocket and only used it in conjunction with the BT of the car itself.

And when I needed AA I just put the phone on the wireless charger and it started to work.

Now when I'm using AAWireless (1.8 firmware), AA just launch when I open car's door. So I'm asking if the native function will be possible with 2.0?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
The "Autolaunch" settings are meant for using AA on the phone screen itself. That's why they are in the "Phone screen" section. They should do nothing regarding projected AA (on the car's screen).

It's a bit weird though because I thought "phone screen" AA was completely replaced by Google Driving mode. What Android version are you running?

Anyway, the only thing dongle mode does is wait for the head unit handsfree to connect before starting AA. This is not controllable by any setting. It will start AA regardless if the phone is in the pocket or not.

However they did recently add the option in the screenshot, which may fullfill your needs.
[Android Auto General] Boosky:
It's Samsung S8 with Android 9.

Thank you for answer. I'll check that AA not starting when phone is locked.
[Android Auto General] 1qazwsx4:
Very true, no idea which would be the most viable way - possibly an option able toggle that if no device is connected within xx seconds/minutes, force reboot AAW automatically? Imo that could be a simple but effective way to force a reconnection.

The headunit and USB with AAW recieve power the moment I unlock my car doors or remote start the car so it's abit hit and miss. Once remote started I leave the car idling for a few minutes and my phone does technically connect to AAW during this time but I come in and out of range while inside the house so it could be a timeout issue too?

If I simply start the car while inside it, usually it works pretty good (sometimes clashes with my WiFi) so very happy there! Credit to the person who posted here about "pass through" mode needed AAW setting removed BEFORE clearing android auto data then reconnecting, this solved alot of issues.

I'll be sure to try out dongle mode on version 2.X - maybe this might be all it needs 😎 thanks for your help and the updates
[Android Auto General] maisonmdsgreen:
I just filled in the link, with this filling we can expect to receive when?
[Android Auto General] festor:
It literally explains in his post that you quoted. After some testing tomorrow, the firmware is being pushed out over the next week. If you're desperate for early access and already filled in the link, you will be in the first wave(s). If it's not available on Tuesday, then try the next day.

If we keep taking up their time, especially with questions already answered, then they don't have time to do the actual development.
[Android Auto General] maisonmdsgreen:
As I am Brazilian, the edge browser in my phone translated it as it was in another week, but he said that he would do a test tomorrow so I didn't understand the two dates, but looking now I saw that in this week that is coming, all resources will be available.

I have two AA, one testing, it would be more to help in testing than for the final version because 1.8 is ok on my chevrolet

Anyway thanks for making me see the correct dates.
[Android Auto General] Lenster45:
How many paired devices on your phone have call audio enabled? Even though my phone can have multiple devices active at the same time, it would not allow more than 2 active with call audio enabled. I was stuck with blinking green until I turned call audio off for my smartwatch. Now call audio is enabled only for the car and AAW
[Android Auto General] ejufrhef:
i'm only connected to aaw, actively disconnected from sync, no other devices present, connected (or paired at all)
[Android Auto General] 1enry1:
Hi everyone, great problem ... Samsung A41 and VW Golf 8.

Then with the voice recognizer in the car no problem with the Maps navigator, I tell him to go to a resort he understands and executes.

the problem is always with the vocal recognizer if I tell him to call a contact in the address book (which I see in the car screen!)

With the old sw he asked me more and more details (???) and then he didn't call.

Now updated android car and answers me that it's okay but that I have to first give authorization in the car, ok but where?

I asked the Volkswagen and obvious they say that in the car there is nothing to do anything and to hear google .... who helps me, I don't know what to do ????

Repeat Google's voice assistant is fine with Maps but asks me permissions in the car if I tell him to call a number in the address book. Help
[Android Auto General] jeremyt561:
Just a idea, but have you checked the permissions of the Google app? Does it have permissions to your contacts and or phone? I'm attaching the permissions my Google app has for reference. This is just a guess though.
[Android Auto General] znel52:
Just updated to 2.0 firmware on my aawireless. If you submitted request for early access the OTA is probably waiting on you. Go get it!
[Android Auto General] maisonmdsgreen:
I installed version 2.0, I noticed that when changing parents without saving in the wifi configuration it applies, the right thing would be after saving.

Would it be possible to include an option to control the power of wifi? How to low high and very high medium? For the higher the power of the wifi more noise the AA will listen.
[Android Auto General] 1qazwsx4:
@Snirpo I updated to version 2.0 and noticed that if you change the DPI settings, android auto will no longer automatically connect and requires tapping on the head unit to open and run. Reverted to stock DPI and it now automatically starts correctly without touching the headunit. Also tried changing to dongle mode and it ended up with flashing green light for approx 3 seconds then red LED loop. (I removed my AAW connection and Bluetooth as advised by dongle settings) I used the reset hole and cleared android auto data and setup to function stock settings with auto open android auto enabled but no other mods. Default usb mode without passthrough. Functions as AAW correctly untill I change DPI or enable dongle mode

Thought I would mention about the above as feedback
[Android Auto General] Boosky:
what is that dongle mode exactly? Is it better than normal direct USB?
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
2.0 not (yet) available for me, even if I filled in the link yesterday for early update !...

Edit : I just understood that I gave wrong dongle ID (misunderstanding between "O" and "0"...= ! I send the good ID just now...
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
I got the FW update to 2.0 today!

So I'm testing; But I have the same question as @Boosky, what is the dongle mode?

So far the only change I did was configuring the WiFi on my current country (Spain), still left the channel in Auto mode and running at 5GHz.

BR
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
By the way, App is now 2.5.0...
[Android Auto General] janz25:
Heres the explanation provided by Snirpo for those asking about dongle.
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
App 2.6 just arrived!
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Not yet for me (beta tester)...
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
I finally installed the firmware 2.0.0, no problem !

Just a question : which WiFi mode should we use , Hotspot or Client, and what is the difference ?...

Thanks.
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
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[Android Auto General] andy o:
Hotspot is the default mode, it's the same as official wireless AA. Client mode is if you want a wireless router between your phone and the AAW, like with in-car WiFi or a separate mobile hotspot.
[Android Auto General] grac:
Where'u find firmware 2.0.0 ?
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
It's being pushed out gradually and sooner if you signed up for at it.
[Android Auto General] grac:
I am in the test group and I do not have 2.0.0
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
I'd say wait a bit longer. I signed up but haven't checked yet.
[Android Auto General] martin.armstrong:
I signed up for it and got it yesterday
[Android Auto General] festor:
If you signed up for early access it's more important to know if people who didn't sign up have it already. I didn't sign up and don't have 2.0 yet. We are only a few days in to a week long release ;)

If you're in the beta test group, there may be an alternative way to download so maybe @Dangze can explain if this is the case?
[Android Auto General] gcd:
I had a chance to test 2.0 fw for disconnection issues. Set the channel to 149 (like MA1) and had 3 disconnects for the same route as before. I'll change the channel to 153 and test it again.

Currently, fw 2.0 didn't solve the disconnection problem for me.
[Android Auto General] festor:
Interesting, have you tried Dongle Mode too?
[Android Auto General] gcd:
yes, it's in dongle mode
[Android Auto General] festor:
Fingers crossed for Ch 153 then.

What is the general consensus for the new app/firmware? Should everything be wiped and connect from scratch or is an in-place upgrade best?
[Android Auto General] gcd:
Should I increase the wifi connection timeout? It's 2000 now. Maybe it'll help?

What do you think?
[Android Auto General] festor:
Sounds like a good idea and will give it more of a chance to hold connection, but I would do one thing at a time so you know what worked.

If everything is (in theory) running the same way as an MA1, but still disconnecting, then it may be hardware interference. I tried spraying the inside of one with nickel screening compound and applied a layer of copper slug tape on the roof. It seemed to help in specific locations that disconnected predictably, but not for the intermittent ones. It might be due to my POCO F3 because my partner has no issues with her S21.

It might be a closer setup to the plate inside the MA1 so it will be interesting to use the new options.
[Android Auto General] Brousseau:
Hi,

I have a issue with my new AAwireless. Everything works fine except the audio. When i play music through Android Auto, the music comes out from my phone, not my car. I can control the music on my car screen via AA (play, stop, change song or chanel, etc), but the sound comes from my phone. Everything else comes from the car speaker (text messages, gps, voice command, etc). I've used two differents applications (spotify and stingraymusic) and it's the same.

I've try on my phone to select wich device to choose to play music, but i don't see the AAwireless as an option.

Thank you
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Beta test group is for the App, not for the firmware...

For thr firmware, you have to sign up for early access, see some posts above... That's what I have done !
[Android Auto General] ejufrhef:
me too, and i still don't have an update available :(
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Be sure to write the correct dongle ID ! I initially wrote it with a mistake ("O" instead of "0"), and had to rewrite it correctly the day after...
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Unfortunate :( For most of our testers higher channel helped for sure, so it's probably very dependent on what kind of interference it is.

In dongle mode it works exactly the same as the Moto. Dongle mode has no influence on interference related issues though.

May I ask what the devices names of your devices are? So I can check the hardware revision.
[Android Auto General] gcd:
B1n8xjPn
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Thanks, an rk3308 based device I see. Do you mind us sending you a "gen 2" device? I'm very curious if it makes any difference in your case. You can PM me your address details :)
[Android Auto General] JoePryor:
This is the form to request early access to firmware 2.0.0.

AAWireless firmware 2.0

forms.gle
[Android Auto General] festor:
The device that disconnects is qu3UKgyr, but I'm still on 1.8 firmware. Will let you know how I get on with 2.0 (y)
[Android Auto General] josefsch:
Just an idea about all those interference/disconnect issues:

Firmware 2.0.0 now allows to set the country in the WiFi Settings.

I downloaded the syslog of the device and see log entries about settting regulatory domain, DFS master region, frequencies, bandwitdh, etc. depending on the country setting.

Previous firmware versions, I assume, used the default country US and related WiFi parameters all over the world.

I am no expert in wireless communication, frequency overlapping, etc. but can imagine that using the US settings outside of the US results in interferences and sporadic problems.
[Android Auto General] de-v8:
Just received my dongle today which

is connected but when it asks me to connect Headunit to AndroidAuto I get the following "

The connected device cannot be activated. Please check device compatibility, whether the correct USB port is used and the settings on your device."

I have disabled pass through

Done the Samsung fix in Auto settings

Tried all USB modes.

Deleted storage in AA

I have a Mercedes and. Samsung s21 ultra

Please help!!
[Android Auto General] maisonmdsgreen:
It would be nice to have an option to decrease the signal level, the stronger the signal the more external noise will hear.
[Android Auto General] gcd:
I live in the US.

Channel 153 looks better. Just a single disconnect during the trip(usually 3-4 on the same route)
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
I was going to drive the Golf today so I checked and the 2.0 update was available. Again the projection wasn't starting on the screen automatically, and I was able to get it projecting initially by changing my connection method again while in the app. Then I did the 2.0 upgrade and it went very smoothly, possibly the smoothest one yet.

I set it on Dongle mode and we'll see how we go. All fine on the drive to work, I could hear the Assistant (but I usually can on the first drive of the day) and no disconnects, but I haven't been having those lately either.

FYI, for those that don't know, my device case is foil wrapped. I wasn't getting disconnetions, just interruptions in the flow of the music and this has stopped that.
[Android Auto General] :
I did not had any disconnects yesterday and in the morning.

My normal route is tomorrow tho.

Firmeware 2.0

Wifi 5GHZ

Channel 165 i think ( i took the the highest)

looks promising so far!

I keep you updated tomorrow for the final test but as far as now: Good Job!
[Android Auto General] 1qazwsx4:
Can anyone who is running firmware 2.0 please test something for me. Set your device to request screen focus (so it displays on your headunit without needing to press any buttons) now change your DPI to splitscreen, reboot and see if your AAW still displays AA automatically without the need to push any buttons.

So far after changing any DPI settings, my device will no longer request screen focus and requires pushing buttons manually. Please let me know. Cheers
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Well. I have been testing the FW.2.0 with App 2.6; it's way better; the amount of disconnections are less than before, but still happened once by ride (would say I can tolerate it, but still annoying) and looks random now, not in the same places as before; So, I just changed the channel from Auto to 153 (region set to Spain); I hope using this higher channel will give me full stability; if not I will try with the highest possible (165Ch). FYI @Snirpo my AAW device is first gen (krg0FsIh), and having the disconnection issue, some guidance would be great.

Ah, Not dongle mode. So I will need to test that part as well, but as I understood it's not fully related to the disconnection issues... isn't?
[Android Auto General] huppejue:
Hi,

I set the channel to 165 and I noticed that the Wifi Connection Speed is only 75 Mbps and no 150Mbps as it is normaly by standard-channel.

How is it by your device?
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Hello!

@1qazwsx4 I'm facing that, I have FW2.0 with App2.6 and yesterday noticed that the autofocus is not working anymore, I have DPI configure on 103 for split screed. To me is not a big deal as my car (Citroën C5 AC Hyb) didn't start the AA automatically, but before at leas it showed me the screen with the AA icon to begin, now I have to navigate to it going to the App icon of my car unit... etc...

BR
[Android Auto General] :
i did not check. Everything works without stuttering tho.

so i dont care (even video streaming)
[Android Auto General] Swap_File:
I just recently installed firmware 2.0.0. I didn't have stability problems in 1.8, and don't have any new problems.

Only thing I'd comment is that WiFi Client mode did not quite work as I expected.

I generally always have my phone's built in WiFi hotspot turned on when in my car (using my phone's 2.4ghz) to share internet with other device, and at the same time I've been using AAwireless (on 5ghz, also in hotspot mode). This has worked reliably.

I had hoped that AAWireless client mode would let my AAWireless device talk to the AAWireless app over my phones built in WiFi hotspot.

While my AAWireless device in client mode will connect to my phone's WiFi hotspot (I can see the connection in the hot spot's connection manager), the AAWireless app cannot seem to find the AAWireless device.

Does WiFi Client mode require an non-phone hotspot? Or am I supposed to be able to use it with my phone's built in WiFi hotspot?

For now, I'm continuing to use AAWireless in Hotspot mode, and running two hotspots on my phone at the same time, one for sharing internet to all my devices, and the other built into AAWireless.
[Android Auto General] dscline:
I haven't tried FW 2.0 yet, and I don't know if you're able to set the channel bandwidth in FW2.0, but at least in the US, channel 165 is the only channel that can only do 20Mhz. But that is why I expect channel 165 may end up being the best choice for most people. I would expect less interference, since most people may have chosen other channels on their routers to get more bandwidth.
[Android Auto General] andy o:
Android Auto probably also requires for the phone to be used as a client, that's why for example with Headunit Reloaded you have to enable AA server in AA's developer settings if you use your phone's hotspot. You can try that and see if it works, but it seems like a hassle.
[Android Auto General] Swap_File:
Thanks for the idea, I tried manually enabling the AA server, but saw no change in AAwireless's behavior when trying to connect to my phones WiFi hotspot. The AAWireless device in client mode can connect to my phones WiFi hot spot, but the AAwireless app can't find the AAwireless device.

It's not a big deal (AAwireless hotspot mode still works fine), but figured it would be useful to note.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
It's on my list of features :) Head unit server isn't nessecary. Needs some minor tweaks on the app side to make it work.
[Android Auto General] znel52:
It seems setting to Ch. 165 may have resolved my interference issues. Drove by the 1 place that always causes problems with no issues. Hopefully it wasn't a fluke.
[Android Auto General] maisonmdsgreen:
Channel 165 has lower bandwidth, I would recommend that they give us the option in the app to change the bandwidth from 5 to 40 and the strength of the wifi signal, I believe that with this, each one can make an adjustment according to their needs, I I work more than 11 years with several equipments like ubnt, mikrotik among others and almost always a fine adjustment solves interference problem that shield does not solve