Comment by teo_zero
6 days ago
> I kinda just don't get wireless CarPlay/Android Auto at all. If I'm going to connect my phone to my car wirelessly for that, it's gonna drain the battery. So I'm going to plug it in so it can charge. So... now it's wired, so why do I need wireless?
For short trips. Like the two many of us do every single working day.
"Short" is perhaps relative. I know many people with hour+ commutes; they'll be wanting to plug in, presumably.
I guess I'm also just a low-key battery-life stresser. If I have the opportunity to plug in outside the home, with a charging cable readily in front of, me, I'm gonna do it... just in case.
I dunno, I still don't get it. Wireless anything is always going to be significantly less reliable than wired, and I've heard enough stories of wireless CarPlay/AA flaking out (with dongles and built-in setups) to turn me off on it.
Wireless is incredibly convenient when you don't have a wire and a port nearby, but that will essentially never be that case while you're in the car.