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Wireless CarPlay uses Bluetooth to exchange SSID and key info before switching over to WiFi for the duration of the session.
by m-s-y 3mo ago
Wireless CarPlay uses Bluetooth to exchange SSID and key info before switching over to WiFi for the duration of the session.
- NewJazz 3mo agoWow that's cursed, never realized that's how it worked.
- xp84 3mo agoCursed is exactly how I would describe it - because it works great until it doesn’t and it of course gives you zero clue why it won’t connect.
- NLMichel 3mo agoAnecdotally, I just got back from a holiday trip across Europe and crossed four international borders. At every single border crossing, my CarPlay session disconnected, and I had to toggle CarPlay off and back on in my phone settings to reconnect. Very strange, and I still have no idea what caused it.
- bluGill 3mo agoIt's a good idea actually, but it's also really complex to get right. Early version of Android Auto could transfer over USB 2.0 instead of Bluetooth, which works, but it's not near as high bandwidth.
- izacus 3mo ago> Early version of Android Auto could transfer over USB 2.0 instead of Bluetooth, which works, but it's not near as high bandwidth. This sentence doesn't make much sense - Auto (and CarPlay) still work in wired mode over USB 2.0 if the head unit supports it. They never worked over Bluetooth. (And they use less than 15Mbps so USB 2.0s 480MBps are more than enough)
- bluGill 3mo agoThey use Bluetooth to configure WiFi. Most people call that Bluetooth, but technically you are correct.