Alternative Android support?

[Fitch]

Test driving (and intending to drive away in a white A90 on Friday so just doing my research.

I'm an Android user and mainly use it in the car to listen to podcasts etc. I understand the Supra only supports Apple Car play. What do people do to get their Android phones to work wit the Supra infotainment? Will I really have to get an iPhone next?

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[rotary heart]

There's something you can buy to have it: https://www.supramkv.com/threads/so...apple-car-play-on-my-2-0-ltr-2021-supra.8486/

 

[BG500]

if you are just looking for sound it works on a bluetooth connection, I'm using spotify in the car and it works (usually), the song title shows up on the display and I can even skip to next/previous song form the toggle switch on the wheel

 

[Chappers]

The only thing i miss is being able to control spotify from voice commands via the car, other than that the stock system imo is good, i bet there's a way i could work it out by using hey google or alexa app via phone rather than the mic button i've not done much research on that front, other than that i was contemplating the MMI interface boxes but i wanted to see how i got on first before purchasing.

 

[MK_Surrey]

The only thing i miss is being able to control spotify from voice commands via the car, other than that the stock system imo is good, i bet there's a way i could work it out by using hey google or alexa app via phone rather than the mic button i've not done much research on that front, other than that i was contemplating the MMI interface boxes but i wanted to see how i got on first before purchasing.

I was going to go down this route for Hey Google as once the phone connects to the cars' Bluetooth it can automatically switch to a driving mode which is nifty, and lets you control maps, Spotify etc etc verbay. I've been an Android Auto user for a long time.

Ultimately my reason for not doing so was that I thought most phone holders were obtrussive and looked a bit naff, plus the iDrive system gets me where I need to go and is easy to understand, especially with the HUD and auto-zooming maps.

Bluetooth Audio isn't great but it's also not awful, and I can live with just putting playlists on Spotify when I start the car.

Ultimately, not having Android Auto is nowhere near as big a loss as I was worried it would be.

 

[Sunstorm]

I do miss it from having it on my other cars, but as it's not my daily it wasn't a deal breaker.
I just use the builtin Satnav and have copied some music over as FLACs via the USB to play.

 

[djbilly]

I'm an Android user too, and do wish we had it in the car.

The only time I've used it was last year in a 318i courtesy car I had for a week and I really liked using it.

You can buy a hardware/software solution to have it in the car, but it's quite pricey and doesn't work via the touch screen - just the iDrive toggle and switches.

I don't mind the Bluetooth connection in the car - that's what I use all the time. It does sometimes drop out, meaning I have to usually reboot my phone to get it to connect again. And for me, it won't show album artwork on the iDrive screen. I use Spotify playlists.

I also generally use Waze on my phone when I need to use maps to navigate. I don't mind the iDrive navigation - but Waze gives you speed traps etc too - which is nice.

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