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Understanding the purpose of Android Auto
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this post was submitted on 06 Jan 2024
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In your case it is probably not necessary if setting up the tether is easier than plugging your phone into the USB.
However most cars don't have android running their head unit. Android auto is helpful for those people.
That makes a lot of sense; I would definitely be using it if I didn't have Android on the head unit. One note: I'm using bluetooth for Android Auto, and I'd do the same for tethering, so I wouldn't have to plug it into USB either way, except for charging.
Yeah, wireless Android Auto is great, although I've noticed that it's fairly battery-intensive.
I've only used it on rental cars. My own car says that wireless Android Auto is supported, but I've never gotten it to work, and I think the on-screen message saying it should work is actually a bug. Probably because they have the same (or very similar) code running on newer versions of my car which do support wireless Android Auto.