2019 RDX - Android Auto is available now
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Installed the update on my '19 RDX last night, got AA working in infotainment, using a Galaxy S8 phone. So far I can't get Waze to show up on infotainment screen, and no text messaging. Using Samsung's default text app.
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This is not using AA to send text message .. You are using the default infotainment voice functions .. Sending messages thru AA , you have to say " OK Google ..... "
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Thanks for the response. I was referring to Text message notifications. So far there seems to be some limitations to Acura's implementation of AA vs on my 2018 VW's AA. I get text message notifications with AA in my VW, but not with the RDX.
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Drifting
I just tried this in my garage.
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So after a year+ of waiting for AA, it finally comes out, and I'm very underwhelmed. Seems buggy, and very limited.
Whats the advantage of AA over just using my phone (Galaxy S8) with bluetooth??? .....I dont get the hype. Bigger font?
Whats the advantage of AA over just using my phone (Galaxy S8) with bluetooth??? .....I dont get the hype. Bigger font?
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Drifting
For two, constantly updated map data...no waiting for quarterly (or yearly) updates from Acura.
For three, significantly improved traffic details.
For four, say: "OK Google" (or LONG press the voice button on the steering wheel) to get sports, weather news, etc, etc all by voice command.
There IS a learning curve, and the latest interface is quite different than the one I used 9 months ago in my prior vehicle.
Anyone care to add to this?
OH, and I also have a Galaxy S8
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Drifting
It's been a while since I used AA in a car, and with different versions, etc....so can anyone tell me how to close the green window that takes up 1/4 (Left Top) of the screen when not actually navigating? It seems to list random destinations, I assume based on places I have been with my Android phone.
I am happy to have AA now, (and the apparently glitch free infotainment system) and appreciate all it can do, this just seems an odd use of space covering the map when not using it for navigation.
Thanks!
I am happy to have AA now, (and the apparently glitch free infotainment system) and appreciate all it can do, this just seems an odd use of space covering the map when not using it for navigation.
Thanks!
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oz13ms (11-06-2019)
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https://www.guidingtech.com/sbc-vs-l...ec-comparison/
Also, why a lot of audiophiles hate Bluetooth headphones and the loss of the headphone jack. I'm not exactly sure which codec the RDX headunit uses when streaming by Bluetooth but it's most likely SBC or Apt-x. LDAC is only used in a few devices, and those are mostly the expensive dedicated DAC players. Bluetooth is getting better but wired connection will always be better than bluetooth in terms of audio quality especially if you store FLAC or AAC files on your phone. In terms of music service it usually goes Tidal > Spotify = Apple Music = Google Music/YouTube music > Sirius. Like mentioned before AA only uses Bluetooth for phone calls. Audio/music and everything else is pushed through the USB cable.
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Ludepower (11-06-2019)
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For one, the ability to send and reply to text messages by voice alone. (My primary desire for AA)
For two, constantly updated map data...no waiting for quarterly (or yearly) updates from Acura.
For three, significantly improved traffic details.
For four, say: "OK Google" (or LONG press the voice button on the steering wheel) to get sports, weather news, etc, etc all by voice command.
There IS a learning curve, and the latest interface is quite different than the one I used 9 months ago in my prior vehicle.
Anyone care to add to this?
OH, and I also have a Galaxy S8
For two, constantly updated map data...no waiting for quarterly (or yearly) updates from Acura.
For three, significantly improved traffic details.
For four, say: "OK Google" (or LONG press the voice button on the steering wheel) to get sports, weather news, etc, etc all by voice command.
There IS a learning curve, and the latest interface is quite different than the one I used 9 months ago in my prior vehicle.
Anyone care to add to this?
OH, and I also have a Galaxy S8
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Expanse me
That's because bluetooth still has a long way to go in terms of audio fidelity:
https://www.guidingtech.com/sbc-vs-l...ec-comparison/
Also, why a lot of audiophiles hate Bluetooth headphones and the loss of the headphone jack. I'm not exactly sure which codec the RDX headunit uses when streaming by Bluetooth but it's most likely SBC or Apt-x. LDAC is only used in a few devices, and those are mostly the expensive dedicated DAC players. Bluetooth is getting better but wired connection will always be better than bluetooth in terms of audio quality especially if you store FLAC or AAC files on your phone. In terms of music service it usually goes Tidal > Spotify = Apple Music = Google Music/YouTube music > Sirius. Like mentioned before AA only uses Bluetooth for phone calls. Audio/music and everything else is pushed through the USB cable.
https://www.guidingtech.com/sbc-vs-l...ec-comparison/
Also, why a lot of audiophiles hate Bluetooth headphones and the loss of the headphone jack. I'm not exactly sure which codec the RDX headunit uses when streaming by Bluetooth but it's most likely SBC or Apt-x. LDAC is only used in a few devices, and those are mostly the expensive dedicated DAC players. Bluetooth is getting better but wired connection will always be better than bluetooth in terms of audio quality especially if you store FLAC or AAC files on your phone. In terms of music service it usually goes Tidal > Spotify = Apple Music = Google Music/YouTube music > Sirius. Like mentioned before AA only uses Bluetooth for phone calls. Audio/music and everything else is pushed through the USB cable.
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Drifting
It's been a while since I used AA in a car, and with different versions, etc....so can anyone tell me how to close the green window that takes up 1/4 (Left Top) of the screen when not actually navigating? It seems to list random destinations, I assume based on places I have been with my Android phone.
I am happy to have AA now, (and the apparently glitch free infotainment system) and appreciate all it can do, this just seems an odd use of space covering the map when not using it for navigation.
Thanks!
I am happy to have AA now, (and the apparently glitch free infotainment system) and appreciate all it can do, this just seems an odd use of space covering the map when not using it for navigation.
Thanks!
At the top of the green window (maybe not green all the time, or when not using navigation) is a place to enter a destination. At the right of this is an up arrow. Clicking on this will close most of this annoying box that covers a large part of the screen. The trick (for me) is getting the cursor to that up arrow. I had to get to it from the right side... first highlighting the + or - icon on the far right of the map, then sliding up and to the left to get to the up arrow. Seems very hard to do... but this reduces that window so as not to block so much screen.
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T-BasZ (11-09-2019)
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That's because bluetooth still has a long way to go in terms of audio fidelity:
https://www.guidingtech.com/sbc-vs-l...ec-comparison/
Also, why a lot of audiophiles hate Bluetooth headphones and the loss of the headphone jack. I'm not exactly sure which codec the RDX headunit uses when streaming by Bluetooth but it's most likely SBC or Apt-x. LDAC is only used in a few devices, and those are mostly the expensive dedicated DAC players. Bluetooth is getting better but wired connection will always be better than bluetooth in terms of audio quality especially if you store FLAC or AAC files on your phone. In terms of music service it usually goes Tidal > Spotify = Apple Music = Google Music/YouTube music > Sirius. Like mentioned before AA only uses Bluetooth for phone calls. Audio/music and everything else is pushed through the USB cable.
https://www.guidingtech.com/sbc-vs-l...ec-comparison/
Also, why a lot of audiophiles hate Bluetooth headphones and the loss of the headphone jack. I'm not exactly sure which codec the RDX headunit uses when streaming by Bluetooth but it's most likely SBC or Apt-x. LDAC is only used in a few devices, and those are mostly the expensive dedicated DAC players. Bluetooth is getting better but wired connection will always be better than bluetooth in terms of audio quality especially if you store FLAC or AAC files on your phone. In terms of music service it usually goes Tidal > Spotify = Apple Music = Google Music/YouTube music > Sirius. Like mentioned before AA only uses Bluetooth for phone calls. Audio/music and everything else is pushed through the USB cable.
Thinking I was doing something wrong I then connected to a pair of Bluetooth bookshelf speakers that I know support aptX. Lo & behold, now the Bluetooth codec showed as aptX in the Developer Options.
I know someone else here showed a way to get into the Android settings of the RDX. I will have to look that up and see if there is a setting to force aptX.
Maybe the new Android Auto update will provide this (I have not yet installed the OTA update).
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