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Wireless Android-Auto Motorola MA1 review

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Old 05-12-2022 | 02:00 PM
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Wireless Android-Auto Motorola MA1 review

I've been trying to get a simple adapter to get AA wireless in my FL W222. Just to get AA to start up when i enter the car and no wire is required to be plugged in. Thats it.
Tried 2 (quite expensive) "Chinese" AA wireless boxes but those were an absolute nightmare. Way to much options, no manual, no plug and play, no stable connection. Just terrible.
So I was waiting for the AAWireless to come out: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/aawireless#/
and looked the recent available Carsifi: https://carsifi.myshopify.com/490054...17a3784b9e6080
but bumped in to the Motorola: https://motorolasound.com/audio-prod...droid-auto/ma1
Looked small and easy to use. Bought it somewhere in the US sice here in the EU it isnt on stock at this moment (12-5-2022).
Incl PP/tax it was like $170 from Amazon.

Package with small instruction manual

Just plug it in and pair via bluetooth

Paired

And you're done!

Starts automaticly when entering the car and starts playing the last started audio.
Just wanted to let you know the first impression, only had it for a few hours, so hereby..
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Old 05-13-2022 | 02:38 PM
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I've had the MA-1 for a couple of months now, continues to just work.
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Old 06-09-2022 | 08:44 AM
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Looks good, pity it is not available in EU (via Amazon it is possible to let it ship to EU voor $8,21, en no import fees they say...........but you never know..........base price is $ 138,99 so approx $ 147 including shipping plus anything unexpected from customs.......).

Pity that it still has the annoying small screen, with the AA logo on the left doing nothing.........

Anybody know if the other solutions (AA Wireless, Carsifi, Ottocast, Smart Box AI Box or any other solution solves this?
Elsewhere on this forum, it seems Ottocast and Smart Box are doing this correctly?

Let's hope it will be solved for all of us soon: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022...y-screen-size/

For future reference the different solutions in a row:
https://motorolasound.com/audio-prod...droid-auto/ma1
https://www.aawireless.io/
https://carsifi.com/
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/w...in-1-adapter#/
https://carplaysmartbox.com/products/ai-box
https://carplaysmartbox.com/pages/wi...carplay-screen
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