Frenetic

I thought this deserved its own separate thread.

So, T-Mobile offers an “unlimited” data plan at $240 per annum. But that unlimited isn’t unlimited, it’s actually limited to 22 GB (can any lawyer here class action sue them for what is obviously a misleading statement).

So, the average size of a streamed Dolby Atmos song via Apple Music is up to 50 MB. 22 GB is 22,000 MB, which means that you can only stream roughly 440 songs per month before hitting that cap. Assuming four minutes per song works out to approximately 29 hours of streaming, assuming 100% Armos songs.

So, my question is this: has anyone who uses the mobile data plan and streams a lot of Apple Music (with Dolby Atmos enabled) or Tidal hit that data cap?

crabman

I signed up for whatever the car had, used Tidal, masters, and never heard a word from them. That's all Tidal, all the time, it was never off.

QuadBenz

I have the unlimited plan. Listening to 100% online music (Apple Music Atmos content, Tidal, etc.), I have never run out of my "unlimited" internet, even with roadtrips involved. They had a cheaper plan that I tried the first month. That one I ran out of very quickly with all the Atmos content.

Dima

I watch youtube videos, netflix, Hulu movies, IPTV in addition to Tidal, so far no warnings. It's possible they don't want you to use it as your primary internet source, for example, you cannot have a car in the garage and use it as hotspot for your home internet like you use xfinity.

SW20S

Is there a limit on the car’s data plan? I’m just going to use that because it’s easy.

Dima

for some reason, Apple does not enable airplay in carplay, so you'd be using BT. if you use iphone its BT codex aac I think is pretty bad, android using aptx which is better
So using MBUX tidal and apple music would be better. (tidal especially)

crabman

Yeah, stick with the onboard, you get the goods that way.

I should clarify something here: At the time I got my car, onboard data didn't work, for anybody, it was fixed in a dealer installed firmware a few months after I picked it up. At that time, there was only one plan when you signed up in the car, don't know if it's the one referenced in the OP or not. Whatever it was, that was the plan I had. I never received any credit for the months I was paying for the hotspot that didn't work, but didn't chase it either, wasn't worth the aggravation.

SW20S

HUGE difference between Apple Music through MBUX and Carplay.

Curious @Dima why do you say Tidal would be especially better?

Frenetic

Yeah, I can notice a huge difference as well. Dolby Atmos takes it to another level but all music sounds better because of the higher bit rate.

SW20S

Agreed, even the non Atmos sounds much better.

Dima

I don't think apple music is in dolby Atmos, Tidal has huge dolby atmos collection.

Frenetic

Apple Music does do Atmos. You have to manually enable it in your audio settings. I forgot where it was it but there is a setting that turns it on or off.