AAWireless Review | Android Auto Wireless for all car head-units

If you have wired Android Auto, did you know that you can go wireless? In this video, I review the AAWireless dongle that converts almost any car's head-unit to wireless Android Auto.

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[wallacegordon]

I received a surprise today that I had forgotten about. Two AA wireless devices I ordered 6 months ago, one for my 2001 Chevy Tracker and the other for my 2009 Chevy Avalanche - both have phone charging pads. I upgraded both vehicles with Kenwood head units and soon discovered that my Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra loses USB connection if you don't use specific USB cords. It took less than two minutes for AA Wireless Bluetooth to pair in both vehicles with no lag in google maps and Amazon Audible. Because I won't be unplugging them in the vehicles, I tucked the dongles away behind one head unit and the other underneath the center console - in either case, they both work flawlessly when I start up the vehicles. The Audible book playback starts up where I left off, and google maps are wonderful. The only hiccup encountered is that AA Wireless will not work if you have a VPN service running on your phone. AA Wireless uses encryption for security to communicate with your head units...the way I got around it was to use the split tunneling feature on NordVPN to exclude AA Wireless Bluetooth services running in the background.

[ThomasKOdell]

Best review I've seen on AA Wireless. Good job.

[showsropper]

Pinch and zoom might not work on your vehicle because it is a limitation of your infotainment center, not the Google. If your screen doesn't offer multipoint touch, then pinch to zoom won't work because it requires multipoint touch.

[ElectricCarAustralia]

Great video Chris. Might invest in one of these. Would make AA a lot more convenient with the ZS EV. 👍🔋

[jasonyee]

Good to see another ZS EV owner w/ AAWireless.
My contribution finally got locked and ready to ship - can't wait to get it!

[Eastbound]

Getting mine on Monday, hopefully it works on my car.great video

[Pedrm]

Regarding your comment on wired charging, actually short top up charges (under 80%) are better for the battery than waiting until it's almost empty then charging it all the way up.
Thanks for the review.

[tpsracing]

VW Touareq CR with Samsung S21 Ultra

After testing a number of different brands of Wireless dongles, I was actually done with it, promising everything but only misery.
But if I have something in mind, it must eventually happen, so I searched further.
AA Wireless dongle should DEFINITELY work well according to its makers! So after a bit of e-mailing back and forth, I ordered it anyway.

Received the AA Wireless today and of course immediately tested!
Installing is very simple, just download the App in the App Store, then just follow the steps shown in the app.

I immediately updated the dongle to the latest software, that was also without problems. In the system in my VW Touareq CR from 2019, after the entire system has started, it starts immediately. Just a side note, I have a Samsung S21 Ultra with 5G for the connection.

So here's to VW and I think also the other brands of this concern, finally a working wireless Android!

[TabooGal]

Thanks Chris. Very thorough and clear and concise. I ordered mine in December. It recently locked so fingers crossed it gets here soon. Worth the wait.

[pangit]

Third time's a charm! Glad you got the jello issue sorted!

[LLYY]

Great video, Chris! My wife's using an iPhone.... Wonder how that would work out of she plugs in her phone?

[daveharwood]

Fitted mine today in UK Nissan Qashqai e-Power Tekna 2023 model. Ordered from Amazon. Fitted it and connected after downloading the App. The only issue I had was in the App troubleshooting page there are 4 combinations of LED responses. One is 'Solid Blue' and although the system seemed to working ok this is what I was experiencing and on clicking the tab I was instructed to clear the cache in the Android Auto app and do a couple of other things which implied that the 'Solid Blue' LED was not what should be visible. I sent off a problem ticket to the help line who responded by giving me some things to try. I reset and reloaded everything but still had the Solid Blue. I e-mailed the details of the latest results and was then informed in their reply that 'Solid Blue' means everthing is working correctly (which indeed it seems to be). I replied and suggested that their app probably needs to be revised.

[deathisnear]

I feel like you may be right about the high voltage lines interrupting wireless Android auto. There are a large bunch of transmission lines grouped together in that spot, they look higher voltage than the standard power line but not the huge metal ones. There is a single spot I drive by occasionally that it always 100% disconnects, this is with built in wireless. I am looking at a car that doesn't have wireless and looking for solutions.

Really happy to see how well this works! May get this and test it out.

[GothicDragonX]

For those wondering if you can use this on an aftermarket head units, I would like to confirm that it works for Sony XAV-AX5500 unit.

I had a few email interactions with customer support and they did said if it works wired then with a few settings on Android auto and their AAWireless app, it will work. Not out of the box but with patience and a bit of guidance from the app instruction it will work. The start up delay is about 15 to 20 seconds from a cold engine start.

[souldeep]

GREAT video! My 2015 Chevy truck doesn't have Android Auto. Does this ADD Android Auto or just make the existing one wireless?

[MrDarksidematter]

Will it definitely work in my MG4 because on the website its not listed as compatible?

[Eric]

Thank you very much for your video. Everything worked out.

[blcjck]

How's the battery drain on the phone during normal operation? Also does the phone jump on the AAWireless wifi if it's already connected to say your home wifi?

[georgebratu]

This makes sense only for short trips or if you have wireless charging on the phone.

[KennethGrimmett]

do you have to pay for the down load or pay a subscription?