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Android Auto, Anybody able to connect Wireless ?

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Read somewhere that some 2021 Jeeps are able. No luck here (mine was built April 2021 ) . I know there is an after market module out there but currently unavailable. I also know it would use WiFi not BT and​
the JT is capable of a WiFi Hotspot. So what gives ?​
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Uconnect 5 supports wireless CarPlay and Android Auto, but Uconnect 5 is not yet available in Gladiator. If/when it does come available it would require a head unit swap to a new Unconnect 5 head unit.
 
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Uconnect 5 supports wireless CarPlay and Android Auto, but Uconnect 5 is not yet available in Gladiator. If/when it does come available it would require a head unit swap to a new Unconnect 5 head unit.
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Uconnect 5 supports wireless CarPlay and Android Auto, but Uconnect 5 is not yet available in Gladiator. If/when it does come available it would require a head unit swap to a new Unconnect 5 head unit.
More than that, I've read. I don't believe the two are just simply swapped. I can't find the reference handy, but it's out there if you search.

In the meantime, I'm waiting on the AAwireless dongle from the Indiegogo campaign. I'm a longtime Android Auto user (and wireless in my previous car/head unit), and a moderator of the Android Auto forum on reddit, and am a big fan of wireless. The dongle has very good reviews and I can't wait to get it.
 

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My Android phone connects via bluetooth and I can play all of my music in the Jeep that way. I'm not sure if that's what you're talking about or not....I've never found it necessary to connect it any other way. It also will let me make calls and answer calls through the Jeep's speakers as well.
 

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Android Auto lets you mirror the phone screen on the Uconnect display with compatible apps like Google Maps. It requires a USB cable to function. The next version of Uconnect is supposed to allow wireless Android Auto connections.
 
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My Android phone connects via bluetooth and I can play all of my music in the Jeep that way. I'm not sure if that's what you're talking about or not....I've never found it necessary to connect it any other way. It also will let me make calls and answer calls through the Jeep's speakers as well.
Yes but that's not Android Auto .
 

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Curious to see what that finally goes for. There's another with a BIN for over $300.

For $90, I'm happy waiting until October for mine to get here.

Aftermarket head unit manufacturers really need to step up for jeep owners. I saw that Pioneer is coming out with a modular unit that would work, but their first is only a 7" screen. Get that up to 10" and I'm on board.
I think I saw estimated shipping on new orders was December . Was yours one of the early orders ?
 

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I think I saw estimated shipping on new orders was December . Was yours one of the early orders ?
The campaign has been shipping for months now (launched late last year), I think they started shipping back in March or maybe earlier. I just contributed in late June after buying my Glad and giving up my Kenwood wireless unit. At that time, there was an expected ship date of October sometime.

It still says shipping in October, though when I contributed the "claimed" number was at about 2100, now it's at 4200+. Here are a few reviews from reddit:


 
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The campaign has been shipping for months now (launched late last year), I think they started shipping back in March or maybe earlier. I just contributed in late June after buying my Glad and giving up my Kenwood wireless unit. At that time, there was an expected ship date of October sometime.

It still says shipping in October, though when I contributed the "claimed" number was at about 2100, now it's at 4200+. Here are a few reviews from reddit:


My mistake . October it is .
 
 







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