Well this is a blinding glimpse of the obvious.
They aren’t using Android like the OS that runs on a smartphone…….
I agree that Rivian will never support android auto or CarPlay; however, Google cast and YouTube integration have nothing to do with that.
Why not audio casting too (like chrome cast audio)? It would free us from Spotify and Tidal. Atleast give me a USB playback option. I just want to go back to purchasing music. These streaming services are too expensive and I can purchase most of the music I need for the price or 1 year family subscription.
You would be incorrect in that Unreal Engine is not a kernal or even an OS.
That is why I said I read it somewhere. I just assumed it was the kernal. I am a user or software, not a software engineer.
With Bluetooth, the audio is streamed directly from the phone using Bluetooth. With casting, the phone simply tells the receiver what data to stream, and from where. The streaming is direct to the receiver using it's data connection, with transport controls available to the phone.
what benefit would that provide? In a home it’s nice for something like Sonos where a person may move around the house so and have poor connection, but in a car Bluetooth is extremely reliable.
Quality. Bluetooth is a very low bandwidth transmission, which severely impacts audio quality. If your Spotify is higher quality using Bluetooth, then you need to change your quality setting in the truck because this should NOT be the case...
I have changed the quality settings on the trucks. It’s absolutely the case, Bluetooth sounds noticeably better. Bluetooth has plenty high a transmission rate for quality car audio imho and is plenty sufficient for Spotifys highest quality settings. It’s not the same as a direct connection but Spotify compression negates the direct advantage, and their built in stream just sounds worse to me even on max settings
There is a very noticeable difference between quality from Spotify app and Spotify via Bluetooth. This was confirmed by several members previously, including by a member who did some instrumented testing.
noticeable in what direction? Car direct is better? If so maybe there’s just something funky going on in my car but I felt mine was pretty poor even with quality setting at highest.
