From my reading of the Fine Print in some of the Mach-E specs, Ford Does NOT provide streaming 4G data. Only that used by their car systems. If you want to view YouTube or whatever, you will need to pay for Ford Pass Connect Hot Spot on AT&T's streaming service which is $20 for "Unlimited" (22 GB per month) after which they throttle down the speed. Unless it is cheaper to use your phone's data plan. You would probably get better reception with the roof mounted antenna.I don't think that sync4 includes a streaming app, but since it has apple and android auto, you could stream on your phone to the screen while its charging
Android auto lets the sync4 touchscreen essentially mirror the display of the phone, so you could play youtube videos on your phone and mirror that to the touchscreen for whatever your cell phone's data plan would chargeFrom my reading of the Fine Print in some of the Mach-E specs, Ford Does NOT provide streaming 4G data. Only that used by their car systems. If you want to view YouTube or whatever, you will need to pay for Ford Pass Connect Hot Spot on AT&T's streaming service which is $20 for "Unlimited" (22 GB per month) after which they throttle down the speed.
and hopefully not have to tilt your head 90 degrees...?Android auto lets the sync4 touchscreen essentially mirror the display of the phone, so you could play youtube videos on your phone and mirror that to the touchscreen for whatever your cell phone's data plan would charge
I wouldand hopefully not have to tilt your head 90 degrees...?
Me too, but... netflix refuses to play back in portrait mode (always rotated 90 degrees if I try, although I can pick the shows in portrait) on my phone and I never seen any images of the mach e with the screen with a landscape orientation, so I assume it's a fixed orientation...I wouldhopeexpect orientation would be taken into account by the software engineers.
Are you sure? I've never been able to play video with Android Auto. For legal reasons I don't think they allow video.Android auto lets the sync4 touchscreen essentially mirror the display of the phone, so you could play youtube videos on your phone and mirror that to the touchscreen for whatever your cell phone's data plan would charge
All I know of android audio is the shiny brochure, so no I am not certain.Are you sure? I've never been able to play video with Android Auto. For legal reasons I don't think they allow video.
I rented a car last year that supported Android Auto. At the time I was on business just trying to get from "point A" to "point B", and only used it to project Waze. I was awe-struck, but besides that capability, I didn't have the car long enough to try anything else that Android Auto can do.All I know of android audio is the shiny brochure, so no I am not certain.
ah. bummer.I have Android Auto on my Bolt.
AA is not a direct mirror of the screen. It is more like a projection of a virtual screen with limited applications (typically navigation apps and streaming audio: music, podcasts, etc.).
For example: Google music and my podcasting apps show up on the car's screens but the excellent "Video LAN player" (VLC) app does not show up on my car's screen--thus no video can be played back.
Slight clarification, since I just tried it: VLC does show up but can only play audio with it.I have Android Auto on my Bolt.
AA is not a direct mirror of the screen. It is more like a projection of a virtual screen with limited applications (typically navigation apps and streaming audio: music, podcasts, etc.).
For example: Google music and my podcasting apps show up on the car's screens but the excellent "Video LAN player" (VLC) app does not show up on my car's screen--thus no video can be played back.