Car owners with integrated Android Auto may relate to this story: you've got your brand-new car, you've paid good money to endow it with the latest Android Auto tech (arguably the best smart car system in the world), and yet you've got this unsightly 3ft black cable permanently dangling around between the seats, which you need to use to connect your phone to your Android Auto system each time.
In a world that's embraced wirelessness in all areas, it feels dissonant to rely on old-fashioned tech like cables to use new tech like Android Auto, so the clever team at Motorola Sound have created the Motorola MA1 Android Auto Adapter to fix that.
This small rounded square puck, little larger than a milk cap, plugs into the USB port of your car, connects to Android Auto, then bridges the signal to your phone wirelessly. Yes, the MA1 adapter finally makes Android Auto work as it should, and is the only device that uses Google-licensed technology to do so (along with utilising a combination of Bluetooth and 5GHz Wi-Fi Direct). Whether you're in a car, truck, or motorcycle, if you have factory-fitted Android Auto in your ride, the MA1 will turn it wireless.
It's so easy to set up too. You don't need to download any third-party apps, nor do any fiddling on your phone or Android Auto system. Simply plug the MA1 in, give it a few moments to initialise the first time, then it will appear as a connectable Bluetooth device on your phone. After that, just leave the MA1 permanently plugged into your car, and as soon as you get in the car with your phone, you can jump straight to saying 'Hey, Google' without the dreary routine of navigating your way along a cable to find the connecting end.
The MA1's cable is just 3 inches long, which is all you need as once it's connected you basically won't need to interact with it at all. Use the supplied adhesive gel to stick it to the underside of your dashboard compartment, and forget it's even there.
The untethered freedom offered by the MA1 converts your car into the slick ultramodern Android Auto machine you might feel like it should've been in the first place. The transition from getting in the car to bringing up Sat Nav and your favourite driving playlist on Spotify becomes seamless with this discreet little device.
So don't leave your car gathering dust in a cabled past. Head over to Amazon to buy the Motorola MA1 Wireless Android Auto Car Adapter now, or find out more about the impressive tech driving this thing over on the Motorola Sound website.
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