Connect WAZE by Bluetooth?
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Mountain Pass
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Connect WAZE by Bluetooth?
I would like to connect my android Pixel phone 2 to our 2019 Lariat by Bluetooth. I have found numerous references for doing it by USB but none by Bluetooth. The manual in this regard is vague and without details. Is this possible?
Thanks
Bill
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Bill
Laughing Gas
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If you have an Iphone just plug it in and it will come up automatically. Only down side is you will only see the Iphone apps, not all of them but a few, and you can't go back to the other screens unless you unplug. Or at least I haven't figured out how to do it with out disconnecting.
Hotshot
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what do you mean connect waze by bluetooth? I connect my phone via bluetooth and can speak the location via the car mic.. and hear the directions via the car speakers.. (same for google maps, and mapquest)
Mountain Pass
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AndroidAuto and Apple CarPlay require a cable in any car to run. The quantity of bandwidth needed to drive a display from the phone isn't possible over current Bluetooth. Google did release a version of Android Auto in 2018 that will work over wifi but very few manufacturers support it - think years out.
In short - think Bluetooth for cell phone calls, texts and streamed media to Ford Sync 3 standard screens. You have to connect a cable in the USB ports under the screen for Apple CarPlay or Android Auto to work.
Like in most cars, you can play the audio output of almost any phone app over Bluetooth. For the truck, just turn on the Ford Sync 3 audio and set your phone as the source (assuming it's paired at this point). This has nothing to do with Waze but will of course work for audio directions if that's what you want.
Hopefully that covers all angles in one post.
In short - think Bluetooth for cell phone calls, texts and streamed media to Ford Sync 3 standard screens. You have to connect a cable in the USB ports under the screen for Apple CarPlay or Android Auto to work.
Like in most cars, you can play the audio output of almost any phone app over Bluetooth. For the truck, just turn on the Ford Sync 3 audio and set your phone as the source (assuming it's paired at this point). This has nothing to do with Waze but will of course work for audio directions if that's what you want.
Hopefully that covers all angles in one post.
Fleet Mechanic
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I'm pretty sure I was able to switch back to Sync from Apple CarPlay. I'll check later today to confirm.
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I don't have an iPhone, just know that others complained about it not being there for a long time.
More Turbo
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On my WAZE (on an iPhone) there is a setting (in WAZE - NOT Sycn3) under the Advanced setting in the app to "Play as bluetooth phone call".
That way I get to play my Sirius/XM via Ford's stock system, get WAZE updates via the Ford speakers (via Bluetooth to Sync3), and get phone calls via Sync3.
I don't use a cable. I don't want Car Play.
btw.... You can do the same with Google Maps. At least in IOS.... Go to settings, Navigation and set "Play as Bluetooth phone call".
You will notice on the Sync3 screen that it looks like a phone call coming in when WAZE (or Google Maps) makes an announcement, but I hardly notice that and it only lasts the duration of the announcement.
Problem solved??
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You can see your Waze screen on the Sync 8" monitor, over Bluetooth? Sorry, that's just not physically possible.
Anyone can hear Waze on their stereo over Bluetooth, that's been around for a decade or so... Nothing special there. It works on Android, iOS, blackberry, basically any phone out there.
Anyone can hear Waze on their stereo over Bluetooth, that's been around for a decade or so... Nothing special there. It works on Android, iOS, blackberry, basically any phone out there.
Fleet Mechanic
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You can see your Waze screen on the Sync 8" monitor, over Bluetooth? Sorry, that's just not physically possible.
Anyone can hear Waze on their stereo over Bluetooth, that's been around for a decade or so... Nothing special there. It works on Android, iOS, blackberry, basically any phone out there.
Anyone can hear Waze on their stereo over Bluetooth, that's been around for a decade or so... Nothing special there. It works on Android, iOS, blackberry, basically any phone out there.
More Turbo
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Is it maybe that to hear WAZE from an Android phone the phone has to be connected via Bluetooth as the Sync source thus rendering other audio sources unavailable (like Sirius/XM, Radio, etc.)?
Is that maybe why I set up WAZE to connect as a bluetooth phone call (thus only interrupting the selected audio source like Sirius/XM or the radio)?
honestly - I don't remember. But I know that until I found the 'connect as bluetooth phone call' I didn't like my choices.
Is that maybe why I set up WAZE to connect as a bluetooth phone call (thus only interrupting the selected audio source like Sirius/XM or the radio)?
honestly - I don't remember. But I know that until I found the 'connect as bluetooth phone call' I didn't like my choices.
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Mountain Pass
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AndroidAuto and Apple CarPlay require a cable in any car to run. The quantity of bandwidth needed to drive a display from the phone isn't possible over current Bluetooth. Google did release a version of Android Auto in 2018 that will work over wifi but very few manufacturers support it - think years out.
In short - think Bluetooth for cell phone calls, texts and streamed media to Ford Sync 3 standard screens. You have to connect a cable in the USB ports under the screen for Apple CarPlay or Android Auto to work.
Like in most cars, you can play the audio output of almost any phone app over Bluetooth. For the truck, just turn on the Ford Sync 3 audio and set your phone as the source (assuming it's paired at this point). This has nothing to do with Waze but will of course work for audio directions if that's what you want.
Hopefully that covers all angles in one post.
In short - think Bluetooth for cell phone calls, texts and streamed media to Ford Sync 3 standard screens. You have to connect a cable in the USB ports under the screen for Apple CarPlay or Android Auto to work.
Like in most cars, you can play the audio output of almost any phone app over Bluetooth. For the truck, just turn on the Ford Sync 3 audio and set your phone as the source (assuming it's paired at this point). This has nothing to do with Waze but will of course work for audio directions if that's what you want.
Hopefully that covers all angles in one post.
regards
Bill