yeah, ideally I'm really just looking for carplay... mostly for waze/google maps, etc. among a few other things. Out of curiosity, in what ways has the T2C worked better than tesla android in your opinion?
Do you see many disconnection issues when using the T2C? Any lagging at all? I don't take a ton of road trips, but my work commute is an hour.
Does the T2C work the same as the raspberry pi where it needs to connect to your cars LTE or your phones hotspot? Will the tesla app not work while this is connected to the car? does this auto connect to the car each time? Any other issues you come across at all?
Different folks have different experiences and different preferences - so it comes down to what you prefer/like, how you use the device, how you use your car, etc... - so let me state my use case - I want to have the most seamless experience possible, meaning I want to get in the car and drive off without having to connect anything to my phone (no wires), I want Carplay to connect automatically without me having to click anything, the longest I drive per day is 3 hours straight so I want for those 3 hours for the device not to disconnect, I want good sound quality, I want a Carplay screen interaction that is fluid and not lagging or slow, I prefer not to have to pay for a wireless carrier and use my phone as both Carplay and hotspot device for the internet at the same time (meaning having the Tesla using the device and connecting to the Internet without paying for an additional wireless carrier), etc...
My Tesla turns off power when I close the door and turns on power when I open the door - that is important since it turns off while I am not in the car (meaning the Tesla goes back to its native internet connection for remote access) and starts a clean boot when I come back and open the door (cleans out any issues for being on for too long). This seems to be a big difference since for some folks where the car does not do this power cycle and if they do not turn off/on the device physically by unplugging/plugging or with a off/on switch, they sometimes experience problems/side effects issues. This is also where T2C is much better than Tesla Android - with my latest testing the boot time for T2C latest firmware version is almost 3 times faster than Tesla Android latest software version. If your Tesla does not turn off power when you close the door and turn on power when you open the door or you do not physically turn T2C off/on (unplug/plug or on/off switch) then your experience with T2C could be different - I do not know.
With the above use case T2C works better than Tesla Android for me.
In response to "Do you see many disconnection issues when using the T2C? Any lagging at all? I don't take a ton of road trips, but my work commute is an hour.":
No disconnects or lags so far, I believe one hour should not be a problem, I drove 3 hours a couple of times without any problems but I have good phone wireless carrier coverage throughout my route.
In response to "Does the T2C work the same as the raspberry pi where it needs to connect to your cars LTE or your phones hotspot? Will the tesla app not work while this is connected to the car? does this auto connect to the car each time? Any other issues you come across at all?":
The T2C has an advantage for me which it can connect to the phone hotspot using bluetooth (wirelessly) so you can use the phone LTE instead of having to pay for another wireless carrier, currently for the Tesla Android to work this way (use the phone as internet hotspot) it needs to be tethered (connect with a wire) to have this functionality (as I mention I personally do not want any wires). The Tesla app works while T2C is connected to the car but in my case that is only when I am in the car since it is off when I leave the car and close the door. T2C does auto connect to the car each time. There is no device that will not have some issues, so far I have not noticed any issues with T2C but I am sure that I will face some issues in the future - the difference is the amount of issues - In my experience there are more issues with Tesla Android than with T2C.
