I'm experimenting with whether I can live without the Premium connectivity subscription. I don't care about the satellite maps or traffic visualizations.
I found a method with iPhone using a combination of Automation shortcut and Focus when driving to have the phone automatically turn on the Hotspot when it connects the the car's bluetooth. So that part of a seamless hotspot experience is working.
But my issue is it seems that if I'm out and about and go into a store, I come back to the car, my phone does its Automation and turns on the hotspot but then I don't see the car connect. I click into the wifi settings and it always says Wifi OFF and I have to toggle back on. Then it connects right away to the hotspot.
Similarly at home the car stays connected to my home Wifi. Then when I get in a drive it doesn't seem to want to switch to the hotspot once driving away from the house. I'm going to try and solve that problem by setting my home wifi to stay connected when in drive so that maybe it will just switch to the hotspot wifi once I'm out of range of the home wifi. But I've read the car won't do switching while driving??
Anyways, is this just "how it is" and I'll have to get in the habit of doing a quick Wifi On switch every time I get back in the car? Or is there a way or setting that I'm missing?
Any ideas?
I found a method with iPhone using a combination of Automation shortcut and Focus when driving to have the phone automatically turn on the Hotspot when it connects the the car's bluetooth. So that part of a seamless hotspot experience is working.
But my issue is it seems that if I'm out and about and go into a store, I come back to the car, my phone does its Automation and turns on the hotspot but then I don't see the car connect. I click into the wifi settings and it always says Wifi OFF and I have to toggle back on. Then it connects right away to the hotspot.
Similarly at home the car stays connected to my home Wifi. Then when I get in a drive it doesn't seem to want to switch to the hotspot once driving away from the house. I'm going to try and solve that problem by setting my home wifi to stay connected when in drive so that maybe it will just switch to the hotspot wifi once I'm out of range of the home wifi. But I've read the car won't do switching while driving??
Anyways, is this just "how it is" and I'll have to get in the habit of doing a quick Wifi On switch every time I get back in the car? Or is there a way or setting that I'm missing?
Any ideas?