Have you tried a different launcher? Honestly I think a good bit of the lag might come from that. I've had a much more enjoyable experience after switching to Car Launcher AG (as per recommendations from other people in this thread). Although admittedly I might be a bit biased since it looks significantly better too IMO.

 

Any update on this? I dropped $465 bucks at the April 15th 3PM VL2 deadline for something that might be nothing.

 

What update are you looking for? Our preorders say they'll ship after May 25th ......

 

I just haven't seen any new demos or video and this thread hasn't been exactly positive nor hopeful about this product.

Dropping $465 on something that will arrive just 2 months from now, makes me a little nervous. It has so much potential though, hence the purchase.

Do these go pretty well on Ebay? Worst case scenario, I drop it on Ebay if it's buggy garbage..right? :-)

 

We will start porting all our apps to VL2 next week. Once the system is ready, we will start shooting videos with real beta test cars in our lab.
We expect this to happen around early May, so stay tuned !

 

We are looking into this. We noticed that Apple cables are not very stable and some other thinner cables may show issues. Try top stick to thicker, shorter cables for now while we investigate

 

Wait... you didn't port and test your apps on VL2 before starting pre-sale? I have no words...

Glad I decided not to buy in on this first wave.

 

+1, and this is exactly why I stayed out. I felt like an alpha tester with VL1, I guess with VL2 ya'll can feel like beta testers.

 

who needs an expensive QA team when you got a community to do it for you.

 

All existing apps are working properly, we are adding optimizations for new MCU, GPU improvements, HDMI out, AirPlay receivers and so on. We will want as slick UI experience as it can be. It will take couple of weeks to finish, but once we are happy with it, we will start making live videos.

 

We need high definition codec for the Bluetooth... Can it be added other than the proprietary Qualcomm-Optimized AptxHD ?

When I connect to 2017 BMW X1 I get HD audio I'm my phone Bluetooth and yes the sound is amazing compared to regular Bluetooth streaming.

 

@GromAudio - to confirm, the VL2 will support the 2008 ISF equipped with factory Mark Levinson Audio & Factory Nav, and this model contains CarPlay compatibility, correct? Your website is not very specific, and typical audio systems vary for these cars based on those options so I just want to be safe. If this is the case, I will be very excited to see this begin shipping.

 

 

I'm not sure I know for my AptxHD receiver/transmitter you need a compatible phone (with Qualcomm-Optimized snapdragon cpu I think it started with last year 835)... But when I connected my Google Pixel 2 to a 2017 X1 I had Bluetooth HD under my Bluetooth settings. My point is we want the best in audio quality for our streaming it seems there's other options than proprietary technology

Goggle is your friend... Here's a quote :

zenmaster 02:06 PM 12-23-2017
Just wanted to add that IF BMW's iDrive HU (combox?) supports negotiating a 320kbps MP3 or AAC-codec (not SBC) stream using A2DP AND your Bluetooth music-playing device can do the same on its end, then you can have USB-equivalent quality over Bluetooth. But I have no idea if iDrive supports this mode or how common it is for most devices (phones) to support this. But even the worst SBC quality mode is better than the best Sirius/XM rate - 56kbps aint enough even with the best codec.
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