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Pros & Cons
Pros
The reconnect is automatic and fast. When i turn the car off i have to make sure the bluetooth is freshly reconnected. Settings > bluetoothb.
The roav by anker is one of the most stellar products i’ve ever encountered. It does almost the exact same thing as the amazon branded devices. The alexa functionality works like a charm.
The following steps are for my iphone xr using ios 13. It does what it says it can do and does it well. Even the pro isn't perfect (occasionally loosing a setting has to be reset) but a vast improvement to the original roav viva.
The quality of playing music over the bose system in the car is as good as direct fm. Nice not having the additional wire to aux. The instructions says spotify is coming at some point. Their booklet says coming soon.
Cons
The roav has been a total disappointment at every level. Pulling out a few times causes me to break the adhesive on the cigarette liter socket. Now i have to hold down the socket while pulling out the device.
Asked alexa for directions to my home, totally mute, not a single word. You say alexa and the device responds, but all your actions for through it's app. Connection is poor.
Most of these things, i think, are fixable. Anker and roav are unable to show that they can support the ios product set. Their ability to timely support sw changes is poor at best.
Support for this device is sketchy on android. This product should not be acquired to work with an ios device. I'm a software engineer, so if i can't get it to work, nobody can.
Highlights
Quality
It wouldn’t install properly at first, but i emailed the company and they helped me with the product.
I drive a sti which isnt the quietest car inside so i need to make sure i speak loud, but i cant blame that on the product.
So i decided to go with the roav.
I am fairly alexa integrated 2 show 5.
Competitiveness
The roav viva pro works as promised and brings the amazon alexa experience right to your car.
I have a 2011 nissan that does not have bluetooth so i use the fm feature.
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After suffering with two amazon echo autos neither worked well i decided to try the roav viva pro
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I wish id known about the newer version because it has the fm transmitter that i need
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I have multiple echo dots in my house but i still dont know why anyone would need alexa for their car
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The media could not be loaded
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So with this device when you dont have a stereo that has bluetooth like my current situation until i decide how i can get it in the car without changing two a media screen at best buy thats the size of my phone
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If you live in a city or place with three bars showing or more youre golden oldies
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I had basically zero hope for this thing but it was worth a shot
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I could not wait any longer for amazon to accept my invitation to take my money for the echo auto
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