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They were, SiriusXM acquired them just over three years ago: https://blog.automatic.com/automatic-siriusxm-4dfbc9a6885c
SiriusXM not shutting down yet?
The adapter may still function over Bluetooth to read SAE PID [1] data using OBD Fusion[1] or a similar app. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OBD-II_PIDs [2] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/obd-fusion/id650684932
> We no longer recommend using the Automatic car adapter due to reliability issues.
Do you happen to know if this is real or just a CYA? I'd pay $10 to extend the life of my adapter, but not if I needed to buy another device anyway.
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Highly unlikely. The big money sink is already spent (launching the satelites).
The satellites are likely much cheaper than the ongoing costs for content. It looks like they are spending over $2B annually on content fees. They could launch a lot of satellites with $2B per year.
I always really liked this approach: Instead of every car smart by replacing them, make dumb cars (a bit) smarter with a connected device. Even once pitched a competitor to this service. That said, I'm wondering what the impact of Covid was on this: A regular SAAS service shouldn't see a huge impact, or would all customers cancel when not using their car for a month?
I always really liked this approach: Instead of every car smart by replacing them, make dumb cars (a bit) smarter with a connected device. Even once pitched a competitor to this service. That said, I'm wondering what the impact of Covid was on this: A regular SAAS service shouldn't see a huge impact, or would all customers cancel when not using their car for a month?
They made my unit end of life, and then found themselves at end of life. This is IoT.
And that’s why the only IoT devices I’ll buy use Zigbee (ZWave works too). You can’t shut down a device that I control internet access to. Sadly this doesn’t scale, it takes specialized skills and time to build out home automation using these technologies.
The adapter may still function over Bluetooth to read SAE PID [1] data using OBD Fusion[1] or a similar app. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OBD-II_PIDs [2] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/obd-fusion/id650684932
According to their App Store description: > We no longer recommend using the Automatic car adapter due to reliability issues. Do you happen to know if this is real or just a CYA? I'd pay $10 to extend the life of my adapter, but not if I needed to buy another device anyway.
i.e. if you uninstall the BT apps, change phone etc...
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I just bought one of these about a month ago, I read about how the company had just discontinued the old version of the product in the reviews on Google play of their app figured I'd have some decent time with it since they just rolled out the version I bought... Jokes on me! Any chance there's some way we could get the data out of them with something open source?
They do seem to have an export feature[1]. The dashboard has been "Loading trips..." for minutes to download into a CSV a measly number 2K trips I had. I'm sorry that people are losing jobs over such closure, but usually the writing is on the wall. [1]: https://help.automatic.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000599847-Ho...