One thing my car has that I wouldn't be able to go without anymore is Android Auto.
I use it all the time, with Waze for traffic and road hazard warning, and YouTube Music for well, music.
Even on short drive of less than 5 minutes, it's automatic (just like setting sport mode and ESC sport ON), phone always gets plugged in.
One thing my car doesn't have and that would be useful for that short drive use case is wireless Android Auto.
Until now.
The MA1 is a dongle that add wireless AA to cars that support wired AA (as long as your phone is running Android 11 or above). It used Bluetooth for handshaking, and 5 GHz Wi-Fi for the actual data connection between the phone and the dongle.
It was released under the Motorola Sound brand in late January, but it's made by a nameless Chinese company that bought the Motorola naming rights. Distributed only in the USA at Amazon and Target, getting one has been problematic, whenever they become available they become sold-out in minutes, and then appear from third party
sellers scalpers.
I managed to get one during my last business trip and have been running it since, first in my rental Ford Fusion, and now in the RS.
So far I'm impressed. Connection is relatively fast (30 seconds, vs 15 for wired AA), and once connected the experience is almost seamless. I get occasional sound glitches, but not enough to annoy me.
Battery hit is not as bad as I expected, so except for long trips, this is now my default way of connecting.
Edit: Connection time difference was probably down to the infotainment system bootup time in a "dark" car vs one where some systems have come up.
Under the same conditions, wireless also takes 15s to be up and running.