Hi guys. I picked up some Tec Tiles and one of the options is Car Mode. What is this and what does it do exactly? Thanks.
I believe it reads incoming messages to you.
Ask s voice what it is. Thats what I did
"Driving mode allows you to interact with your phone using your voice only. Very useful when your hands are on the steering wheel."
Wait, you got S voice to work?!?! That's the real news here.
Driving mode did not enable texting over Bluetooth. Boo.
Agreed. Car mode causes S Voice to start listening for commands, so I figured I'd give her a shot at sending a text. Too bad she never understands what I'm saying unless I'm holding the phone to my mouth. Kind of defeats the purpose of car mode. Keeping my fingers crossed that messaging over Bluetooth is added in an update in the near future? If that's possible?
Car mode and Driving mode aren't the same thing...
I can put the phone in Driving mode using the notification bar toggle and it does the following - reads out who is calling, reads out who has sent a text or email (but doesn't read out the content).
I can put it in Car mode using an NFC tag, this does - turns off screen timeout, makes buttons bigger so you can press stuff on the screen easier. No voice control as far as I can tell, apart from launching Svoice.
This is without bluetooth on, not sure if that would make a difference.
when im in my car connected to Ford Sync and i get a text. it dings there is a message. then i let the screen black out. once it does i push the physical home button and it reads the text to me through the car speakers. this is with drive mode turned on through the notification toggle.Car mode and Driving mode aren't the same thing...
I can put the phone in Driving mode using the notification bar toggle and it does the following - reads out who is calling, reads out who has sent a text or email (but doesn't read out the content).
I can put it in Car mode using an NFC tag, this does - turns off screen timeout, makes buttons bigger so you can press stuff on the screen easier. No voice control as far as I can tell, apart from launching Svoice.
This is without bluetooth on, not sure if that would make a difference.
So, my truck's sync system used to access texts on my Droid X. But when I try it now, it tells me that feature isn't enabled on this phone. Sad face. But, maybe all I need to do is enable driving mode, and the texts will be accessible then? Something to check out, as I haven't found any other setting yet to enable that feature. Any other suggestions for this?
when im in my car connected to Ford Sync and i get a text. it dings there is a message. then i let the screen black out. once it does i push the physical home button and it reads the text to me through the car speakers. this is with drive mode turned on through the notification toggle.
Doesn't appear from your device list that this is with an S3?
Wish I could upgrade my Sync... oh well when I get my 2014 Fusion Energi I'll have it...
lol. it is with my S3. i got it on saturday and havent stop playing with it enough to update my profile!!
There's a "Car Mode" built into the phone, or is this your own setup you implemented using the NFC tags?
when im in my car connected to Ford Sync and i get a text. it dings there is a message. then i let the screen black out. once it does i push the physical home button and it reads the text to me through the car speakers. this is with drive mode turned on through the notification toggle.
What's Ford Sync? If I have driving mode on it won't read my messages out loud or give me an option to reply.
Car mode and Driving mode aren't the same thing...
I can put the phone in Driving mode using the notification bar toggle and it does the following - reads out who is calling, reads out who has sent a text or email (but doesn't read out the content).
I can put it in Car mode using an NFC tag, this does - turns off screen timeout, makes buttons bigger so you can press stuff on the screen easier. No voice control as far as I can tell, apart from launching Svoice.
This is without bluetooth on, not sure if that would make a difference.
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