Motorola MA2 Android Auto dongle lands at $69.99, not $39.95
The Motorola MA2 wireless Android Auto dongle is finally on Amazon, but at $69.99 it costs about $30 more than the $39.95 Motorola first quoted.
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giftdetect· the right gift in minutesThe Motorola MA2, a dongle that makes wired Android Auto work wirelessly, has finally appeared on Amazon. The price is the catch: $69.99, roughly $30 above the $39.95 recommended price Motorola gave when it showed the device.
Motorola unveiled the MA2 at Mobile World Congress earlier this year as the follow-up to the MA1. The Amazon listing shows an earliest delivery date of December 17. Android Authority has asked Motorola Sound about the higher price and has not yet had an answer.
What is the Motorola MA2?
It's a small adapter that plugs into your car's USB port, the one you'd normally use with a cable for Android Auto. Your phone then connects to the dongle over 5GHz Wi-Fi, so you no longer need to plug in every time you get in the car.
The design is flatter and squarer than the MA1's rounded squircle shape. The MA2 can pair with up to two Android phones, and the driver can switch between them with a button press. It also has detachable USB-A and USB-C cables and a physical power switch.
Is $69.99 a good price?
Compared with the MA1, the MA2 is still about $30 cheaper, so it isn't a step backwards on that front. But it's a clear jump from what Motorola Sound first claimed, and that's the number people had in mind.
At $69.99 the MA2 sits in the same price bracket as the AAWireless Two, another wireless Android Auto dongle. So buyers who want a known brand now have a real choice between the two rather than an obvious bargain.
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