I tried two from Amazon to use in my 2019 Toyota Avalon, both were very unreliable. One removed the phone controls from the steering wheel.

 

I purchased the Motorola Sound MA1 on Amazon about 3 months ago. So far has worked flawlessly, even though it adds a bit of latency to completing the initial connection.

 

Thanks for the tip on the Motorola. My wife has one she no longer uses. Maybe I will try it. My only problem right now is the initial connection between the headunit and the AAWireless adapter. Sometimes it recognizes it, sometimes it does not.

 

I have 2 AAWireless ones and a Moto MA1. One of the AAW is the older hardware version (was in the original Indiegogo release, this one is on software version 3.5.0) and the other is a newer version (software version 5.2.1). The older hardware/software version one is in the RL and is pretty reliable, but I would say it doesn't connect about 5-10% of the time. Typically unplugging and plugging the unit into the USB will fix it. I don't recall the newer hardware version really ever having that problem, but at the same time, it is in a vehicle where I don't use it all that much.

The MA1 I do find more reliable on average than the older hardware version of the AAW.

 

I would agree with you, Seth. I continue to use the MA1. I watched it closely yesterday. As I started the truck I saw the headunit attempt to connect the MA1 and it failed. After maybe 15 seconds it made another attempt and it connected that time. The failure to connect and then retrying is similar to what I was seeing with the AAWireless, but so far the MA1 has had more success connecting on the retry attempts.