Roav SmartCharge Car Kit F2 Review

#18

Looks an interesting product and a great review :smile:

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#19

Thank you. It is a great music streaming device as well as hands free calling. It’s like a all in one device.

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#20

@AnkerOfficial can you tell me when this is in the uk please? Need one asap for my dads car

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#21

That helps a lot man

#22

It will be released on November in the UK:grin:

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#23

Awesome. I’ll wait a month instead of buying junk :yum:

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#24

Hi,
Is it possible to connect 2 phones at the same time?

Thanks

#25

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to. I had to disconnect one to be able to sync with the other. Or do you mean charge two phones at once? Charging, no problem. But connecting 2 phones to the Smart Charge, no.

#26

Are you new here?

#27

Been here over since the Power Station went live but been more active recently.

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#28

yeah, I did something similar. Good to see you back!

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#29

Thanks. I also changed my avatar. Maybe that’s why I look new lol

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#30

That’s what threw me off at first was when you changed your pic

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#31

I won’t change this one now (unless there is a competition lol) hehe

#32

It would be awesome if this had the ability to play music via the USB cable too and not just bluetooth.

#33

Anyone there using the Anker Roav SmartCharge Car Kit F2? I’m specifically interested in the car location feature.

I’ve read the review by @Nhi on the community and while it mentions the feature, it doesn’t go as deep as I wanted to.

It the feature reliable? How well does it work inside buildings - such as an internal garage? How does the GPS on the charger communicates with the app?

To be honest, from reading the description I’m not even sure the product has a proper GPS or if it just pins your current location on the app once you park the car. If it’s the latter, does the user have to actively push the location or the charger senses the car turn off and automatically send the location to the app?

Thanks for your help!

#34

From what I understand there is no GPS built into the kit itself. It uses your phone’s GPS and sync’s your last location to the app (via BT). When you are locating your car you are using the last reference point in the app alongside your phones GPS.

Perhaps another member can confirm this?

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#35

Yeah, that’s my understanding too. Would you know if the charger communicates the app automatically to pin your parking location - like Apple Maps does - or the user has to manually demand the pin after parking?

#36

Can’t honestly say as I have not used but I would guess it was a manual pin, otherwise how would it differentiate between parking or stopping due to lights/obstructions etc. Perhaps @Nhi can confirm this or you could drop an email to support@goroav.com for confirmation (live support currently offline).

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#37

My android phone automatically pins where I park my car if I remain in the same vicinity for more than 30 minutes. Maybe this does the same and is based on the phones GPS relaying your location after a set amount of time in any given location

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