Wireless Apple CarPlay adaptor

[Hot Red 5]

still not convinced, £90 for option not to plug in seems overkill

You can get the version 4 from : Ali Express for £55.06
Ordered mine last week and due in 8th August. Much mor reasonable price.
On Amazon it is £140

 

[smokie]

Is this it? 38.69￡ 44% OFF|Carlinkit Wired/wireless Carplay Adapter Android Auto Dongle Mirror For Modify Android Screen Car Airplay Smart Link Ios 16 - Car Ai Box - AliExpress - £39

Might think about one at that price.

I have been having occasional drop-outs on Waze. I am absolutely convinced it is due to poor connection between cable and phone, at the phone end, as I see the same when connecting the phone to the PC for data transfer, and can easily reproduce it by wiggling the cable. If I just put the phone in the side pocket for the trip it tends to stay connected but as soon as I have to move it it will likely cut off. (I also have a soft phone case with a plastic flap which covers the charge hole which can interfere with a good connection - new case is on it's way.)

The protocol is very unforgiving in that a momentary cut-off disconnects the whole session - no wait/retry. The phone isn't old but the charging port gets lots of use so I suspect it's a bit worn as I'm using top quality cables, incl new ones I had in my drawer. I may try just nipping one of the older cables with pliers to tighten the connection but that may well misalign the pins and therefore not work.

 

[Hot Red 5]

Make sure it’s the series 4.0. That is the updated version for android and Apple.

 

[Grandadgeorgec]

Journey planning and charging

I have just purchased a MG ZS EV LR Luxury. If I plane a long route on the SatNav, will it recommend available charge points en route and update that information in real time if the charger is occupied?

www.mgevs.com

AAWireless | Wireless Android Auto™ adapter

AAWireless is the world’s first and leading wireless Android Auto™ dongle. ✓ Works out of the box. ✓ Comes with free companion app. ✓ Connects automatically after setup.

www.aawireless.io

I paid £75.93. Thoroughly recommend it.

 

[mourneuk]

You can get the version 4 from : Ali Express for £55.06
Ordered mine last week and due in 8th August. Much mor reasonable price.
On Amazon it is £105.99

That’ll teach me to order from Amazon. Ordered yesterday and delivered today but I could have waited a couple of weeks to save £50.

 

[Hot Red 5]

I might have to pay tax though. I hope not

 

[smokie]

Easy to return things with Amazon...

 

[manictomb]

Sounds a good price

 

[RedandboX]

Mine has just arrived it took just over a week from China but a good tracking service, it took about a minute to set up and I’m well happy no more trailing wires etc, there’s not much too it so hopefully it has longevity

 

[smokie]

Mine has just arrived it took just over a week from China but a good tracking service, it took about a minute to set up and I’m well happy no more trailing wires etc, there’s not much too it so hopefully it has longevity

Can you post a link to the one you ordered please?

 

[RedandboX]

Carlinkit Wireless CarPlay Adapter - Make Your Wired CarPlay WIRELESS

2022 BEST CHOICE For Your Wired CarPlay Car. Carlinkit U2W 2.0/ 3.0/ Autokit dongles turn your factory wired CarPlay into Wireless Apple CarPlay. AI T-Box supports Android Apps, such as YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Live, TikTok, Play games, and so on. Free & Easy Firmware Updates. Autokit app(apk)...

carlinkitcarplay.com

Click and wait for the wheel spin to pop up you may get a discount

 

[smokie]

Ta. 16% discount. Still too much for me though.

 

[Gomev]

Ta. 16% discount. Still too much for me though.

If like me, when you get a new phone you stash the old one away somewhere, try one of your old phones.
I couldn't get AA to work at all consistently with my phone regardless of how many cables I tried, but I dug out an old phone and connected that and did a wifi hotspot from my current phone to it. An old Huawei worked perfectly.
Although I did buy a AAWireless thingy eventually the old phone could have been used as the same thing.

 

[smokie]

That's worth investigating, I've got a drawerful of them. But tbh it's not a biggy for me anyway, if it loses it it's usually only a matter of unplugging and plugging in again. If I were trying to use the actual handset while driving it'd be a problem, but I don't