Wireless CarPlay & Android Auto Adapter – 2-in-1 Dongle That Turns Factory Wired CarPlay Into Wireless

Get in, and your screen is already on.

This adapter turns the wired CarPlay or Android Auto your car came with into a wireless one. Pair your phone once, and it connects on its own from then on, with your phone still in your pocket.

• Connects on its own, every drive
• Your phone stays in your pocket
• Works with iPhone and Android

Your car already has the screen. The cable is the only thing in the way.

You paid for CarPlay. It is built into the dash. And every time you get in, you go through the same small ritual: find the cable, dig out your phone, plug it in, drop it in the cupholder where it slides around on every turn, then unplug it again when you get out. Twice a day, every day, for a screen you already own.

The cable can stay in the glovebox.

Plug this adapter into the USB port you use for CarPlay today and pair your phone once. From then on you get in, start the car, and your maps, music, calls and messages come up on the factory screen on their own, with your phone still in your pocket, your bag or the console tray. No cable. No reaching. Nothing to remember.

How it connects

The adapter sits in your car's CarPlay USB port and does the handshake your cable used to do. It finds your phone over Bluetooth, then hands the connection to Wi-Fi to carry the picture and the sound. Your car's system does not know the difference, because as far as it is concerned your phone is still plugged in.

Will it work in my car?

Here is the ten-second check. Plug your phone into your car with a cable today. If Apple CarPlay or Android Auto opens on the screen, this adapter makes that same system wireless.

That is the whole requirement. It upgrades a factory wired Apple CarPlay or Android Auto system. It cannot add CarPlay to a car that never had it, and it is not a replacement stereo.

One thing worth checking: use the USB port your car actually uses for CarPlay. Some cars have extra ports that only supply power.

What changes on your next drive

• Your phone stays put. No more phone sliding around the cupholder on every turn.
• Your port and cable stop wearing out. The one connection that gets plugged and unplugged thousands of times is now made once.
• Passengers stop borrowing the cable. Your charging cable can go back to charging.
• Getting going gets shorter. Start the car, put it in gear, and the screen catches up on its own.
• It disappears. At barely an inch across, it stays in the port and out of the way.

One adapter, both phones

Plenty of wireless adapters handle Apple CarPlay only. This one runs wireless Apple CarPlay and wireless Android Auto, so an iPhone and an Android phone can share the same car and the same adapter. You do not need a second dongle, and you do not need to pick a side when someone in the house changes phones.

Far less than the alternative

The other way to get wireless CarPlay is to replace the head unit: a new screen, an install bay, a wiring harness and a bill that runs into the hundreds. This keeps your screen, your steering wheel buttons and your reversing camera exactly as the factory set them up, and asks for one USB port.

Setting it up

1. Plug the adapter into the USB port your car uses for CarPlay.
2. On your phone, turn on Bluetooth and choose the adapter from the list.
3. Accept the prompt to use CarPlay or Android Auto. Your usual screen opens.

After that first pairing it reconnects on its own each time you start the car.

In the box and on the spec sheet

• 1 x Wireless CarPlay and Android Auto adapter
• Works with: wireless Apple CarPlay and wireless Android Auto
• Requires: a vehicle with factory wired Apple CarPlay or Android Auto
• Connection: Bluetooth pairing, Wi-Fi data link
• Size: 1.1 x 1.1 x 0.55 in (28 x 28 x 14 mm)
• Materials: ABS plastic with a stainless steel connector
• Colour: black

What to expect

Wireless CarPlay is not instant the way a cable is. After you start the car, give it a few seconds to wake up, find your phone and connect. Wireless adapters in this category generally take somewhere between ten and thirty seconds, and it settles into a predictable rhythm once you have used it a few times.

A wireless link also draws a little more phone battery than sitting plugged in, and it can be affected by heavy Wi-Fi congestion in dense city areas. On long drives, a charging cable in a second port covers it.

Keep the screen. Lose the cable.

Your dashboard already does everything you need. This just stops it asking for a cable first. Plug it in once, pair once, and let the car take care of it from then on.

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