For those interested in getting wireless car play rather than have to plug the phone in.

[Warpious]

They're saying the v4.0 of the linked product works with both ACP and AA.

appreciate the update!

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[Omar A]

Carlinkit 4.0 supports both Apple CarPlay for iPhones and AndroidAuto system for Android mobiles, while carlinkit 3.0 only support Apple CarPlay for iPhones.

https://carlinkitcarplay.com/products/carlinkit-wireless-adapter-for-factory-carplay

AI box also support both wireless carplay and wireless Android auto. It also supports watching Netflix or Youtube on the car screen. But the price will be higher.

 

[Palom0]

Carlinkit 4.0, while good has some issues. Android Auto implementation is not so good. Maybe in the next firmware versions it will but so far it randomly gives me a pixelated screen. Aside from that, the CarPlay side if it works just live v.3

 

[Omar A]

Did you try the following method?
https://autokitcarplay.com/blogs/u2w-plus/carlinkit-4-0cp2a-android-auto-screen-is-deformed-icons-are-too-large-resolution-is-not-normal-what-should-i-do

 

[coopny]

Carlinkit 4.0, while good has some issues. Android Auto implementation is not so good. Maybe in the next firmware versions it will but so far it randomly gives me a pixelated screen. Aside from that, the CarPlay side if it works just live v.3

Carlinkit 4.0's Android Auto implementation isn't great. What it does is it basically "fakes" to the car radio that it's Carplay, and translates that for the Android phone.

The pro of this is that there are some cars/aftermarket radios which had Carplay support, but no Android Auto support - so for those people, this gives them the opportunity to use Android Auto without a new vehicle (or aftermarket radio) purchase. The con is it's not the best implementation.

If you use Android Auto on a car that supports it wired, my recommendation would be to get the Motorola MA1 wireless Android auto adapter. $100 MSRP $90 on Amazon right now, if you set a deal alert on a site like slickdeals and get lucky, it sometimes goes on sale for ~$70.

 

[chilipepper2022]

I was just looking around Amazon for carplay adapters. They have the Carlinkit for a lot less than 90 bucks - it is listed as $126, but there is a box to check for a $57 coupon. So $69 (plus tax)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08ZHCS8R3

 

[PaulOinMA]

Bought the Motorola MA 1 for my wife's BS BL since we didn't get NAV.

Liked it so much I bought one for my Escape.

Had our music on USB flash drives. Bought 128 GB micro-SD cards for our phones so we can get our music with Android Auto.

Also added TuneIn Radio to our phones. It has Jeopardy channels!

This 64-year-old is actually getting to the 21st century!

 

[thekingprawn]

The only problem with carlinkit for andoid auto is the output resolution is higher, meaning the map and writing is smaller.

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