Android 13.0 CarPlay AI Box Adapter,8GB+128GB Wireless Adapter

It's an awesome product—it works exactly as expected. It's very fast, easy to install (basically, you just plug it into the USB and start using it—it's that simple), and there's no lag. It was just expensive.

I purchased this as an upgrade from a 1st gen carlink from 2021. This product started out great but showed many flaws after. Major issue it keep disconnecting and reconnecting while driving. Smaller issues were lag, freezing, and touch would show mouse icon or touch would stop work. My dislike is that I have to pick which system to use before driving CarPlay or android because you cannot switch without disconnecting from WiFi. The last issue is the boot time to CarPlay is almost 1 min or more sometimes. It shows carplay, then an intro screen, then android system then if you set auto boot carplay.

Overall, this seems work as advertised. Plugged into our Rav4 Prime, got a SIM from TMobile and a 256GB TF card (not that I needed it), and it booted up the first time and was also able to connect my Android phone for AA and my wife's iPhone for CarPlay. No major issues so far, but here are some minor items/issues: - Why are there so many sellers, all claiming to be from the Carlinkit store, at various prices, that all end up being about the same price once you apply the coupon. I was worried I was going to get some underground/grey-market model. In the end, the product I received looks legit. - Turning on Google Assistant ("Hey Google") all the time confused my car's head unit into thinking that it was always waiting for a voice prompt. This blocked the instrument cluster from doing pretty much anything other than showing a little mic icon, and broke volume control for apps on the device. Luckily Google Assistant can be disabled. - I have an Android device and my wife has an iPhone. I really wanted to be able to easily switch between the two, but once the Autokit app is connected to one, there doesn't appear to be any way to dynamically switch to the other unless you turn off bluetooth on the connected phone. Please add this functionality (or tell me how to do it). - It was nice to see that it has a built-in phone app. When getting a SIM, be sure to buy a phone SIM (not a tablet SIM) if you want phone functionality. Making/receiving calls appears to work fine. - Steering wheel controls for Android Auto/Apple Carplay work as expected. - Boots up pretty quickly and reliably connects to both the car's head unit (over USB) and our phones. - I updated to the latest firmware with no difficulty. - I was able to use a 256GB TF card formatted with ExFat. I have previously tried "Magic Box" (overpriced and has no SIM support), and a GiWiOS box (just a rebranded autobox) which had severe connection issues. This Carlinkit AI box is far better than either of those.

Sorry for not giving a 5 star. This is a great little device but it's pretty slow for the price, doesn't do well in the heat (gets even more laggy) and won't work on the Verizon network even though there are apparent possible work around. Plus I'm not really a fan of the UI I think the standard android UI would have been better. It is much better than what I had before which was nothing.

Used in my 2020 4Runner and it's awesome. Wireless Android auto with bonus android features you would expect in a tablet but on car display like YouTube, Netflix, email, Torque OBDII app, etc. Has option to use its own sim card, but I use wifi Hotspot on my phone. Operation is not laggy at all! Only caveat: firmware updates take 30+ minutes to install, but that's what it takes in my phone too, so not a fault of the device.

So, this review is a double-edged sword. Overall, the item works great but the one I have will not accept any updates. I will download the latest update from 8-25-2023 but will not complete the install and fails every time at 96%. I contacted the manufacturer, and they informed me that since I didn't purchase it directly from them, they wouldn't support the product. The person was nice enough and gave me a link to download all the files manually and then gave me instruction on how to manually replace every file in the update but I'm reluctant to do this as the unit is working great right now without the update. I'm constantly getting notice it needs an update but I'm afraid if I go the manual route and it stops working the company won't support it. :(

I've bought this products it's amazing but unfortunately it doesn't work on Wireless CarPlay cars such as 2022 BMW X5

Constantly disconnects from built in wi-if. Also disconnects from phone hot spot. When it works it’s ok. Also problem with audio video sync. I downloaded the kit that was supposed to fix it but still has very bad sync. I restarted the unit but still the same. Great idea but needs lots of work.