On most cars fitted with CarPlay, you have to take the phone out, plug it in, then unplug it on arrival. Twice a day, five days a week: it is the phone's connector that wears out, and the cable that eventually stops holding. This adapter removes the whole business.<\/p>\n
The unit stays permanently plugged into the stereo's USB socket. It passes itself off as a wired phone on the car side, and communicates over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on the phone side. After a one-minute initial pairing, the connection re-establishes itself at every start-up, in ten to thirty seconds.<\/p>\n
Your car must have CarPlay or Android Auto as standard, wired<\/strong>. The adapter does not add them to a car that lacks them: it makes wireless what is already there. If your stereo does not show CarPlay when you plug an iPhone in with the cable, this product will not work.<\/p>\n Connecting takes a few seconds longer than a cable and uses a little battery on the phone, since it is no longer being powered. On long journeys, keep a charger within reach.<\/p>\n A small unit to plug into the stereo's USB socket: your wired CarPlay or Android Auto becomes wireless. The phone stays in your pocket and connects on its own at start-up.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1998,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[137,80],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-536","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-ecrans-carplay","product_cat-multimedia","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat you need to know about going wireless<\/h3>\n
Worth knowing<\/h3>\n
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