The car radio with Android Auto support is the perfect gift for Christmas
The average age of passenger cars in the Czech Republic is relatively high. You can see vehicles over 10 years old on every corner. Because of them many times you can’t even connect an outdated infotainment to your car via Bluetooth. When someone calls you, you have to make calls via a smart watch or, even worse, via the phone itself. Not only are you in danger fine and points, but you also endanger other road users.
The solution may be to connect via TO kabelbut firstly it is not so convenient and secondly not every vehicle has a connector. In today’s article, we will show you a relatively inexpensive way to make an older car modern with a new car radio. It can also be a solution Android Auto app on your phonewhich Google introduced as an alternative.
The radio itself has either its own system or classic Android. In addition, most of the more modern ones support it Android Auto či Apple CarPlay, with both of these systems being on longer trips priceless. You will appreciate not only the presence of applications such as Google Maps, Waze or Spotify. If you want to learn more about Android Auto, be sure to check out our more detailed article.
Before buying a radio, be sure to check the dimensions to fit your vehicle. Dimension 2DIN should fit most corporate vehicles such as Skoda, VW or Seat, but you’d better make sure. If you have one car with an atypical shape of infotainment, just enter the car type and radio into Aliexpress. Examples are cars like BMW or Mercedes. In the past, we dealt with the radio ourselves for the BMW E60, which cost us about 6,000 CZK and worked perfectly.
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2 Din Apple Carplay Car Radio Bluetooth Android Auto
This radio offers an interesting price-performance ratio. It doesn’t have Android, but it supports both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. So if you don’t need Android radio, which nowadays makes sense, for example, for playing movies, you will be satisfied with it. The screen has a size of 7 inches and a basic resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, which is not much, but it will be enough for basic use. In addition, most reviews on Aliexpress are positive, with people praising the price / performance ratio. You can also buy a rear camera for a few dollars.
Price: 1 700 CZK
Android Auto RCD360 PRO NONAME Car Radio
The RCD360 radio is suitable for those of you who change the new radio, for example for the Columbus from Škoda. It has a similar design and will also please the physical buttons for the phone, radio, media or, of course, the volume control. There is no lack of support for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, Bluetooth or the ability to insert an SD card into the radio to play other media. The Suntinel channel brought a relatively good review to the Czech YouTube channel.
Price: 6 400 CZK
Car Radio Multimedia Video Player
If you would like to have an Android radio in your car for some reason, Car Radio Multimedia Video Player is a good choice, where you can choose between several different display diagonals, RAM capacity and storage. Some versions support Apple’s CarPlay and will also allow you to insert a SIM card. If you want a different design, the DOVOX 2 Din Android radio may also seem like an interesting choice.
