These are the best dongles to make your CarPlay wireless
CarPlay is the most convenient way to use your iPhone in the car. Usually, however, you need a cable to connect your iPhone to your car radio. You can even make your CarPlay wireless with dongles from, among others, CarlinKit!
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Wireless CarPlay in your car
If there’s one thing we don’t want to miss out of our cars, it’s CarPlay. You connect your iPhone to your car radio and iOS takes over the entire screen. That way you can use your iPhone safely in the car, and with the same interface you are used to.
However, CarPlay usually only works with a cable. Handy in itself, because that way your iPhone charges immediately while you drive. At the same time, CarPlay immediately feels a bit less modern. How cool would it be to get in your car and have CarPlay appear on the screen automatically? Apple has a technology for this, CarPlay Wireless, but it is mainly found in very expensive cars.
Fortunately, there are clever accessory makers who have developed a dongle for wireless CarPlay. With this you even get wireless CarPlay in your Opel Corsa. Below we list two dongles: the best dongle, and the dongle with the best price-quality ratio.
The most luxurious option: CarlinKit CarPlay AI Box
The best and most reliable way to retrofit your car with CarPlay Wirless is the CarlinKit CarPlay Ai Box. You connect this small box to the USB connection in your car, then you connect it to your iPhone in the CarPlay options. The big advantage of the AI Box is its lightning-fast processor and a lot of memory. This prevents delays and stuttering on the screen of your car radio. Because even though CarPlay is basically nothing more than a video stream from your iPhone – you do need good hardware for a smooth experience.
In addition, the CarlinKt CarPlay AI Box has additional gadgets. Thanks to the built-in SIM card slot, you can easily turn it into a 4G MiFi router for on the go. Extra handy on holiday by car.
With a price of 265 euros, the CarPlay AI Box from CarlinkIt is certainly not the cheapest option for wireless CarPlay in your car, but it is the option with the most possibilities.
The best price-quality ratio: Flowkey 5GHz Wireless CarPlay Dongle
Do you think a mifi router is a superfluous luxury? A minimal hiccup of CarPlay is not so bad? Then the Flowkey 5GHz Wireless CarPlay Dongle might be the right option for you! Basically it works exactly like the CarPlay AI Box above. Only the processor is therefore somewhat slower and you do not make a WiFi hotspot with it.
That makes it a lot cheaper with a price of only € 84.99. Do you want ‘just CarPlay Wireless’ in your car? Go for the Flowkey 5GHz Wireless CarPlay Dongle. It even seems to be on sale at the moment.
Set up CarPlay
Would you like to know more about Apple CarPlay, for example how to set it up and adjust it to your preferences? That’s why we made this handy video.
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