CarPlay & Android Auto

[evoWALO]

These are not my photos.

Below are the car models I used to have/drove. If I still had them and installed a car head unit that supports CarPlay & Android Auto it would look like these.

I am doing this to get the satisfaction of visualization.

1998 Honda CR-V

1999 Honda Civic SiR

Or

2001 Mercedes-Benz C200 Kompressor

2002 Honda Accord

2004 Mitsubishi Evolution VIII

 

[evoWALO]

Again, these photos are from the web but reflect the cars I had/drove before.

2005 Honda Civic VTi

Before

After

2008 Subaru Impreza WRX & 2008 Subaru Forester XT

2012 Honda City

Before

After

2013 Subaru BRZ

 

[Perc]

I would like wireless carplay in the Passat but I can't be arsed to find a good adapter that works, there are so many and all of them are chinesium.

 

[evoWALO]

I would like wireless carplay in the Passat but I can't be arsed to find a good adapter that works, there are so many and all of them are chinesium.

I'm the reverse... wish all CarPlay head units could output 30W USB-C power so I'd get to 0-50% within 30 mins.

Also would want a CarPlay head unit that is 8.3", 10.2", 10.9", 11" or even 12.9". Screen sizes like that of an iPad

After the 2017 Lexus all the cars have CarPlay built-in. As I said previously I want a bigger screen like say even a 17" one like those on a Tesla.

2014 Subaru Forester XT

Before

After

2015 Ford Ranger

Before

After

2017 Lexus NX 200t

 

[evoWALO]

Man, really wish CarPlay & Android Auto came out in 2008.

 

[NooDle]

I would like wireless carplay in the Passat but I can't be arsed to find a good adapter that works, there are so many and all of them are chinesium.

I've used on a couple of loaner cars (my Kia doesn't support it), and it works pretty good, with the caveat that it eats through your battery quite fast. The solution to this would be a cable, which then defeats the whole point of having wireless carplay

Having a wireless charging pad may help, but because wireless Carplay is so battery intensive (heat), and charging wirelessly creates even more heat, at some point the phone won't charge to protect itself from overheating.

Out of curiosity : are there still standard cars that are being offered without this, and with a crappy standard shitty radio? Seems like such a waste of money from the manufacturers

 

[93Flareside]

 

[edkwon]

In the Telluride:

And my Taycan