So I am on Mac Rumors and occasionally see this thread about the wireless carplay dongle that comes from China.
You can buy it places like their website and supposedly alliexpress.
I was hesitant due to A TON of bad reviews where it doesn't work. One member recommended only buying from Amazon since they are easy with there returns.
Last week I had a 2020 Audi Q7 for a loaner. It had stock wireless carplay and I fell in love. It was perfect.
So I finally bit the bullet this weekend for the Audi version via Amazon Prime. It was on sale for $121 with an $8 coupon available as well. SCORE!
My 2018 SQ5 has wired carplay from the factory. It has worked fine and only crashed one time. I just think it was a glitch. Love carplay as I don't have a xm subscription anymore.
I wasn't expecting much if at all with this dongle. I turned on my car to ACC and plugged it in. It didnt work. I was like "yup I knew it".
Decided to unplug it and turn off the car, plug it in, and start it. Within 20 seconds after the MMI booted so did wireless carplay automatically. No clicking anything besides activating it via BT on my 12 Pro Max.
It simply works 100%. Calls are fine, no lags, no crashes, songs play fine.
The only thing i noticed is when switching songs is it takes 1 second before the song switches. There is no silence it just starts playing new song without a pause after 1 second.
Not an issue.
I would HIGHLY recommend, especially if you have an Audi
You can buy it places like their website and supposedly alliexpress.
I was hesitant due to A TON of bad reviews where it doesn't work. One member recommended only buying from Amazon since they are easy with there returns.
Last week I had a 2020 Audi Q7 for a loaner. It had stock wireless carplay and I fell in love. It was perfect.
So I finally bit the bullet this weekend for the Audi version via Amazon Prime. It was on sale for $121 with an $8 coupon available as well. SCORE!
My 2018 SQ5 has wired carplay from the factory. It has worked fine and only crashed one time. I just think it was a glitch. Love carplay as I don't have a xm subscription anymore.
I wasn't expecting much if at all with this dongle. I turned on my car to ACC and plugged it in. It didnt work. I was like "yup I knew it".
Decided to unplug it and turn off the car, plug it in, and start it. Within 20 seconds after the MMI booted so did wireless carplay automatically. No clicking anything besides activating it via BT on my 12 Pro Max.
It simply works 100%. Calls are fine, no lags, no crashes, songs play fine.
The only thing i noticed is when switching songs is it takes 1 second before the song switches. There is no silence it just starts playing new song without a pause after 1 second.
Not an issue.
I would HIGHLY recommend, especially if you have an Audi