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absolute steal for the latest and greatest from carlinkit. i have one of these and it works well. ive admittedly only tested the android auto so far but i imagine carplay is just as good from what i've seen.
this is a successor to the carlinkit 5, which was well received on here at almost $40.
this supports both usb c and usb a.
detailed review here from anthony barker, who reviews a lot of these dongles
an unboxing/overview from gary cantrell
this is an affiliated item, so don't forget about your 19% tcb cashback
(you can check affiliation here). you can also stack with ali's in-house cashback and coins.
before someone else points it out, ill note that if you happen to have a raspberry pi (or similar sbc) with the right specs (usb otg + wifi/bt + low power enough for a car context) you can set it up as a wireless aa or wireless carplay dongle. i dont believe there's any way to do both with an rpi but id love to be corrected on this
stolen from clear:
For those paying in USD this is how you get the correct exchange rate in PayPal:
Setting overseas websites to AUD or letting PayPal do the currency conversion results in an inflated rate. To get the correct rate you need a card without international fees and do the following:
- Set the website currency to USD
- Checkout with PayPal
- Select your card with no international fees
- Click "See currency options"
- Select USD to bill the card in USD instead of AUD
- Proceed with checkout
Side note: If you've got an older 2014-2018 Mazda - The retrofit car kit is pretty cheap on Aliexpress right now as well.
$65 on Aliexpress posted to Melbourne. $130 on Amazon AU.