what is a carplay box

To put it simply, it is a converter that converts different car systems to facilitate the use of different mobile phones.

The most common Carplay box is the conversion between Carplay, Hicar, Android Auto and other car-machine systems, and the wired-to-wireless conversion of the unified car-machine system.

 

 

What are the functions of the Carplay box?

It can realize the mutual conversion of the following car-machine systems. As for the specific functions, it depends on which car-machine system you are converting to and what functions the car-machine system supports.

 

Carplay common functions:

CarPlay can use most of the basic functions of the iPhone through the control panel of the car. Some of these features include Siri voice assistant tools, music playback, map navigation and text messaging.

With CarPlay, drivers can take calls without taking their hands off the steering wheel, and they can also hear the contents of their voicemails. To use these features in the iPhone, the driver can touch the driving control panel in the car as if it were a cell phone, but this reduces distraction while driving, and with a button on the steering wheel, the driver can trigger Siri.

 

 

The original car comes with wired CarPlay, convert HiCar

Since carplay only supports the use of Apple mobile phones, car owners do not want to be equipped with a mobile phone just for driving, and carplay to hicar application was born.

Conditions of Use:

1. The original factory comes with a wired carplay system (wireless carplay is not supported)

2. A Huawei phone that supports hicar (for now, Huawei hicar only supports Huawei phones, just like Carplay only supports Apple phones.)

Recommended box: Carlinkit U2H

 

 

The original car comes with wired CarPlay, converted to wireless CarPlay

Wireless carplay, get rid of the trouble of wires, it is recommended to use with wireless charging.

 

Conditions of Use:

1. The original factory comes with carplay system

2. An Apple phone

Recommended box: CarlinkitU2W

Toyota Honda and other original car machines, turn to CarPlay

In recent years, there is still a big gap between the experience of domestic car-machine systems and carplay, which is the main reason why many car owners switch to carplay.

 

Conditions of Use:

1. Toyota Honda Volkswagen Nissan and other original car locomotive screens

2. An Apple phone

Recommended box: Carlinkit C2W

Toyota Honda and other original car machines, turn to HiCar

 

Conditions of Use:

1. Toyota Honda Volkswagen Nissan and other original car locomotive screens

2. A Huawei mobile phone that supports hicar

Recommended box: Carlinkit U2HC

And rear-mounted Android screen, converted into Carplay, Hicar car system

Conclusion:
The Carplay box is an external conversion of the car system according to the car owner's personal preference. Due to the cost and technical differences of different box brands, the experience of using the Carplay box is also very different. You can follow our Baijia account to learn more about carplay. dry goods.

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