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TL;DR: Convert your car’s wired CarPlay to wireless with this mini adapter on sale for $34.99 (MSRP $59.99).
Wired CarPlay works fine until you have to dig out a cable every time you get in the car. This Mini Wireless CarPlay/Android Auto Adapter plugs into your car’s CarPlay port and connects to your iPhone without a cable. For a limited time, it’s on sale for $34.99 (MSRP $59.99).
Setup takes one Bluetooth pairing and no app. After that, your iPhone reconnects in under 3 seconds when you start the car, so Maps and your music are on the screen before you pull out of the driveway.
Dual-band Wi-Fi at 2.4GHz and 5GHz keeps the connection stable. Your touchscreen, steering wheel buttons, rotary knob, and Siri all work the same way they did with the cable, and so do calls, messages, navigation, and music.
At 1.2 inches square and 0.4 inches thick, the adapter fits flush against the port instead of hanging off it. Overheat, surge, and short-circuit protection are built in, and both USB-A and USB-C cables come in the box. If someone in your family drives with an Android phone, the adapter also supports wireless Android Auto.
Your car needs factory-wired CarPlay for the adapter to work, and it supports more than 1,000 vehicle models and any iPhone 6 or later.
Stop plugging in your iPhone every time you drive.
Get the Mini Wireless CarPlay/Android Auto Adapter on sale for $34.99 (reg. $59.99).
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