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Carplay/Android Auto AI boxes

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Has anyone used one of these? There seem to be so many options, some of the more popular ones being The Magic Box and Ottocast. However, I see some newer ones with more powerful processors, more RAM, etc. I imagine they all run a very similar OS.
 

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Depends what you want. The one I tried booted into Android and from there you could go to Carplay or AA. That's not what I wanted so I returned it. Also, in Carplay, the screen touches were quick but not as quick as the dedicated Carplay dongles. Even the Carplay or AA dongles have much better hardware. Dual core Cortex A7 processors, Bluetooth 5.x, Wifi 5.x GHz. There is a big difference from 2024+ compared to 2023 and earlier. I should also note that these dongles are very similar but there are basically 5 or so different firmware versions that all of these are running. Only one, in my experience, does well with our cars and the 10" Fullscreen Mod (linked in that thread).
 



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