--- product_id: 443811760 title: "CarlinKit CarPlay Dongle only for Car with Android Head Unit System 4.4.2+,New Upgrade Version,Built-in APK App,Support Wired/Wireless CarPlay,Wired/Wireless Android Auto,Online Upgrade etc." brand: "carlinkit" price: "£59.11" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 category: "Carlinkit" url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/443811760-carlinkit-carplay-dongle-only-for-car-with-android-head-unit store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Built-in APK for seamless app control Wired & Wireless CarPlay/Android Auto Supports Android 4.4.2+ head units CarlinKit CarPlay Dongle only for Car with Android Head Unit System 4.4.2+,New Upgrade Version,Built-in APK App,Support Wired/Wireless CarPlay,Wired/Wireless Android Auto,Online Upgrade etc. **Brand:** carlinkit **Price:** £59.11 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🚗 Upgrade your ride with wireless freedom & smart control — never miss a beat on the road! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** CarlinKit CarPlay Dongle only for Car with Android Head Unit System 4.4.2+,New Upgrade Version,Built-in APK App,Support Wired/Wireless CarPlay,Wired/Wireless Android Auto,Online Upgrade etc. by carlinkit - **How much does it cost?** £59.11 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/443811760-carlinkit-carplay-dongle-only-for-car-with-android-head-unit) ## Best For - carlinkit enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted carlinkit brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Smart Built-in APK:** AutoKit app integration ensures smooth navigation, voice control, and media streaming right from your car screen. - • **Drive Safer & Smarter:** Hands-free voice commands, real-time GPS, and screen mirroring keep you connected without distractions. - • **Dual Mode Connectivity:** Switch effortlessly between wired and wireless CarPlay & Android Auto for ultimate convenience. - • **Universal Compatibility:** Works with Android head units (4.4.2+) and iPhone 6+/iOS 10+ or Android 11+ phones, covering your entire device ecosystem. - • **Plug & Play with Auto Updates:** Easy USB installation with online firmware upgrades keeps your system future-proof and glitch-free. ## Overview The CarlinKit CarPlay Dongle transforms your Android head unit (4.4.2+) into a powerhouse of connectivity by enabling both wired and wireless CarPlay and Android Auto. Featuring a built-in APK app for seamless control, it supports iPhone 6+ and Android 11+ devices, offers voice commands, real-time navigation, and online music streaming. With easy USB plug-and-play installation and online firmware upgrades, it ensures a smooth, future-ready driving experience tailored for tech-savvy professionals. ## Description Buy CarlinKit CarPlay Dongle only for Car with Android Head Unit System 4.4.2+,New Upgrade Version,Built-in APK App,Support Wired/Wireless CarPlay,Wired/Wireless Android Auto,Online Upgrade etc.: Auxiliary Input Adapters - desertcart.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases Review: Carplay and Android Auto with no wires - This USB adapter allows you to use both wired and wireless Carplay and wired and wireless Android Auto on Android devices. It requires the Autokit app installed. I'm using this with a UGODE PX3 Android 7.1 head unit in a 2011 BMW X5. I plugged it into a USB port on the Android head unit and downloaded and installed the Autokit app off the CarlinKit site. Initially I couldn't get wireless Android Auto working. The Bluetooth connection would keep disconnecting. It would keep trying over and over. It ended up being the firmware on the USB adapter wasn't up to date and the latest app didn't give me the option to update it. I downloaded a version of the app from a CarlinKit store site which I think was a slightly older version. This version let me update the firmware on the adapter and update the app itself to the latest version. After this, wireless Android Auto started working. The adapter and the app are working well now. Wired Carplay and wired Android Auto worked well from the beginning. It's pretty solid and stays connected to my phone. No skips or disconnects and navigating in Carplay and Android Auto is pretty responsive. When I start up the car in the mornings, the Autokit app automatically starts with the Android head unit and automatically connects to my phone and starts playing music. Sometimes the resolution is off with a black bar above the Autokit screen and I have to close and restart the Autokit app. I think this is a quirk of the Android head unit. I'll try to set a Tasker task to kill and restart the Autokit app when I get the chance. My actual Android head unit is set up with minimal data and email syncing and its main purpose is to display Carplay or Android Auto. I use my phone through Android Auto for all my needs while driving. There's an option to output audio through the headunit aux output or through Bluetooth. I think the Bluetooth option actually has little to no delay compared to the aux output. My phone connects to the CarlinKit adapter Bluetooth and the BMW OEM headunit Bluetooth and routes or bridges them. This works very well to bring wireless Carplay and Android Auto to my 2011 BMW. Review: Great once you get it working. - I ran into issue where music will chop every 5 minutes on carplay. I will recommend to reach to seller via desertcart seller message as I am glad I did. The seller asked me to go to advanced settings of autokit app and set Media Delay from 300 to 1000. Unfortunately, I didn't had that setting as instructions in the box asked me to download apk from site that hosted old version. Seller sent me latest version that I installed and I was able to change that setting and it fixed problem. After that I ran into issue when upgrading box using autokit app, I contacted seller and he sent me firmware that I update using USB and now everything is working great. Not easy box to setup but if you are technical and ask questions to seller you can get it to work. ## Features - 『CarlinKit CarPlay Dongle for Android Car Radio』The power of your phone on your car screen - CarPlay and Android Auto is a simpler, safer way to use your phone in the car.Tips: This dongle is not available for cars that cannot install APK, Not suitable for cars with OEM wired carplay,not suitable for boss android radio - 『Compatible Car & Mobile Devices』This product is only for Android head unit with Android 4.4.2 or above operating system.This carplay head units dongle is supports for iPhone 6 or above,IOS 10 and above;supports for Android phone with Android version 11 or above,some Google Pixel or Samsung Galaxy - 『Main Functions』Support Wired CarPlay/Wireless CarPlay, Wired Android Auto/Wireless Android Auto, Voice Control, Siri, GPS Navigation App (real-time navigation), Online Music App, Screen mirroring, etc. Help you drive your car safely. Please notice our device's operating speed is according to your phone's operating speed - 『How to connect』①Wireless Apple connection. Open AutoKit APK on the car machine, insert product, Apple phone WiFi and Bluetooth are turned on at the same time, Apple phone Bluetooth connection product signal. ②Wireless Android auto connection.Open AutoKit APK on the car machine, insert product, Android phone WiFi and Bluetooth Turn on at the same time, the Bluetooth of the Android phone is connected to the product signal - 『After-sales Help』We do strict quality control, we will check and use it before delivery to ensure every products can be used.If you encounter the problem of adapter cannot be used in your car or has other malfunctions, please do not hesitate to contact us to solve the problem for you ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B09ZQJXWVW | | Best Sellers Rank | #310 in Car Audio & Video Input Adapters | | Brand | Carlinkit | | Color | Black | | Compatible Devices | Compatible with Android 10+ or later devices, Compatible with Android 4.4.2 or higher car radio, Compatible with iPhone 6 and later models, iOS 10+ Compatible Devices Compatible with Android 10+ or later devices, Compatible with Android 4.4.2 or higher car radio, Compatible with iPhone 6 and later models, iOS 10+ See more | | Customer Reviews | 3.8 out of 5 stars 96 Reviews | | Hardware Interface | USB | | Item Weight | 34 Grams | | Manufacturer | Carlinkit | | Minimum Required Operating System Version | Android 4.4 KitKat | | Model Number | CPC200-CCPA | | Number of Ports | 1 | | Smart Home Compatibility | Not Smart Home Compatible | | Total USB Ports | 1 | | Total Usb Ports | 1 | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Carlinkit - **Color:** Black - **Hardware Interface:** USB - **Item Weight:** 34 Grams - **Manufacturer:** Carlinkit - **Minimum Required Operating System Version:** Android 4.4 KitKat - **Number of Ports:** 1 - **Smart Home Compatibility:** Not Smart Home Compatible - **Total USB Ports:** 1 ## Images ![CarlinKit CarPlay Dongle only for Car with Android Head Unit System 4.4.2+,New Upgrade Version,Built-in APK App,Support Wired/Wireless CarPlay,Wired/Wireless Android Auto,Online Upgrade etc. - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41HikSmFfBL.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: Display resolution - can you set a specific screen size? wired takes up full screen and works well. wireless takes 1/3 screen and can't see spotify** A: Hello. Thank you for your contact. Regarding the resolution issue, you can adjust it according to the screen size of your model. Steps: Click Settings in the upper left corner of the APK interface, go to Application Settings, find the Resolution option, and you can adjust it. **Q: Any solution to Music breaks/stutter every few minutes?** A: Hello, Thank you for contacting me If the music is disconnected, you can try the following methods: ● APK Settings - Check for updates, upgrade to the latest version ● APK Settings-Advanced Settings-Render， to another ● APK Settings-Advanced Settings-Media Delay set to 1000 or 1500 (Requires installation of 2023.03.20 and later versions of APK) If you have other questions, please send Amazon email to contact us. Contact window: https://www.amazon.com/askseller?_encoding=UTF8&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&ref_=v_sp_contact_seller&sellerID=AO7ME0XPQJM66 Thank you. **Q: Radio app of android head unit crashes when Autokit is connected to phone. Is there any fix?** A: Hello, Thank you for contacting me If you encounter the following situation when using the wireless connection function of AutoKit series products, please try to change the Bluetooth/WiFi name of the product: ● AutoKit can display the Bluetooth name, but the screen keeps "spinning" and never enters wireless CarPlay/Android Auto. You can try to solve the following methods 1, open the phone WiFi list, find the AutoKit, Loadkey, or Auto**** named WiFi/Bluetooth name, remember them; 2, click the "gear" icon in the upper left corner of AutoKit settings; 3, select "Advanced Settings"; 4, click the "Advanced Settings" text at the top of the interface ten times in a row to open the Bluetooth/WiFi modification option; 5, the phone just searched the box WIFI name to fill in the Bluetooth/WiFi options, save; 6, individual cases, after modifying the Bluetooth WiFi, can not find the modified Bluetooth WiFi, at this time you need in the settings - advanced settings - reset 7, If the above 2 methods can not solve the connection problem, please upgrade the apk and box hardware online! 8. Upgrade the version of your cell phone. Note: Custom Bluetooth/WiFi name can use letters, numbers, do not use symbols/emoji. **Q: Is bluetooth required for wireless display? I want to connect bluetooth directly to the head unit, but still have video transmitted to the head unit.** A: Hello. Thank you for your contact. Refer to the video connection tutorial. If you have other questions, please send Amazon email to contact us. We will help you check the specific information of the car. Contact window: https://www.amazon.com/askseller?_encoding=UTF8&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&ref_=v_sp_contact_seller&sellerID=AO7ME0XPQJM66 Thank you. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Carplay and Android Auto with no wires *by S***G on July 15, 2023* This USB adapter allows you to use both wired and wireless Carplay and wired and wireless Android Auto on Android devices. It requires the Autokit app installed. I'm using this with a UGODE PX3 Android 7.1 head unit in a 2011 BMW X5. I plugged it into a USB port on the Android head unit and downloaded and installed the Autokit app off the CarlinKit site. Initially I couldn't get wireless Android Auto working. The Bluetooth connection would keep disconnecting. It would keep trying over and over. It ended up being the firmware on the USB adapter wasn't up to date and the latest app didn't give me the option to update it. I downloaded a version of the app from a CarlinKit store site which I think was a slightly older version. This version let me update the firmware on the adapter and update the app itself to the latest version. After this, wireless Android Auto started working. The adapter and the app are working well now. Wired Carplay and wired Android Auto worked well from the beginning. It's pretty solid and stays connected to my phone. No skips or disconnects and navigating in Carplay and Android Auto is pretty responsive. When I start up the car in the mornings, the Autokit app automatically starts with the Android head unit and automatically connects to my phone and starts playing music. Sometimes the resolution is off with a black bar above the Autokit screen and I have to close and restart the Autokit app. I think this is a quirk of the Android head unit. I'll try to set a Tasker task to kill and restart the Autokit app when I get the chance. My actual Android head unit is set up with minimal data and email syncing and its main purpose is to display Carplay or Android Auto. I use my phone through Android Auto for all my needs while driving. There's an option to output audio through the headunit aux output or through Bluetooth. I think the Bluetooth option actually has little to no delay compared to the aux output. My phone connects to the CarlinKit adapter Bluetooth and the BMW OEM headunit Bluetooth and routes or bridges them. This works very well to bring wireless Carplay and Android Auto to my 2011 BMW. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great once you get it working. *by Z***E on August 18, 2023* I ran into issue where music will chop every 5 minutes on carplay. I will recommend to reach to seller via Amazon seller message as I am glad I did. The seller asked me to go to advanced settings of autokit app and set Media Delay from 300 to 1000. Unfortunately, I didn't had that setting as instructions in the box asked me to download apk from site that hosted old version. Seller sent me latest version that I installed and I was able to change that setting and it fixed problem. After that I ran into issue when upgrading box using autokit app, I contacted seller and he sent me firmware that I update using USB and now everything is working great. Not easy box to setup but if you are technical and ask questions to seller you can get it to work. ### ⭐ Frustration inducing *by M***L on December 20, 2023* In the year that I have owned this I think I have spent 10+ hours fussing with getting it to work, trying to figure out why it stopped working, and cursing the day I purchased this thing. Yes it does occasionally work. For me it's been more reliable wireless than wired. When it works It's everything I wanted, Android Auto on my screen. Then 40 minutes later it stops and it doesn't come back to working until a few days down the road when I feel like being punished again and try it. It often takes a while to connect, which fools you into sitting there watching the screen, only for it never to connect. I unplug the device and replug and it sometimes comes back, sometimes no. I cannot determine why or when it will work. Same S23Ultra, same radio, same procedure, varying results. I'd love some support to get this thing to be more reliable, but at this point it's just not worth the aggravation each time I attempt to use it ## Frequently Bought Together - CarlinKit CarPlay Dongle only for Car with Android Head Unit System 4.4.2+,New Upgrade Version,Built-in APK App,Support Wired/Wireless CarPlay,Wired/Wireless Android Auto,Online Upgrade etc. - CarlinKit Wireless CarPlay Car Adapter for Android Car Radio,Wireless Android Auto & Apple CarPlay 2 in 1 Dongle-Low Power Consumption,Support Plug & Play,Screen Mirroring,OTA Update,Google Maps etc --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/443811760-carlinkit-carplay-dongle-only-for-car-with-android-head-unit](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/443811760-carlinkit-carplay-dongle-only-for-car-with-android-head-unit) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-07-04*