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Old Sep 15, 2022 | 04:23 PM
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Default Which Wireless Apple Car Play is best?

There are kits to install Wireless Apple Car Play in the LX570. People have done it here on the forum.

From what i can tell there is the NAVIKS, Beat Sonic and a couple others. Which is the best one to get.

I figure I am late to the game with this upgrade as prices have been falling and the 2022 LX570
has it.

Does the Wireless Apply Car Play interfere with the standard cameras and safety devices?
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Old Sep 16, 2022 | 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by ShellyGX
There are kits to install Wireless Apple Car Play in the LX570. People have done it here on the forum.

From what i can tell there is the NAVIKS, Beat Sonic and a couple others. Which is the best one to get.

I figure I am late to the game with this upgrade as prices have been falling and the 2022 LX570
has it.

Does the Wireless Apply Car Play interfere with the standard cameras and safety devices?
Most people I see here go with Beat Sonic because of customer service, and their YouTube videos pretty much helped everybody who purchased variations of piggy back unit, NAVIKS is relatively new to the game but essentially both are no different than the no brand unit sold on ali express. They are literally the same system (purchase all three of them and hook it up you will know what I am talking about) with minor difference in software interface.

Obviously with no brand on ali express you get terrible customer support due to time zone difference and language barrier, it costs about $300 while Beat Sonic/NAVIKs costs about $700. With Beat Sonic/NAVIKS you get more support, so it really comes down to what you think is more important. I have the no brand one from ali express on my GS F because I am cheap and I don't have language barrier, haven't decided which one to get on my LX yet. I initially bought the Best Sonic unit but the image stretch was a deal breaker for me (they claimed to have fix the issue for their lastest unit so double check before you go), so I emailed them and had it returned without any issue.

There is also GROM vLine which costs around $700 as well but it works differently, essentially it is a unit with android system that utilize your screen as display (vs Beat Sonic/NAVIKS/ali express unit which are decoder and utilize your phone to run carplay/Android auto), so no need to plug in/wireless connect your phone to it but the unit requires wifi to have internet connectivity for most of its functionality, I don't like this approach so I stopped digging into it.

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