When android auto first came out i remember that on the market appeared android sticks that were meant to expand the functionality of android auto. They where like the android auto wireless adaptors that are around nowdays but where a standalone android device that used a phone’s hotspot for an internet connection. Are these sticks still around or are they completely gone?

  • owen@lemmy.ca
    English
    7·
    10 months ago

    I don’t think manufactures are targetting Android Auto itself so much, but what functions are you after? Aliexpress is your friend for strange dongles and adapters

    • brokenlcd@feddit.itOPEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      What I’m looking for it’s not a dongle but a full on android device that relies on android auto for interfacing with a user; its closer to a tv box than to a dongle; the one i remember had a mediatek chip so rooting it to add other stuff was easy.

      Edit: i was able to find the original product, it’ the finedrive AI 2 which is a korean product that is out of production, so no luck on getting one

      • owen@lemmy.ca
        English
        2·
        10 months ago

        Hmmm yeah I see. I would dig on online chinese markets, probably your best bet.

        • brokenlcd@feddit.itOPEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Yeah the problem is that i’m not sure what to search for, since everything i tried so far only brings up the wireless android auto adaptors

  • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    Do you mean CarDongle? That project turns out to be a scam. But, if you search for “android auto AI box” on aliexpress, there are gazillion of devices now that connect to carplay/AA and basically turns it into a smart tv, like this one.

    • brokenlcd@feddit.itOPEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      Yep, thats what i was trying to find, i already knew that cardongle was a scam, that’s why i never bought it when people started talking about it. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna see if i can purge the bloatware/spyware from one of these guys since they tend to be pretty bad when it comes to this

      Thanks for the info mate.