AutoSky Wireless CarPlay Adapter 2025 Pro Edition - Fastest and Most Compact Wireless CarPlay Adapter Factory Wired CarPlay Cars – USB-A and USB-C Cables – Wired CarPlay Required - OTA Updates.

I have a Lexus with built-in Wireless CarPlay, which is very handy when you’re hopping in/out of the car. On long trips, I still plug the device into the USB port to keep it charging since Wireless CarPlay drains an iPhone battery pretty fast, faster than wireless charging can keep up. I wanted the same capability in my Jeep, and this ticks the boxes well for a very reasonable price.1. The “Delay” - There’s actually two delays. The first type of delay is the time it takes from starting the car to being connected to Wireless CarPlay. On every vehicle I’ve seen/tried Wireless CP on, it always takes several seconds for the system to boot and to connect to the iPhone. The delay in connection with this device is comparable to those cars where it’s built-in, possibly a second or two longer. The second type of delay is the time between pressing a button on-screen, such as pause, and having the iPhone complete the action. Again, even on vehicles with it built-in there is typically a small delay of 1-2 seconds. Some car models are faster than others in this regard, but none are instantaneous. None are as fast as a direct-wired connection. Strangely, this doesn’t slow down the actual interface itself (e.g., swiping left/right between screens), mostly just delays play/pause commands for music and podcasts. The degree of the delay is identical to the delay I had in my Jeep when I was merely connected to the radio via Bluetooth. If I pause the music on screen via Bluetooth, there’s actually about a 2-second delay before the actual music pauses. It’s the same via Wireless CP through this device. This is likely due to this using a combination of Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity in the way that Wireless CarPlay actually works. The heavy lifting/bandwidth items are managed via WiFi connection and the commands, and probably other things, traverse via Bluetooth. At least that’s my suspicion. The delay exists in every Wireless CP implementation I’ve encountered, and nearly every Bluetooth connection, but some cart models are much more delayed than others with Jeep being one of the most pronounced I’ve experienced. Still fully usable and not a deal breaker at all.Setup is very straightforward. There is no app you need to download. It merely asks you to connect to the device via Bluetooth, and my phone immediately recognized it as a CarPlay device and requested permissions to use Wireless CarPlay. It was less than 30 seconds for the initial setup and once set up, needs no further effort. I also didn’t have to update any firmware.The device is about the same size as a traditional USB thumb drive, and it comes with a short USB-A to USB-C cable about 3” long and a short USB-C to USB-C cable also about 3” long (not counting plugs). This is the smallest of all the Wireless CP devices I saw on Amazon that had decent reviews.Lastly, I did not have to make my phone forget/disable Bluetooth to the Jeep directly. They remain paired at this time. I believe the Wireless CP simply supersedes this connection, just as wired CP likely has higher priority than wireless CP (I’ll test that soon just out of curiosity). Of course if you ever needed to turn off wireless CP, all you have to do is unplug the USB cable from this device and it powers down immediately.Overall, this is performing exactly as hoped for, at least on my Jeep, and this is coming from someone with experience in other vehicles with built-in wireless CP. This is, in my opinion, at least 95% as good if not equivalent. It’s also a very reasonable price if you just want to try it out.

The AutoSky Wireless CarPlay Adapter is a fantastic upgrade for anyone with a wired CarPlay setup. The carbon fiber finish looks sleek and adds a nice touch to my dashboard. It was super easy to set up – just pair it via Bluetooth and ensure Wi-Fi is on, and it connects automatically every time.The dual-band connection (2.4GHz and 5GHz) offers fast, stable performance, and the adapter comes with both USB-A to USB-A and USB-A to USB-C cables, making it versatile for different car stereo setups.What I love most is that it's compatible with over 600 vehicle models, and updating the software is a breeze using the QR code. If you're tired of dealing with wires, this is a solid, reliable choice to enjoy CarPlay wirelessly.

So I bought the AutoSky after I had finally gotten a car with wired car play. It came recommended in a top 10 list at around number 5 or 6 and based on a sale price on Amazon for around $50 shipped but clearly that top 10 list was from someone that had never used it.I’ve got a 2018 Dodge 8.4N UAS radio, nothing fancy. But let me tell you, when it works, it works pretty well.. fast boot and low latency. Latency being how ping between when you tap the CarPlay screen to say start music and the music actually starting. The latency is about half a second give or take.. not bad but noticeable.It’s when it doesn’t work that you want to beat it with a sledge hammer (and it doesn’t work A LOT). The big problem is on the connection. The unit creates a new WiFi SSID ID the phone connects to along with Bluetooth. The problem comes in where the phone (iPhone 13 Pro Max and also used a 12 pro with same results) start up the car, phone just doesn’t connect.Ok, simple solution right, just click into Bluetooth, select the CarPlayBox_xxxx entry and connect right? Nope. It will error out and the only solution is to then manually delete the Bluetooth connect from your phone and then reset up the connection.Ok, no big deal if it’s only occasionally right? Yeah, not so much. 1 out of every 4 connections does this in my experience.Horrible experience - definitely do not recommend this product.For those interested, yes this happened with the default firmware, yes I update the firmware - there was no change.I got a CarLinKit and my experience has been much night and day much better. Roughly the same latency but I haven’t yet experienced the system simply refusing to connect and needing to be deleted and recreated.

I’ve always had trouble with CarPlay being unreliable in my Chevy, so I’m not knocking any stars off for the glitchiness, it’s really no more unreliable than wired CarPlay. Every once in a while I have to unplug and replug it, but I had to do that before.My only real complaint is the lag it adds, it’s easily a couple seconds to skip back and forth on my music, so skipping past tracks I don’t want to listen to is a lot more time consuming, and very easy to “overshoot” and skip past a song you want to listen to.