On this video, I have a look at the brand new CarlinKit AI Field Mini that like different AI Containers means that you can convert Apple CarPlay into an Android OS system. You should buy the AI Field Mini for $230.99 from Amazon US → or for £238.99 from Amazon UK → or for €268.99 from Amazon DE →
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The CarlinKit AI Field Mini is mainly the identical CPC-200 TBox Android 9 dongle that I’ve reviewed beforehand on this channel, with a couple of new refinements, an optimised chip, a extra secure GPS, and it is available in at a barely cheaper price.
It gives the identical Qualcomm SnapDragon 450 chipset, and Adreno 506 GPU, with 4GB RAM and 64 GB ROM, nano-SIM and Micro-SD card slots, an extended USB energy cable, and built-in GPS inside its new slim design with a textured prime floor.
The AI Field Mini has been on a post-Christmas food regimen to shed half of its top/depth, and it now matches comparable dimensions to smaller and thinner AI Containers presently obtainable, such because the Exploter ApplePie Mini I reviewed a couple of months in the past. The AI Field Mini is now one of many higher trying AI Containers which can be on the market.
Sadly there isn’t a change to the AI Field Mini’s person interface. With its ugly icons, and the identical floating menu button continues to be the burden of your common navigation in and across the Android 9 OS. It comes with all the required apps I’d need to use pre-installed on the dongle, together with the traditional Google Suite, YouTube, Netflix, Spotify, VLC and Waze. It is really helpful on their Amazon web page – to not replace or obtain any Netflix replace, however all of the others talked about required updates as quickly as I acquired the dongle on-line.
As with all AI Containers, the dongle is fairly ineffective with out an web connection – except you propose on utilizing it as a glorified wi-fi Android Auto or Wi-fi CarPlay dongle. The Web could be supplied through a private cellular hotspot or by inserting a SIM card. The latter is the extra seamless and secure expertise while on the transfer. However your general expertise in internet-driven Android OS apps will differ primarily based in your web connection and its velocity.
Changing your CarPlay system into Android OS is straightforward as connecting the dongle to your CarPlay USB port. Each USB-C and USB-A cables are equipped, and boot-up takes round 24 seconds. Connecting to your Android 11+ cellphone for wi-fi Android Auto bumped into an preliminary scrambled inexperienced display in 25 seconds, however a restart of the AutoKit app solved this one-time seen bug. As soon as in Android Auto, apps ran simply run and interactions via contact and wheel buttons went okay.
Wi-fi CarPlay was somewhat smoother expertise. Taking 19 seconds to connect with my iPhone 13 Professional working iOS 15.4. Once more, from right here CarPlay functioned because it does as if it was linked wired, with the same old caveats of its 2second audio lag for calling, audio and navigation instructions. The AutoKit app gives the power to swap dock location (in case your system does not assist this), microphone case, auto-connect, and the power to vary the house icon in CarPlay to match your car producer.
Total, the AI Field Mini is your regular rebrand affair from CarlinKit. We have seen it with their Wi-fi Dongle 3.0 and three.0 Mini, the place the identical tech will get squashed into smaller money with a couple of beauty enhancements utilized to its casing, plus a couple of refinements. It is a disgrace there is no QC665 CPU inside, however I’m positive we’ll see this quickly sufficient from them.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 – Temporary overview
0:46 – Unboxing
4:45 – Set up & Demo
11:53 – YouTube
12:14 – Netflix
12:40 – Amazon Prime
13:00 – Gaming
13:29 – Convert CarPlay to Android OS/Auto
14:06 – Wi-fi CarPlay
17:14 – Wi-fi Android Auto
19:47 – My Impressions
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