Wireless CarPlay Adapter CarlinKit MINI Ultra 1 for Wired Cars 2-in-1

Used for a couple of weeks now in 2024 Ioniq 5. Plugged in, paired iPhone 15 pro max, works great. Quick connect, no dropped connections. Had carlinkit 5.0 with occasional dysfunction and dropped CarPlay connections. Price is right and to date well worth the buy!

Worked great for the first drive! Then it got hot because its meant to just be left there and never worked the same again. Super choppy sound. Tried to reconnect a few times. Restarted car. Reset the system nothing. Waste of money, avoid this one, get a different brand.

I bought this to have wireless android auto in a 2022 Toyota Corolla without needing to use a wire. This thing is more than awesome. Now it connects while my phone is still in my pocket.

I have an iPhone 17 Pro Max and a 2025 Elantra Convenience, which unfortunately doesn’t have wireless CarPlay enabled like the base model (thanks Hyundai). This does the job, but it’s just ok. Quality is decent, response time is good. You can tell it’s a bit slower than usb cable but overall it’s decent. Small, discrete, easy to connect to. I just wish it were better for the price. More often than I’d prefer it randomly disconnects and a lot of those times I have to unplug the receiver and plug it back in to get things going again. While driving, this is distracting and extremely inconvenient especially when driving for work and not knowing where you are. When I do have to unplug it in the middle of driving, it’s usually pretty hot. I’m not sure how warm it is supposed to get, but I feel like it shouldn’t be that hot.

Great, when it works. Using this on a 2018 Honda Goldwing (my software on the bike and phone have all been updated). this connects most of the time right away with my Pixel 8 Pro (every once in a while I will get a communication error). Once it starts up, it works great, then about 20% of the time I use it, withing 20 minutes it disconnects from my phone stating communication issue. I am aware that wireless Android Auto is not as stable as Apple Car Play but my wifes car has it built in to the vehicle and wireless works every time no matter what so process of elimination, the issue is not my phone. Maybe it is the Goldwing? Well wired Android Auto works perfectly fine (outside of cooking my phone because it loves to fast charge). There is a process to get Apple Car Play or Android Auto (wired or not) to work on the bike but that is not the issue as the wired works 100% of the time. So its not the bike. I have to assume then that this device is not working properly 20% of the time with Android Auto. If there is a way to update the device, I would be willing to try that but I have no idea how to do that. Fix these connection issues and ill change my review to 5 stars and update this post. UPDATE: (Original review 2 stars, changed to 4 for customer service and will update to 5 if what they sugested works) Seller reached out and helped to resolve the issue finacially but also provided a potential solution by upgrading the devices firmware. Will Update if firmware flash fixes issue but even if it dosent, they still have earned 2 extra stars from me just for quality of customer service. FINAL UPDATE: It Works! Updating the firmware fixed the connection issues with my Pixel 8 Pro! HOWEVER, updating the firmware was no easy task, if you watch videos online or follow the given instructions it seems simple but modern smartphones do not use two networks at the same time, they used to but they stopped that for battery savings, so connecting to the units wifi then trying to access the internet through another wifi was not happening, not on my android or my wive's IPhone. Here is the solution I found, if you have a PC or MAC in the house that is connected via ethernet but it can also connect to Wifi then you are good. Connect the wifi to the Carlin unit and then since your connect via ethernet to your home network, just open your web browser and type in the given IP address to access the units settings, on that settings page all they way at the bottom is the option to check for an update. It Connects every time now and stays connected!

Unfortunately this would not connect with Android auto. It only shows up as Apple play

Excelente producto

Could be five stars, but for one major and potentially catastrophic and damaging (potentially dangerous) flaw. I will caveat that the issue could be related to my 2021 Tundra TRD Pro's Car Play outlet and not the device. I can't be sure which, but I would venture to guess it's not the truck's CP port. Hooked up and performed fast and flawlessly! For my first ever Wireless Car Play connection device I was so amazed and ecstatic! This device was amazing, but especially given its dime size scale! But then while testing I reached to remove and reinstall it and HOLY MACKERAL! It was burn the finger prints off your fingers HOT! after just ten or so minutes. Not knowing what the results would or could be if I continue to use this device for longer, especially to my trucks electrical system should the dongle suffer castrophic failure due to it's scorching heat condition, I can't risk consequences to find out.

Ho notato problemi di compatibilità con Android 15 ed Android auto (ovviamente con gli ultimi aggiornamenti installati) collegandolo ad un Samsung S25 Plus. Sia la mappa di Waze che di Google Maps andavano a scatti appena superati i 40km/h ed anche l'ascolto della musica ha lo stesso problema rendendo il dispositivo, di fatto, inutilizzabile. Collegandolo ad uno smartphone meno recente, con Android 14, funziona correttamente e l'aggiornamento del firmware del dispositivo non ha risolto il problema. AGGIORNAMENTO: A metà giugno 2025 è stato rilasciato un nuovo aggiornamento del dispositivo (protocol number 20250609151315) che ha risolto i problemi di connessione quindi meglio controllare che il firmware sia aggiornato e, nel caso, installare l'ultima versione.

عمليه و اداء رائع

Excellent produit

Yaklaşık 1 ay dır deniyorum. Gerek güncellenmesi gerek telefona bağlantı hızı mükemmel. Küçük olması ve az ısınması ideal. Eski CarPlay ürünümüm güncelleme sorunu sebebi ile bu ürüne geçtim. Tavsiye ederim. Netflix ekran yansıtma ve diğer fantezi özellikler yok. Sadece CarPlay işlevini layikiyle yerine getiriyor. Ben sevdim.

Small, compact and the best CarPlay adapter I got to date. Fast connection, reliable, doesn’t keep rebooting like the other ones I’ve had, and the best of all, much cheaper than other supposedly more “premium” options out there. The only thing to be aware but is completely normal on this type of adapters is the 2-3 second delay while playing music, but it does not affect phone calls at all.