Videos take a few extra seconds to buffer on the screen, but they playback perfectly fine once it gets going. After I did get it to update, Youtube actually worked as advertised. Youtube needed to be updated through the Google Play Store which was slightly tricky than it sounds as you can’t access the Play Store natively on this system. Naturally, testing out video capabilities like Netflix and Youtube was the first thing I went to. Those are pretty self-explanatory of where they lead you to. Once the box is connected to some sort of internet access, you can navigate the four pillars which then sends you to standard CarPlay, Netflix, and an Exit button back to the vanilla car interface. I set up the Wi-Fi first by connecting it to my smartphone through a mobile hotspot. The built-in music and video player are basic in function, but they do work.Īfter initial setup, a four pillar menu appears on the infotainment screen. That does offer a bit of versatility as you can essentially watch and listen to your entire library of media content from a drive. Interestingly enough, the device also has another USB-A port that you can use to plug a thumb drive with media files to view on a video player. There’s an included USB-C cable that can be plugged into the car through either USB-C or A with an adapter.
#Car tv screens with netflix android
If you have an Android phone, it will automatically redirect you to an Android Auto interface instead. Yes, you can run Apple CarPlay off of the One Car Android box in a weird paradoxical manner.
The irony behind this is that the Ai Box is an Android machine running on Android 10, while masquerading as an iPhone for the car. When you plug the Ai Box Lite instead of plugging an iPhone into the car, the car’s infotainment system will recognize it as a CarPlay interface. Keep in mind, it requires wired CarPlay and does not work with cars that only use wireless. So how exactly can you get a Netflix app working on a car's infotainment display? The prerequisite needed is wired Apple CarPlay and what we discovered also requires a display with a horizontal orientation. What if you could enjoy the same entertainment benefits that the Tesla Toy Box has on any car? A company called One Car Stereo reached out to us with the Ai Box Lite in hopes of showing us that it’s quite possible to enjoy Netflix on your Toyota Camry infotainment system. And while I personally don’t watch stuff in my car much, I can see why others adore that capability. While I’m not a huge user of entertainment apps on cars like Netflix and Youtube, I do think it’s awesome that the capability is there on Teslas. Sure the icons and transition animations may look cleaner now, but aside from Tesla and a handful of other carmakers, you’re really just looking at the same thing your previous cars have done for the last 20 years. Let’s be honest, most cars still have you operating the system in the same manner as a car from the early 2010’s.
Apple CarPlay is a nifty life hack for cars with terrible infotainment systems.
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