Car Mount For iPad: My iPad Mini 6 Car Setup!

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I use my iPad mini 6 for almost everything I do and this is particularly my favorite way to use the redesigned iPad mini!

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I DO NOT OWN MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO

[ptgizmo]

I'm a long haul trucker and I have been using an iPad in my truck for GPS and entertainment since 2011. 2 years ago, I bought the SAME Anker BT speakers (and I have 2 others at home for the family). It is a great setup. I will also say that I DO NOT watch movies or anything else going down the road. I setup playlists and use those when I'm driving. I have setup podcast playlists so I don't have to work with the iPad. Since I drive an 18 wheeler I've used a GPS app designed for big rigs since 2007 (yes, right after the iPhone came out). It has taken me through all of the lower 48 states. I depend on it about 65% of the time and I also utilize other methods to do a complete trip plan for my trips. This was a very good review and I hope people will check out this capability. Thanks for a good video. Keep up the good work.

[TheDustyShed]

Yep. This is great for keeping your phone free while using navigation. Also, Ipad has split screen so you can have Nav and podcast or youtube up at the same time.

[eduardososa]

Side note: if you are going to use your iPad for navigation make sure you have the cellular model because those have a gps inside.

[Black_Dollarz]

I don’t understand why you didn’t just connect it to your car audio using aux instead of the Bluetooth speaker

[hooky]

You can extend this pretty well, I've seen some good uses of Shortcuts that will increase font and icon size for example when 'Car Mode' focus is activated (which you can set based on various params like connecting to bluetooth for example) - That could also automatically reconfigure the Home Screen for 'car mode' - great video though, that mounting bracket in particular is interesting

[billmeret]

This is a must, if you're travelling in Europe, especially in Greece. They charge extra for maps in car rental. I go every year. Off-line maps with a çç The iPad case is strapped to the sunvisor I never take my eyes off the road. The iPad never gets hot, good for the battery My entire European itinerary is on the pad.On the Garmin Glo this is superior to anything you can use with the maps. The refresh rate is very very good. And it pairs via Bluetooth without an app. Battery last 12 hours I have used my for over 8 years.

[sasalau]

Super helpful, thanks for the sharing. I’ve bought an iPad mini 4 with cellular on eBay, sharing hotspot from my iPhone. Job done, the connection is flawlessly smooth and now I got a perfect size screen to see the map on the go.

[dogbytessf]

I do like your setup and I am a firm believer in minimalism

[javijavv]

looks good, you should look into getting a little USB bluetooth transmitter so you can bluetooth to the transmitter and connect to the car audio via USB/AUX to have full sound.

[RoguePCU]

As a few others have mentioned, why not plug into the aux 3.5mm jack? Would be a way better, higher quality solution over a crappy bluetooth speaker (uh... no offense). I get not having wires, but there are ways to hide them almost completely if you want.

[gryff]

Might be a stupid question, but what’s that nice wallpaper you use in the very beginning?

[sharon_hart]

Super helpful, I just test drove a car yesterday because I want carplay ha! imagine buying a car just so it has that. Perfect solution and I wondered if it works tethered to iphone (so no phone account needed) I also wondered what holder you use and what version (I also have a Honda). Everything you mentioned was perfect. Thanks so much!

[jerome]

It’s nice to see that you actually tried in on a car. Hope you can upload more on ipad mini 6 use cases. Cheers!

[RichardOTalkToMeGuy]

Great demo - where did you get the Satechi dash mount ? Thanks !

[ErickHelena]

Do you take the tablet out of the car every time you get out?

[jasonvaughan]

Thanks for sharing mate. What about the reverse camera? Does that block it on the original display?

[rachel]

Super! How did you mount the tablet? Can you please explain.

[rnjvisionfx]

IMPORTANT* If you plan to use the ipad for navigation or your car. you need to buy the ipad with the Cellular. they have GPS inside and would be very useful in maps. this will not work with just the wifi only ipads. even if you hotspot your phone on the wifi ipad. it will still be very slow.

[sCrazyCatDadNGunAddiction]

I just bought a mini and wanna know how to get the aibox carplay display to come up on the iPad. PLEASE respond.

[discountmanlove]

I did something similar with my iPad mini 4 for the longest time. The only drawback was taking it off the mount to keep folks from breaking into my car