How to get wireless Apple CarPlay for Toyota and Lexus

In video I'll show you how to get Wireless Apple CarPlay for your Toyota and Lexus. I have tested this adapter for months across multiple Toyota and Lexus models to confirm that works and it does!

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[Bilgin]

I'm the guy he mentioned in the video. If you buy this product, after pairing you can update the firmware. I did that on the first unit, and I think that may have possibly been the cause of my problem. The company says to only update if you're having issues.
I never tried it before the update, it may have worked fine. I figured newer was better. I never updated the second one, and it works very well.

[TheRealTAKO]

I’ve been using that exact device for about 6 months in my Tacoma. It was worth the $120 to me. I’d easily buy again.

[DMHK]

I bought one of these shortly after buying my new Camry XLE 2 years ago. It works perfectly. I almost didn’t buy it because of all of the negative reviews and of how it expensive it was, but I don’t regret buying it and would definitely buy it again.

[cementra]

My reliable reference for everything Toyota/Lexus. Keep up the good work 👍

[biggun]

Thanks for this, now I can take full advantage of my wireless charge pad in my RAV4 hybrid!!!

[jon]

Thanks for the review - Wireless CarPlay is especially useful when you have wireless charing in your car as well. Otherwise I've noticed it chews battery life on your phone pretty quickly.

[WEATHERSCRUZCRUZLIFE]

Nice, this would be extremely helpful for delivery drivers. One of my biggest turn-offs about the 2021 Corolla Hybrid was not having wireless Apple CarPlay.

[bartoszchucherko]

I use AA wireless for android. Works great also. I've been using it for past 4 months and works every time. Connection time is bwteen 10-35 seconds. It's well worth the money for me.

[jimweidemann]

Thanks, Car Care Nut! You’re a thorough guy whose videos and opinion I trust, I bought one of these. I love the thing! I appreciate your effort making these great videos! The work you put into these is obvious! Well done!

[saxman]

I have one of these for my RAV4, and for the most part, it’ll work pretty well. Sometimes it’ll be pretty bad and it’ll crash and stuff, but most of the time it’s relatively problem free. Can’t wait to see Toyota add wireless CarPlay to more models down the line and hopefully by the time I need a new car again, it’ll have wireless CarPlay built in. For now though, this dongle does the trick!

[onespeedlite]

This device has 21% one-star rating. This is extremely high for an Amazon product, one of the highest I've seen. A good product usually has less than 10% one-star rating. According to one reviewer's comment, the device typically lasts for 2.5 months before it stops working. I follow this channel, because I trust Car Care Nut's expertise and credibility. If this information about this device is accurate, then I think he should read other reviewers' comments and reconsider his recommendation.

[naveenthemachine]

I always use a wired connection for CarPlay. The lightning cables are cheap vs this dongle. Mine takes a few seconds to recognize my device as CarPlay

[coloradoboo]

Glad you mentioned the benefits of the Italian tuneup…my Dad used to do that, too. How often should we do it in modern cars??

[ahkeen]

Wow thank you for the honest review. There is so many reviewers out there with this item and don’t share this kind of feedback.

[GaganGrewalf]

Thanks for this one 👍🏻. Can you possibly also do a video tutorial on setting up a dashcam properly.

[Diehminer]

Comma 3 review!? I have one for my 22 Camry and it’s amazing with openpilot! Makes my commute to work a breeze.

[seekthetruth]

Love this guy. Learning a ton. But this is a no go. I’ll just plug my phone in and get the best of it. Besides new tech will be along to better this I would think.

[lynxy]

Thanks for the video.

I used wireless build-in CarPlay in Audi for a month while they tried to fix my car. It has even longer delay or loosing connection more ofter than with Carlinkit.
Sometimes it takes long to connect, when your phone is connected to wifi. It uses bluetooth only for setup and initialization of wifi tunnel. It doesn’t transfer data over BT.

May I ask you what model (1, 2or3) you use? The 2nd and the 3rd use wifi 5 GHz and it is much snappier.

Lossless and JBL :-) . Sorry, but it makes me smile. I like Toyotas, but JBL is the average sound system. Have nothing against it, but I doubt you can hear the difference with it.

I did the same with annoying green led.

Once again, thanks for the video

[KingOfHac]

I recommend CPLAY 2 Air. Have they delay issue but other than that all good. Have been using it for 2.5 years now

[lrod]

On the Lexus models, I’ve read somewhere on some forum a while back that there’s a software solution for this but it involves tricking the car’s internal BT module and USB thumb-drives if you’re computer savvy.