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are standalone android auto sticks still available? (feddit.it)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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When android auto first came out i remember that on the market appeared android sticks that were meant to expand the functionality of android auto. They where like the android auto wireless adaptors that are around nowdays but where a standalone android device that used a phone's hotspot for an internet connection. Are these sticks still around or are they completely gone?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't think manufactures are targetting Android Auto itself so much, but what functions are you after? Aliexpress is your friend for strange dongles and adapters

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

What I'm looking for it's not a dongle but a full on android device that relies on android auto for interfacing with a user; its closer to a tv box than to a dongle; the one i remember had a mediatek chip so rooting it to add other stuff was easy.

Edit: i was able to find the original product, it' the finedrive AI 2 which is a korean product that is out of production, so no luck on getting one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hmmm yeah I see. I would dig on online chinese markets, probably your best bet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah the problem is that i'm not sure what to search for, since everything i tried so far only brings up the wireless android auto adaptors

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Do you mean CarDongle? That project turns out to be a scam. But, if you search for "android auto AI box" on aliexpress, there are gazillion of devices now that connect to carplay/AA and basically turns it into a smart tv, like this one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yep, thats what i was trying to find, i already knew that cardongle was a scam, that's why i never bought it when people started talking about it. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna see if i can purge the bloatware/spyware from one of these guys since they tend to be pretty bad when it comes to this

Thanks for the info mate.