VW, Skoda and SEAT 9 inch Android Head Unit with Wireless CarPlay, Android Auto and 4G

Once paired, your iPhone connects to CarPlay without a cable each time you get in. Maps, calls, messages and music fill the 9 inch screen and the phone stays in your pocket.

On a long trip you can plug in over USB instead and run CarPlay wired while the phone charges.

Android phones connect to Android Auto wirelessly or with a USB cable. Google Maps, calls and music apps then run on the dashboard with large buttons that are easy to use on the move.

The 9 inch Grade-A HD QLED screen runs at 1280×720 with vivid colour and deep blacks, which keeps maps and album art easy to read. It's a big step up from the small factory displays in most of these cars.

The panel is IPS, so the picture doesn't wash out when seen from the side. The front passenger can read the map as clearly as the driver.

A built-in DQ7603 DSP lets you adjust the sound to the car's speakers and cabin, instead of putting up with the factory sound settings.

The STMicroelectronics TCB001HQ amplifier puts out 4x45W, enough to drive the factory speakers properly on its own.

Optical, coaxial and RCA outputs let you add an external amplifier or processor later, so the head unit can grow with your system.

Insert a standard nano SIM card and the unit gets its own internet connection for maps, streaming and apps. You don't need to set up a hotspot on your phone each time you drive.

Dual-band Wi-Fi on 2.4GHz and 5GHz gives faster, steadier connections for streaming, updates and app downloads when you're near a known network.

Bluetooth 5.4 handles hands-free calls and music streaming from any phone, including ones not using CarPlay or Android Auto.

Positioning uses GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BEIDOU satellites with the supplied GPS antenna, so navigation apps know where you are even without a phone connected.

With a wired USB connection you can mirror your phone's screen on the head unit, useful for apps that CarPlay and Android Auto don't support.

The built-in RDS-FM/AM tuner shows station names. The unit is DAB+ ready, so adding an external DAB tuner gives you digital stations as well.

The unit works with 720P/1080P AHD cameras and switches to the camera picture as soon as you select reverse. The camera connection is part of the wiring harness.

If your car has a 40pin/36pin power port and a factory reversing camera, you'll need the ICE/SS/VWCAN01 ISO cable to keep that camera working.

An ASR8662 octa-core CPU and Arm Mali G310 GPU run Android 15 with 4GB DDR4 RAM and 64GB UFS 2.2 storage. From cold it starts in 50 seconds, and a warm start takes 1 second, so music and maps are back almost as soon as you turn the key. A cooling system keeps it steady on long drives.