Add Apple CarPlay/Android Auto to any STOCK Radio - Keep all Factory Integration!
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- Introducing the easiest way to upgrade your car radio so that you can stay connected with Apple CarPlay or Android Auto! Check out how to add this plug and play, cutting edge technology without losing any of the factory integration. Don't miss out - watch now and get up to date with the newest features today!
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Install the Plug and Play System 1:26
Will it work? 4:21
Do you NEED a Touch Screen? 7:01
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Do I Like it? 7:28 
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Gone are the days of cutting and splicing into factory wiring harness.......and I love it!
I do as well. Growing up, I would never have guessed something so simple could completely change the way I experience my car. The hour I spent installing was worth every second.
This has to be one of the best things to come out in recent years! I wanted this exact thing for so long.
Me too! I didn't even know it existed until a little while ago.
I was super excited until I saw the price 😫
@@manmadehuman yeah it’s definitely not cheap. However, getting a new car stereo installed in a newer vehicle is a lot more tedious than it ever has been been. Unfortunately, if you want to maintain a lot of factory integration, you need to purchase lot more than just the head unit and in a lot of cases it’s wise to get it installed by a professional. Once you add all that up, it ends up costing more than this unit. but I also understand that some vehicles just are not worth putting something like this in it
Fortunately late vehicles of Citroen C1 came with a head unit that supports android auto/carplay. It's plug and play. So i just had to buy the most recent head unit. And everything worked. But this equipment is a great finding indeed!
(Sees price, instantly checks Amazon for dash board phone holders)
me right now😂
Yup 900$ I'm sticking with my phone mount 😂😂😂
I'm about to get one of those 100 dollar Android auto screens with front and rear dash cam. This dude said plug and play and started dismantling his car 😂
These things are amazing ❤
So cool! I have an auris Toyota 12 was able to use car play etc. Will have to change soon … I’ve noticed a lot of cars might say they have Bluetooth but functionally etc etc but CarPlay etc is so poor. This has to be a feature when your deciding between cars to upgrade too!
I've got the Atoto unit in my car but this would be great for the wife's car!
Was hoping you’d test the screen mirroring function but I’m sure it worked just fine just as everything else did
Will this product work for an older civic?
How long did it take to get your stuff from them??
That’s far from plug and play when you have to dismantle things.
Lol right
I have a 2014 scion iq. I hope this works for it.
That sucks just looked it up. They dont have it 😢😢😢
This is exactly what I was looking for! So excited that it can replace Microsoft Sync!
I completely agree! Microsoft Sync is terrible. So bad even Ford got rid of it 😂
Why don’t you have one for the 2016 Subaru Legacy? You have one for the 2016 Subaru Outback.
Does the Sentra 2010-2012 have one? Good Video.
unfortunately nothing for 2016 Chrysler town and country. looks like i'm stuck with this old uconnect system that doesn't have android auto
These cars are so finicky lol. What unit would go in mine. I guess I’d have to use a few more wires than you did lol
I’ll be trying this. May you be blessed with low insurance premiums and fuel efficient vehicles for your family and all of your present and future subscribers. This is exactly what I was looking for.
Man my car does have mirror link only and radio + Bluetooth and wifi that's all which device should i get to run android auto on my car without replacing my car's display it's a beautiful 8 inch display + it contains car's systems can't replace it
Brother I have q80 2018 I wana put this thing in my car were I can buy ?
I see that you have a Lincoln. Did you upgrade that car? I have an order fusion that doesn’t have CarPlay and I would like to upgrade it.
I did just a regular android unit in that car and I wish I hadn’t. This us the much better way to go.
Is it possible to add a backup camera if your car doesn’t have 1 ?
Yes
Nifty!
City 😂🤣
I want one to just add satellite navigation to my car. I'll never use phone integration, so that side of things is no use to me.
Hi yeah my 2013 doesn’t have a touch screen. So you’d navigate using the centre console knob ?
Yes. That and your voice.
Mines an old RT6 system I believe.
which state do you live?
I went to buy for my 2019 pathfinder and there’s a bunch of “upgrade” things like wireless CarPlay? Do they lock down wireless CarPlay unless you pay for that?!
They do have different versions of it. Depending on which version you want costs more or less. I just went with the upgraded wireless. But I do wish they just made one and didn’t give you any options. I don’t know anyone anymore that wants wired CarPlay or android auto.
I so wish the made it for indian cars. It'll definitely be an instant hit here.
how you speaking english
Hi @toid, where does the black nifty city box go? In the video you showed the last step was plugging in a wire to a black box with Nifty City labeled on it...where does that get installed? Apologies for my novice question
No worries at all. It just goes anywhere you can fit it. It comes with some double sided Velcro. And I just put mine on the driver side plastic behind all the radio equipment you can never see it and it fit perfectly. But your vehicle might be different. You just wanna hide it somewhere back there where you won’t see it
Thank you!@@Toid
Too bad Car manufacturers didn't allow the USB port to screen cast your phone to the radio display....
Do you have to hold the back button 2 sec every time you start the car?
That’s a good question. That depends on the last time you started your vehicle. If I remember correctly, nifty city says it’ll maintain that low power mode for about five minutes. So after five minutes, you will have to press the back button again. I haven’t really found this to be a problem. But definitely something to take note of.
Did you get the standard or advanced?
I got advanced
What's the difference?
Does the Hyundai i20 have one?
You will want to check the link in the description. You can select your model of car as well as the year and it will tell you if it has one that will work with it.
2020 and it didn't already have carplay?
I know! It’s crazy isn’t it? Believe it or not they didn’t offer it as an option in that vehicle in that year. If I’m not mistaken, 2021 was the first year they offered it.
Plus one on the trim tool kit. Bite the bullet, it's money well spent
Just get a maestro rr2 and you can keep all the factory stuff and use a much better sounding stereo. I just installed a kenwood excelon reference series and it's awesome.
Does it have Dolby Atmos???🤔
@@fookingsog does what have dolby atmos? The kenwood, no.
That’s a great unit. I actually have one in my Lincoln. One thing to keep in mind, though with the maestro is obviously you would get rid of your factory look if that matters and it does not do all the factory integration. It can do some things like steering wheel controls. But depending on your vehicle make and model, it doesn’t always allow you to keep your USB ports and I don’t think it would allow me to keep my 360 camera in this instance either. But, depending on what you value, it might be the right system for some people. So thank you so much for bringing it up.
@@Toid yeah I was doing a ton of research on this for my new grand cherokee. I thought about getting an android head unit like the ones from the company in your video. But this is my first build in a nice car (at least nice by my standards) and I wanted to go for sound quality. The kenwood I bought has two usb ports and 4 camera in. Idk if it does the 360 or not. The only down side is the screen is a little small. I had an android head unit with a 10" screen in my corolla so maybe that's why it seems small. I have great imaging and detail now. It took me forever to install it, the speakers, subwoofer, deadening and amp "correctly". It's was well worth the extra time to get it to look good and not like the installs I did in high school, before you could get all the info on how to from the internet.
Mine says it’s 800$?! Is that normal for everyone else’s too?
Mine says it's a 599.
my 2012 g37x doesnt have touchscreen though..
That’s fine. You’d either navigate the unit with your voice or you can still navigate it like you usually do.
Zero options for 2024 Altima S
$800-$1000???? No thanks… I can pickup $100 Apple CarPlay with monitor that installs in top of the dash.
£250+ on eBay. Not from those con men. Other con men. Also. AliExpress have them but I want the thing to arrive a work.
What if you don’t have a touch screen and that isn’t as simple as you make out
I’m not sure what you mean as far as it’s not as simple as I make out. It’s pretty easy to install. Much easier than a new car stereo. As far as if you don’t have touchscreen then you would navigate it just like you navigate your current screen. So that has a knob or arrows or whatever that’s how you would navigate it. Of course, most of the basic commands can be given with your voice.
My vehicles all have cassette decks. I just use a bluetooth transmitter
I used to use that tape deck to aux cable. I remember hooking up my old discman to it. Innovative tech right there!
It drains your car battery. I hate it. It also only works through the certain audio input. So if you’re driving and listening to the radio you have to switch over to the designated audio input to use CarPlay.
I don’t use the radio anymore, so I didn’t even think of that. But if you really want to listen to radio with car play the best way would be to use an app like Audacy, TuneIn Radio or iHeart Radio. As far as battery draining, I haven’t personally experienced that. Sorry you didn’t like it. It’s still been my favorite upgrade for any of my vehicles. Hopefully you find something that works for you.
The price is crazy. I can buy a new screen and replace it with one at a lower price.
Maybe. However, this is designed for those who do not want to lose Factory integration. With this, everything works just like it did from the factory. With newer cars, updating the head unit to a new one will almost always lose some factory integration. And if you want to try to keep some, you will need to purchase secondary adapters, face plates, etc. With some vehicles, it actually ends up being more expensive to replace the radio (most of it is adapters). And you still lose some factory integration. Now a lot of newer cars, the radio is integrated with other systems, such as the climate control. For example, the Pathfinder, they don't even recommend you replacing the radio at all. So in the end it really comes down to what you need. I definitely wouldn't put this in an older car though. But one that I really care about factory integration or one that is hard to replace, this is a great option.
Just so you know, its illegal in a lot of countries to not disclose sponsorships or similar agreements (like receiving the unit for free...). And releasing the video globally, makes this video illegal in many countries.
Also, it costed any trust I had on this channel, since your opinion can be easily bought.
I would highly encourage you to watch some of my other reviews. You will know when I don't like a product, I am very honest about it (take a look at my recent Arylic Speaker Review ruclips.net/video/7ZEnJz2M_hI/видео.html). Most non-RUclipsrs think receiving a product for free will sway your opinion. But what most don't realize is that once your channel hits a certain size you are saying no to way more than you ever say yes to. And as a good RUclipsr you should align yourself with companies that have your same value system. This is why you rarely see me do paid sponsorships, as they almost always want to limit what you say. I won't do a video unless they allow me to be honest with my findings. Of course, with most products I provide empirical data, this just doesn't really have any data to give. But I will always have a disclosure in my video description.
@@Toid I understand what you are saying.
At the same time, when hard contradictory actions come into play, it quickly throws away that effort.
Regardless if someone does not have a deal with the brand, where they can share their honest opinion, receiving a unit for free makes a difference and will result on a more positive outlook vs if you had to pay for it.
Highly praising the brand, an highly positive review with no negatives, behaving like Nifty City products are the only in the market providing these solutions, with affiliate links and multiple times telling people to go to their website, while not disclosing you got the unit for free and have an incentive, puts in question any trust a viewer might have that you built from the past.
If it had been disclosed at the start of the video, that the unit was provided by Nifty City, it allows the viewer to take your opinion with a grain of salt.
Because of this, after following this channel for several months I've unsubscribed, however I might reconsider in the future, depending on RUclips suggestions and if I feel that improvements were made towards transparency with the viewers.
It might feel harsh, but there is a lot of bad actors in RUclips and other platforms, that truly sell their opinion by faking liking something and essentially fooling their viewers for a quick buck.
(I did noticed that a disclaimer was added in the description now, but still a visual and preferably spoken disclaimer at the start of the video should be provided)
It's really cool but not for $700
It freezes even on your video! Thats not the great user experience (not even good)
Where did you see it freeze in the video? I use this daily and haven’t had any issues with it freezing. But I am genuinely interested in where you think you saw it freeze in the video.
No way am I messing with the original car screen. That’s too much bro
Nav tool is $600 and free wireless CarPlay upgrade
Looks interesting, but appears to be screen mirroring and very limited vehicles. I can’t even do the vehicle I showed. But there’s a huge difference between screen mirroring and what this does. I personally wouldn’t put a screen mirror in my vehicle. In fact, I’ve turned down quite a few car companies that I’ve asked me to review a screen mirror.
@@Toid I think you missed something…you have to weed down through the vehicle you choose. Yes there’s the less expensive screen mirroring option. But keep searching and look for the CarPlay option.
For example. I searched a Jaguar. XJL. 2014. Smartphone Mirroring (as you thought). Then the final 2 choices….
“Mirroring” $360,
or CarPlay, which also includes Mirroring, $600. (And u get the wireless CarPlay free).
@@SOBaseball It might have some for some cars, but navigating the site is a bear. It doesn't appear to have anything for the car I used. But even if it did, the site, the layout, the information, all of it is so vague and outdated, I wouldn't chance it. Not all of these types of units are the same. And I have yet to see one that is implemented as well as Nifty City.
@@Toid No worries. I get it. I’m not arguing. Lots of companies out there set up cheap websites intended for dealers only. Yeah this isn’t great. There are many other, better known, companies that do the same.
Very expensive
With todays cars you have to have a trim removal kit. I'm more like bigger is better. The small kit should be ok if you're just working around the head unit. They also make stereo removal keys. Some cars you need these keys to remove the stereo. Do your homework.
$ 700 for honda.. yea they can keep that lol
Bought one from nifty city it was defective had to send back at my cost never received a replacement. This is the worst company to deal with. I'm out a lot of money
That is awful. Thank you for telling me that. I had no idea
*Promosm* ✌️
660$ is to much just order new screen
These things are way overpriced. I just looked up the one for a Ford escape and it's $650......... I bet the cost to make it is under $5. They're absolutely trying to rape people with their profit margins on these. I could spend $500 instead on an amazing head unit that has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and a built-in amp and a hundred times the features of a stock radio. Start making these things for $100 or less and then people will buy them. The company is going to sink if they continue to try and charge this much for these little units. I wouldn't pay $650 installed for one of these.
It IS very cool, but you need to sell a kidney to buy one. Very pricey. I just oft for the magnetic car mound and use my actual phone.
$699? No thanks
It’s 700 dollars.. no thanks lol
Honestly, it’s a really great price when you compare it to an aftermarket stereo. An aftermarket stereo averages $500 then an additional $200 for the equipment to save steering wheel controls. Plus a lot of vehicles now I need a trim package. That can range anywhere from 100 to up to $500. Then you need to add install, which is probably going to be at least an additional $500. Especially since the installation that you do nowadays is completely different than what it was 10 years ago. It’s not uncommon for an aftermarket stereo to cost on the lower end $1000 installed and up to $2500. Even after spending all that money, you won’t be able to keep all factor integration. $700 for something you can install yourself in an hour and keep all factory integration is pretty amazing.
This is crap! For $799 I can just buy a whole new head unit.
You can. But a new head unit on a new car requires several aftermarket pieces to integrate with a new vehicle. In most cases it also requires you to get it installed by a professional. It is no longer just buying a new head unit unfortunately. The cost of buying a good head unit with extras and install can far exceed this. The upfront cost is due to the fact that it can integrate completely with your car stereo without losing any of your car functionality. And you can install it yourself.
You could spend similar or a little more and have increased features with full integration and better overall sound quality. Do your homework, you already did all the work of removing the radio, go the distance. @@Toid
Do they have one for a Dodge Avenger 2012 (I’m getting one in like a year & a half)
$900 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Retardation at full load
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA $750 for my suv--right
Do you think that’s expensive? I actually think that’s pretty cheap. Add in the fact that you don’t have to pay for any labor or custom work while being able to maintain your factory integration, it’s a really good deal. Some install kits now for vehicles are near $500 in themselves. That’s mainly due to the fact that they provide new plastic trim pieces and custom harnesses. And that’s not even counting the radio yet. And you are absolutely guaranteed to lose some of the factory integration. To be $700 is a really good price especially for everything that this does.