Wireless CarPlay + AirPlay Video: Carpuride W103 Pro Review!

Explore the new Carpuride W103 Pro, a widescreen device that boasts dual Bluetooth transmission, wireless CarPlay, Android Auto, and more. From seamless connectivity to unique features like AirPlay video streaming, this review covers everything!
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00:00 Introduction
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[@peterjstogios]

Great review, thanks! I learned way more from this video than the Carpuride manual itself.

[@beardfm]

Appreciate that! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@smabacon]

Bought one after watching this video and it arrived today. Really impressed with it so far!

[@beardfm]

Great to hear! Glad you like it

[@UnfilteredCactus]

Thank you for the review! I decided to buy it

[@andreigromek]

Awesome review mate!

[@beardfm]

Thanks, appreciate that!

[@Kid617]

I've been looking for one that plays music or sound through the car speakers which is great thank you for the video

[@beardfm]

Glad I could help!

[@miguelzablah]

Thanks for the review, I do have a question: if you connect a USB with mp3's in the Carpuride, can you play it from the car system? will the controls in your car work for volume or change to next sound?

[@ko95]

does it have a dash cam feature, recording when stationary plugged into a external battery?

[@subramanianramachandran8099]

Guys, I got this new Carpuride W103Pro. With Dual Bluetooth advertised, you will loose the BT connectivity of making and receiving calls. You will get only Wireless Android Auto and music Playing thro car stereo. The quality of music is good. But the fundamental requirement of receiving and making calls will be lost if you use W103 Pro Dual Bluetooth connection. FM transmit can be used, But the quality of stereo is not as good as BT transmit. I don't hav Aux cable in my car, so don't know how it works.

[@TechMule59]

Is this by design or a defect? I get the same on mine.

[@subramanianramachandran8099]

Design ..carpuride refunded my money..after following up with them with 40 emails😢

[@theBystanderGuy]

I'm having the same issue of calls not working as well (audio not going through BT). Did you try updating their firmware?

[@subramanianramachandran8099]

​@@theBystanderGuy ask them to refund..no firmware update ..

[@bjpeak-graham167]

I found this on the issue of phone calls reverting to the unit in a Android Auto forum. Hope that it helps. "I just went into connected devices and I selected my Ford Transit connect. Below that there were a series of toggle buttons that I could select phone calls. I turned it off and turned it back on. Made a telephone call and everything started working perfectly. All of the sounds started going through my speakers. Boy. That was extremely frustrating making a telephone call and having to hold it up to my ear from the handset. Appreciate everybody helping with the ringtone, but that's completely a separate entity with Ford vehicles. For some reason when we would have incoming calls we could not select it unless it was set to phone ringtone. That's when that actually applies. It doesn't have anything to do with the fact that when on Android Auto no sound would come through the speakers during a telephone call.."

[@soulinspiration1]

I am using the FM transmitter and I am completely surprised how clear the sound is. My car does not have Bluetooth and I had to add Aux to my car, since it was not manufactured with one. The FM transmitter sounds as great as the Aux.

[@cinicontento]

Ciao!secondo te, a parte il non essere impermeabile, ci sarebbero grosse controindicazioni a usarlo su una moto?grazie mille!!!

[@ritualhorror]

My car has Bluetooth already for my music (no aux input) but no Apple car play. The device will connect to my bluetooth for music and send it to my speakers? This is pretty important for me to know bc as I said I have no aux input, and I need my music :( thank you!

[@jmb282]

Is this the latest carpuride? I'd like to purchase but not sure what their most recent model is

[@harrisoakley711]

Thanks for the video. My 2010 Lexus RX350 has the similar features does my wife's 2017 Lexus RX350.

[@beardfm]

Very cool!

[@Hayatdas846]

Nice video! Does it support new versions of CarPlay when they are released?

[@beardfm]

It does! CarPlay is really just your iPhone displaying a UI on a secondary monitor. So anytime CarPlay is updated within iOS 17, you have those updates here too!

[@kaseycort9428]

I also forgot I turned my car off and back on and now I have no audio,, can you explain why? Everything is installed. THank you.

[@shitalsavekar7757]

It says A-Auto can't be full screen. So, google maps on android can't go full screen?

[@user-ne1qo5hn8q]

Hi , can ask for a question , whereby the dual Bluetooth transmission, will the car steering button able to control the music playback for the apple carplay ? for example pause or next track . thanks in advance.

[@beardfm]

It depends on the car I've found. It controls the volume of course, and *most* car wheel controls will skip forward and back, yes.

[@kaseycort9428]

Your video is very fast (LOL) but it's pretty clear. Can you explain on your video how to transfer utube from iphone to carpuride?

[@Hiddos]

Hey, quick question: When connecting the Carpuride to the car's bluetooh can you use track skipping/seek functions on the steering wheel for example? What about aux? Does that let you control which track via the steering wheel so you dont have to look away to the screen all the time? Thanks

[@matrixkitty]

Did you ever find out about this? This is my biggest question too.

[@Hiddos]

@@matrixkitty I found the answer online. Sadly it doesn't work that way apparently. However, I did find an alternative: Carpodgo T3 Pro. That says it supports Bluetooth audio. I have ordered one but it's not here yet. Also, if you use Apple Carplay it supports 60fps which is nice.

[@obliviousmode575]

It only lacks one feature I would want. A dash camera would be nice. I like the option of a reverse camera. Since it’s like a tablet dual cameras could be implemented one for dash and another for driver. I’m thinking of picking of one or two of these. I recently got blessed with a 2007 truck from my father that needs these features. I want to upgrade my 2013 Kia Soul too.

[@beardfm]

Oh dash cam would be good too. But have to say I’ve enjoyed it!

[@EvangelineStranded]

Does the unit automatically power off and on with the car ignition? Also does the Bluetooth connect automatically?

[@beardfm]

Yes and yes!

[@yl7277]

Does it boot up quickly? One of things that hold me back is the wait between the unit bootup and the CarPlay ready. If you know the seconds it takes that'd be helpful!

[@beardfm]

The 901 model is ten seconds from ignition on to CarPlay being ready! I’ll time this one but I think it’s pretty similar.

[@yl7277]

Good video and thanks for sharing!@@beardfm

[@erikmitlo]

my man,, when hooked up dual bluetooth, does your steering wheel controls control the Carpuride?

[@thedealman4494]

I would imagine, it would be like any other device connected to your car

[@muatazhizam9533]

Quick question. Could I be able to buy a camera separately and connect it to this unit?

[@beardfm]

I believe if it has the 1/8" headphone looking connector it should work.

[@tammystastycuisine]

Does the multiple phones to switch show up on the 901 pro version too, or just this one?

[@beardfm]

It shows up on the 901 as well!

[@bjpeak-graham167]

@@beardfm Please give a detailed explanation and guidance on how you set up for the bluetooth of the phone to connect calls through the vehicle bluetooth. I didn't follow when you explained. Waiting for a delivery on the W901Pro. I will be livid if I lose the quality of calls from my vehicle's speakers. Thanks. And thanks for the video. I am in study mode. While I have your attention, would a BT aux transmitter resolve all of this? Android adapter or other alternative?

[@starks1974]

Question: if it has USB-C, could you power this with a portable power pack? I can't stand looking at cables and trying to avoid removing my dash to hardwire.

[@beardfm]

I imagine so, but unsure what output you would need.

[@GiovanniDiCamillo]

where did you finf the cd mount ?

[@beardfm]

On the carpuride website!

[@CarlosOrtiz-vo6em]

Hello! I bought the Carpuride 103 pro but I am having problems with phone calls with apple carplay. People can hear me but I cannot hear them. Any advise?

[@beardfm]

When you’re on a call, what output options appear on the phone, like where the speaker icon is?

[@agustinnaranjo1924]

Quick question, will i be able to use my factory steering wheel controls to activate siri, change the volume, or skip songs on the carpuride?

[@beardfm]

If you use the dual Bluetooth transmission connection, then yes.

[@pafro99]

@@beardfm I have mine wired using the AUX port, but this may have convinced me to try it via bluetooth.

[@subramanianramachandran8099]

@@beardfm No, i am connected thro BT transmit and steering wheel functions is not working for android Auto/ Spotify. I hv to pause/play/Fwd in touch screen of W103 Pro

[@muhammadomar6877]

Don’t have Bluetooth nor aux in my car. Only FM.. will it be able to connect ?? How’s the quality?

[@beardfm]

Yes, it connects via FM transmitter. I’ve tried it a few times and it works well, the trick is finding a frequency in your area not being used by another station.

[@kylegustafson7226]

I just got Carpuride it’s the W701 Pro it has dual Bluetooth, so I have my iPhone 13 Pro connected via Bluetooth to My car and use the Carpuride wired. Calls and music go through the Bluetooth of my car great. The only thing i noticed is when using the Maps app it won’t do turn by turn directions, is there something I need to do for it to do that.

[@beardfm]

It won’t show the turn by turn on the screen at all?? Can you open the Apple Maps app on the Carpuride display in CarPlay?

[@kylegustafson7226]

@@beardfm sorry it shows the map fine sorry What I meant is it doesn’t do the voice guidance such as “Turn Left at the Light”

[@23master]

If on Google maps check your alert settings when you navigate using the speaker icon. Sometimes it is set to alerts only or muted.

[@tinyraptor0130]

What's the audio sound like for phone calls? I'm planning on doing fully bluetooth and not the Aux cable, but the thing I'm waffling on is if it's good enough for handsfree phone calls without an external mic or not.

[@beardfm]

The built-in mic is ok / usable. Doesn’t sound as good as some built-in car mics, but you can connect your phone to the car Bluetooth for calls and use wifi to connect to the screen.

[@tinyraptor0130]

@@beardfm Next question, I just got mine! And I got the Anker dual USB-C adapter and an anker cable, but my unit doesn't power on with that. It'll only work with the USB-C cable and it powered on just fine, so is it the adapter that's the problem? Have you tried it and had it power the unit?

[@billalbert6505]

@@beardfmcan you please explain this process in a future video? I am having some difficulty making this happen. Thanks

[@subramanianramachandran8099]

​@@beardfmhi seems to be work around idea for the Callas not transmitting thro bluetooth..can you explain this more..thanks a lot in advance

[@RationalCreed]

are CarPlay PHONE calls only audible through the carpuride speaker?

[@kleocy3075]

Does it have a radio so that you can bypass your car unit and control the stations from the w103 pro? Can you install 3rd party apps like waze?

[@beardfm]

It does have a built in radio, but no third party apps

[@kleocy3075]

@@beardfmI havent found any mhz ranges. only for the fm transmitter. so you can not use the stations?

[@DaveSchlottman]

Hi Stephen, you mentioned that the w103 pro has a USB C power connection and that you can use another adapter like the Anker 2 port with a USB C cable instead of the power connector and cable that come with the unit. I have tried that with my unit and it doesn’t power on. Am I missing something? Yours is a very helpful review!

[@beardfm]

Thank for watching! Which Anker charger are you using? It may not be high enough wattage.

[@JayyBird93]

@@beardfmhow many watts do you need?

[@youngim9787]

I have the same issue. Did you find a solution?

[@Thelifreak95]

So there are 3 options: 1: The Aadapter doesn't supply the correct voltage. The carpuride (according to my knowledge) accepts anything between 12 and 30V. If you use an USB C charger that only puts out 9V, it obviously won't work. 2: Your Charger doesn't have enough Power. I guess you'd at least need 12V/1A to be on the safe side, so anything below that might be too low. 3: This might be a Carpuride issue, as the USB C PD protocol requires the Source to Check for a certain voltage trigger from the consuming device, I.e. the carpuride, to supply 12V. If the carpuride doesn't supply this trigger, the source will stay at 5V, which is too low for the carpuride to work.

[@maymayansay]

Can I use this for my toyota corolla 2005?

[@beardfm]

Absolutely! Getting the audio into the car may take the FM transmitter or aux cable, but this does both!

[@IyadJabbour_thePhArMaCiSt]

Do you know what AA version are they using and is updating easy?

[@beardfm]

AA just cones off the phone, so it just depends what OS your phone has

[@IyadJabbour_thePhArMaCiSt]

@@beardfm thanks a lot. I see I had an AA in my 2016 few years back so didn't know if both sides need to be updated or just the phone. What about their own OS update, does it look like they do have good support? I realize that they maybe still early to tell. Tanx

[@muthuswaminathan]

When connected via BT. Will the phone calls use the car speaker?

[@beardfm]

Yes!

[@BrunoTyge]

My experience is that the handsfree audio is not working thru the capuride 103pro when connected with Android Auto....

[@elkhaiheem6379]

Does the W103 come with a camera ?

[@beardfm]

Does not come with a camera but has a port to plug one in

[@mariobruno6427]

I just ordered mine and I was wondering why be able to have my Maps running and answer the call at the same time?

[@chrislek4651]

I got this same unit and according to the manual it seems the BT call function can only be used before connecting to carpuride ie connect directly to car. Once the phone is connected to carpuride via BT, then one cannot take/route call to car stereo which does not make sense :-(

[@beardfm]

Yes you can have maps running and take a call.

[@beardfm]

In my usage, the Carpuride Bluetooth device menu allows you to choose where to send calls and music separately.

[@chrislek4651]

@@beardfm sorry what do u mean separately? My phone is connected to carpuride and carpuride is connected to car stereo which then allows me to listen to spotify. But when i try to make phone call, there is no sound from either my phone or car stereo

[@Yeeeeer]

@@chrislek4651I don’t have one but I have a guess that you can make the call audio come from the carpuride and still have your bt music playing thru the car speakers, but idk that’s just a guess

[@IvanRodriguez-tj9pe]

Wait so , if I don’t use wireless am I still able to use a cable ?? 🤔🤔🤔

[@beardfm]

You can!

[@mariobruno6427]

I don’t understand how the phone works with this unit. I can’t get it to come through car system in the car. what’s the sense of having to hold the phone in my hand to make a call? I don’t understand it. thanks for any help.

[@beardfm]

Are you connecting the Carpuride to the car via Bluetooth, aux cable, or FM transmitter?

[@mariobruno6427]

@@beardfm via Bluetooth,

[@Asif94333]

Did you find any solution for this ?

[@mariobruno6427]

yes i sold it @@Asif94333

[@lejumohniyi7384]

how about the phone call quality?

[@beardfm]

The mic is better than my 2011 Kia Soul, but that’s not saying much 😅 for cars with a better built in mic, I would recommend connecting your phone to the car for calls still.

[@lejumohniyi7384]

thanks for replying. i drive a 2018 toyota camry with a 'not so sharp' 8" infotainment display, it has carplay but no android auto. do you think the external carpuride screen is better or an aibox for android auto. what's your opinion?@@beardfm

[@ryno1341]

What’s the difference between? The 103 and the 903.

[@beardfm]

Aspect ratio, and the 103 has dual bluetooth, meaning it can wirelessly connect to your iPhone *and* connect to the car via bluetooth

[@Dstumpf6]

I like everything about it but I can’t hear iPhone calls. I have the volume all the way up on my carpuride

[@beardfm]

It it going through your car Bluetooth instead? If your car is still listed in Bluetooth settings I’d recommend removing it

[@stuartlefkowitz2421]

Can you easily remove the screen from the mount? I want to hide the screen in my center console every time I leave the car because of the possibility of theft.

[@NigelNaughton]

It would be great if it had pinch to zoom

[@beardfm]

Oh that’d be great in Maps

[@MikeHightower1]

I think android auto google maps does

[@NigelNaughton]

@@MikeHightower1 Really? I thought it was a hardware issue. Would be cool if someone could confirm this.

[@tylerpinkerton2720]

holy bezels

[@MitchZero9]

Bypass the car stereo altogether and install a cheap amplifier, route your car speakers to the amp. Connect this head unit to the amplifier via a 3.5mm to red/white RCA. Thank me later.

[@EpyonRoyal]

logo on the front is an l

[@mariobruno6427]

Carpuride is a Chinese company? it says it shipped from China.

[@beardfm]

Unsure, but you can also order them in amazon!

[@DM-sg3cj]

Their custom service replies to questions rather quick but often fail to actually answer them. I think their may a language barrier or comprehension of the nuances of the language. I asked if I could play music via the USB or SD Card while using Android Auto to run Google Maps. Got answers to everything but what I ask ... additionally I'm not sure they are on the same page as the manual The email said you can use up to a 32 gb micro card, but the manual says up to 64 gb ... so which is it? Anyway it's not hard to figure out if you have time to play with it, but I don't think you can play music via the USB or SD while you are using Android Auto unless you but the card in the phone. But who know I can't get an answer out of them.

[@beardfm]

I’m traveling this week but I’ll test when I return. Very sure you can play files from SD card while running android auto

[@jonathanhouser6310]

I don’t know why it’s hard to find wired CarPlay units. I hate wireless CarPlay. Takes way too long to link up.

[@beardfm]

You can use this with a cable too!

[@jonathanhouser6310]

@@beardfm ah yes. My comment omitted the fact that I appreciate that feature in this unit

[@Dstumpf6]

Got a new 105 Pro in November. It’s not working and getting any support from Carpuride is a joke

[@beardfm]

What's not working on it?

[@MARKCARRI]

I hate the way it wobbles!

[@beardfm]

The screen itself on the arm? You could use the mount that doesn’t extend I show in the box. Won’t wobble!

[@Edscomment]

Good old Chinese bribery ! Give it for free and get good review …😂

[@sgtduckyboy64]

These things are junk. No one talking about using it daily. They won't reconnect Automatically every time you get back in the car. You have to manually connect it to your car and phone. This is not acceptable. I have two of these, different models, neither one works when your get back in the car. Waste of money

[@beardfm]

I use mine every day and it connects automatically and starts playing whatever podcast I had going last