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Costco Members: Aluratek Wireless Adapter for Apple CarPlay (White)

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$70

$90

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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: Aluratek Wireless Adapter for Apple CarPlay (White, AWCPAC) on sale for $69.99. Shipping is free.
  • Note: Non-Members may purchase but are subject to a 5% surcharge.
Thanks to Community Member virals1012 for sharing this deal.

Includes:
  • Wireless car adapter for CarPlay
  • USB-A to USB-C adapter
  • Instruction manual
Features:
  • Apple CarPlay capability without needing to connect your phone's lighting cable to the vehicle's CarPlay enabled USB port
  • Music, navigation, Siri, and many more CarPlay features
  • Pair up to 5 Devices
  • Rapid 5 GHz Wi-Fi Transmission
  • Wide Compatibility

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Written by jimmytx | Staff
  • About this Store:
    • If not a Costco member yet, you may take advantage of this front page stacksocial deal to get a $40 digital shop card on joining Costco with a Gold Star Membership.
    • Details of Costco's return policy here.
  • Additional Information:
    • Our research indicates that this deal is $5 less (7% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $74.99 at the time of this posting.
    • Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars on Best Buy based on 32 customer reviews.
    • Refer to the forum thread for additional details and community discussion.

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Written by virals1012
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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: Aluratek Wireless Adapter for Apple CarPlay (White, AWCPAC) on sale for $69.99. Shipping is free.
  • Note: Non-Members may purchase but are subject to a 5% surcharge.
Thanks to Community Member virals1012 for sharing this deal.

Includes:
  • Wireless car adapter for CarPlay
  • USB-A to USB-C adapter
  • Instruction manual
Features:
  • Apple CarPlay capability without needing to connect your phone's lighting cable to the vehicle's CarPlay enabled USB port
  • Music, navigation, Siri, and many more CarPlay features
  • Pair up to 5 Devices
  • Rapid 5 GHz Wi-Fi Transmission
  • Wide Compatibility

Editor's Notes

Written by jimmytx | Staff
  • About this Store:
    • If not a Costco member yet, you may take advantage of this front page stacksocial deal to get a $40 digital shop card on joining Costco with a Gold Star Membership.
    • Details of Costco's return policy here.
  • Additional Information:
    • Our research indicates that this deal is $5 less (7% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $74.99 at the time of this posting.
    • Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars on Best Buy based on 32 customer reviews.
    • Refer to the forum thread for additional details and community discussion.

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NightFury
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Your vehicle has to support CarPlay to use this device. Tesla doesn't support Android auto or CarPlay
1jzgte
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TVs and appliances are 90 days. All other electronics are still lifetime returns.
CleverCreator6791
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no reviews on costco. anyone have this?


edit: read the stream of reviews on best buy. lots of people say it work and others say it's a piece of crap. the reviews are almost all complimentary gifts to reviewers so i'm not super confident

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EasyRamji
Nov 20, 2023
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I have tried 3 similar devices from Amazon so far. All of them failed when a 2nd phone was connected. It wont connect to the first phone even when the other one was not nearby. Had to pair it again for it to work. Looks like it had some logic to connect only the last paired phone.

Will give this a try.
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NeatFruit9937
Nov 20, 2023
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A bit overpriced, you can get a similar product on Amazon in the 30-50 dollars range
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koge811
Nov 20, 2023
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First things there are adapters that can do both Android auto and car play around this price point making this inferior then.

Next. No youtube netflix other apps that Google forbids makes these useless to me.

I found carplay from apple more responsive than Android auto though. Also many newer cars are starting to come out with Wireless caraway and aa.

Making thos further redundant in the future.

Now yes there is a market for this but that's if the market isn't solving it themselves eg hack past Google apple safety precautions due to regulations.

I would imagine a hackable version of this would be best otherwise commoners eg those bad at tech shouldn't bother while those that would buy this with too much money can save it and buy a new car
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Nov 20, 2023
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rpm40
Nov 20, 2023
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Am I the only one surprised to learn that apple CarPlay isn't wireless to begin with?
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boosterjm
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Quote from NeatFruit9937 :
A bit overpriced, you can get a similar product on Amazon in the 30-50 dollars range
can you send a link to a similar product?
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boosterjm
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Quote from koge811 :
First things there are adapters that can do both Android auto and car play around this price point making this inferior then.

Next. No youtube netflix other apps that Google forbids makes these useless to me.

I found carplay from apple more responsive than Android auto though. Also many newer cars are starting to come out with Wireless caraway and aa.

Making thos further redundant in the future.

Now yes there is a market for this but that's if the market isn't solving it themselves eg hack past Google apple safety precautions due to regulations.

I would imagine a hackable version of this would be best otherwise commoners eg those bad at tech shouldn't bother while those that would buy this with too much money can save it and buy a new car
Carplay in my car needs phone to be plugged in usb port. Isn't it possible to covert the existing Carplay into wireless Carplay via dealer modification instead of using such dongle? Most newer cars already have wireless carplay

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Bostonian2017
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Quote from honeyriot :
I used to think the same way but I tried one. And it really is very convenient and worth the cost. I don't have to keep my phone tethered to my dash now and now I am not limited by the length of the cord. I don't have to pull it out of my backpack and hook it up every time I start the car. And then unhook it. You could just be like, install a longer cord. Well, they go from 3 feet to 6 feet. And it's hard to keep 6 feet of cord stored away nicely in the dash.

Sometimes convenience is worth the money and for some, $70 isn't that much for it.

I bought a different model on amazon.com for about the same price.
How do you charge your phone?
Nov 20, 2023
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danath256
Nov 20, 2023
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Quote from SlickDit :
I want one I can just plug into an android tablet instead of CarPlay capable head unit
You might be able to achieve that with the headunit reloaded app, there is a free version you can try.
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Quote from CleverCreator6791 :
no reviews on costco. anyone have this?


edit: read the stream of reviews on best buy. lots of people say it work and others say it's a piece of crap. the reviews are almost all complimentary gifts to reviewers so i'm not super confident
I can't speak for this particular brand, but my general feeling on these devices (owning 3 different ones) is that they all work, but only about somewhere between 90%-97% and that non-100% rate is why people really hate them. When they work, they are great, but their failures every 10th or 20th time really drives people insane. I have to fight with mine every week or two just to get it to recognize. I can deal with it, but I can see how that can be frustrating. Especially since native wireless support (when present) is pretty flawless.
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rblancarte
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Quote from botham :
Anything that allows to stream netflix, youtube ,etc? or does screen mirroring?
Carplay doesn't allow this for obvious reasons.
Nov 20, 2023
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dama_mama
Nov 20, 2023
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Quote from botham :
Anything that allows to stream netflix, youtube ,etc? or does screen mirroring?
Only jailbreak.
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abstractedpudding
Nov 20, 2023
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i bought a 2023 car that only had wired CarPlay While it worked fine, it was kind of a pain to plug in the phone to get the feaures. One of the recommendations for this particular model was to add wireless a CarPlay adaptor.

After much research, I picked up this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C7K7B7ML/

Like all CarPlay adaptors, the reviews are mixed. I can't remember why I got this over the other Ottoplay models, but it has been fine. I think it's only failed to connect once that wasn't my fault. (Other things that will cause it to fail that were my fault is having Wifi off, having something tethered through personal hotspot, etc)

All and all, I love the upgrade to wireless CarPlay and the ease of just getting in the car and having everything connected.

Highly recommend getting one if you have wired CarPlay, but it seems YMMV.
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rblancarte
Nov 20, 2023
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Quote from theimage13 :
So just to be clear: your car already has to have CarPlay, but now you plug this in instead of plugging your phone in?

So this is a $70 adapter for people who don't want to take their phone out of their pocket?

I guess I could see this being good if your lightning port is shot, but otherwise...really? Seventy dollars just to have something else plugged in instead of your phone? Wow.
Well, yeah.
I get it you're implying that people are lazy with this. But this makes getting things up and running pretty quick. You hop in your car, turn it on and CarPlay (in theory) is just ready to go. For someone like my FIL, once I paired up his phone, he doesn't have to fidget with anything.

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C47V3770
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Anything special about this adapter compared to the hundred other brands on Amazon?

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