In this highly digital 21st century, it seems that everyone is busy tapping our smartphones for daily social and work. Even when we fasten the seat belt in the driver's seat, there are occasional moments that we will desire or we need to use our phones to do this or that. However, taking your hands off wheel while driving is dangerous and against traffic rules. Here is where the screen mirror solutions for cars come in and help us.What is iPhone&Android Screen Mirroring?iPhone&Android Mirroring, also known as the Screen Mirroring, is a way that project your phone content to another display(here specially refers to car screen). This allows you to sync contents displayed on your phone in real time to a larger car display, making it easier for you to make phone calls, get the navigation, watch movies or online videos in your car. Once your phone apps are mirrored on car infotainment system in front of you, you can access your mobile features without distraction.Why do You Need iPhone&Android Screen Mirroring?Gone are the days when you could only make hands free calls and listen to music via Bluetooth or enjoy news and music broadcast through FM signal. Screen mirroring technologies bring us to a new height of in-car connectivity. Below are the benefits of iPhone&Android Screen Mirroring: Safety: Screen mirroring allows you to use your phone functions without being in danger. You needn’t worry about getting into an accident because you don’t have to take your eyes off the road. Entertainment: Since the audio is synced in real time to your car infotainment system, you are able to enjoy the streaming music, podcasts, classic movies, funny short clips and more when you disconnect from Carplay or Android Auto modes. Families and friends in your vehicle will then enjoy watching in a long and boring journey. Navigation: Utilizing this screen cast feature, you get access to navigation apps of your mobile phone directly. Then your car stereo can receive and display the real-time routes navigating and traffic conditions updating without your additional investment in a in-dash GPS navigation system. Smartphone Apps Integration: Through screen mirroring, you can access your favorite apps(such as messages, navigation, phone calls, Spotify). You can even access other apps that can’t reached by Carplay. Imagine that when you integrate the calendar into your car screen, you can take a glance at your schedule and then check out the weather, so as to be in informative to decide where you need to go next. Screen mirroring provides a seamless connection between you phone and your car screen, adding more convenience, safety, and multiple entertainment options for us to enhance our driving experience.How to Mirror your iPhone to your Car Screen Via Carplay Carplay is a in-car entertainment system launched by Apple, it has become the preferred way for iOS users to mirror iOS apps like iMessage, Maps, Now Playing, Podcasts, etc on their car screen. Let’s see how you can cast an iPhone to a car screen. For wireless connection: Before mirroring, make sure your car is carplay supportive and the iPhone you use for connection should be iPhone 5 and above. Step 1: Click the Settings-General, light up the Carplay button to enable this feature on your phone. Step 2: Turn on Bluetooth both on your iPhone and your car, and then establish connection by pairing their Bluetooth. Then you will be asked for the permission to connect a car infotainment system that your phone detects. Contacts are synchronized by default. Step 3: Activate your Siri by tapping the Settings-Siri&Search-Listen for Siri, then you can operate Carplay apps with voice commands. One Warm Reminder: If your car supports steering wheel control, you can hold up the Voice Control button to wake up Siri and then use on your car. For wired connection: When you use an original data cable to connect your iPhone and your car’s carplay-enabled USB port(OTG), you can successfully mirror your iPhone to your car display. Via Airplay For iPhone mirroring, another application commonly used is Airplay. Airplay is a interconnection protocol invented by Apple that enables the wireless screen mirroring between your iPhone and your car. Airplay fills in the incompatible display of Carplay, such as display of some short video APP, film and television works as well as notepad, work files. Let’s see how we can reach these new fields. Step 1: Tap your car screen’s Settings-find the iPhone Wifi-change Hotspot Step 2: Turn on the Hotspots of your iPhone, make sure it can be detected by your car screen. Step 3: Confirm pairing, and check whether your iPhone is sharing Hotspots with car screen. Step 4: Click the Settings to light up the Screen Mirror button or just Swipe down your iPhone to find the shortcut button of Screen Mirroring icon, tap it and choose your car to start sharing what is on your iPhone to your car. How to Mirror your Android phone to your Car Screen Via Android Auto Android Auto is another mainstream in-car entertainment system developed by Google, it is favored by many Android users since its launch. Similar with Carplay, Android Auto allows seamless integration of Android phones onto car displays. Let’s move steps to specific cast steps. For wireless connection: Before mirroring, make sure your car is Android Auto supportive and the Android phone you use for connection is running Android 11 and above and has Android Auto App installed. Step 1: On car screen, turn on the Bluetooth, Tap the Android Auto icon, and then choose wireless connection. Step 2: Open Android Auto App on your Android device, active Bluetooth of mobile phone, and then pair with car screen. Step 3: A notification will pop up, Tap Agree to sync your Android phone to the car. Then you will be asked for the permission to connect a car infotainment system that your phone detects. Remember to Sync Contacts so that you can make hands free calls when you need it. Step 4: Activate your Siri by tapping the Settings > Siri & Search > Listen for Siri, then you can operate Carplay apps with voice commands. For wired connection: Make sure your phone and your car have Android Auto App pre-installed, connect your phone to your car with an original data cable then you can use your Android apps such as Google Maps, Phone calls, News, etc on the car. Via Android Cast For Android mirroring, another application usually applied is Android Cast. It is a powerful and easy-to-use screen sharing & interconnecting tool that enables streaming Android mobile screens to car screens. You can go for Google Play Store to download it for free. How to access it? Please continue reading below. Step 1: Active your car stereo’s WIFI in Settings. Step 2: Turn on the Hotspots of your phone, making it visible to your car screen. When pairing your car with your phone, make sure they are connected to the same network. Step 3: Open the Android Cast on your phone, select your car(which has been detected by the Hotspots network connection)to establish integration. Step 4: Once the connection successful, you can enjoy your favorite entertainment apps from your Android phone. One Warm Reminder: You can realize two-way control through Android Cast. For example, you can touch the car screen to trigger the pause, continue, switch and more actions of your phone when you watch online videos. You will enjoy both display and integration features through it. FAQS about iPhone&Android Screen MirroringQ: Can I realize the wireless screen mirroring on a wired Carplay enabled car?A: Yes, you will need a wireless carplay adapter with mirrorlink features to get it.Q: Are there any delays in screen mirroring on my car screen?A: A delay occurs when connection is being interrupted. One is caused by the loose cable in a wired connection, the other is results from the unstable signal of a wireless connection. For the latter, you can avoid delaying by place your mobile phone near the car stereo.Q: Are there any limitations on the wireless mirror link from an iPhone or an Android device?A: The compatibility and the availability of wireless screen mirror may vary based on different devices, application and technologies involved. Some older display may not support wireless mirroring, however, the capacity can be add with operation system upgrade.Q: Can I mirror all apps I want from my iPhone or Android phone to car screen?A: Either iPhone or Android phone are allowed to stream specific apps or content to your car screen through the mirrorlink technologies. However, the ability to share specific contents depends on the technical and protocol supports of different applications. Generally speaking, the apps and contents you can see on car screen are the specific apps and contents that compatible.
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