Today we talk about Carsifi , a very simple device capable of equipping your car with the connection to Android Auto Wireless . Most of the cars released in recent months are equipped with Android Auto and Apple Carplay wireless, ie without the need; to connect the smartphone to the car with a cable to take advantage of the Apple and Android multimedia systems. A very nice convenience; and no flying lead that creates clutter in the glove box. Here, in all of this & ograve; the crucial words are & quot; came out in the last months & quot;, to which we also add & quot; beyond a certain price list & quot;, it is enough to go back a couple of years or look at the basic set-ups to realize that systems wireless are not very common .
Carsifi creates an immediate solution to all of this, installs in seconds and can be done; immediately use. Let's see how it works.
- WHAT IS CARSIFI
- STABILITY & Agrave; AND PERFORMANCE
- APP AND SETTINGS
- PRICE AND AVAILABILITY & Agrave;
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WHAT? CARSIFI 
The interesting aspect for & ograve; is not serious; certainly the aesthetics but how it works: plug and play , it must be connected to the USB port of your car (in the package you will find a type-c and a type-a cable), you download the appropriate app that establishes the first connection with the smartphone via Bluetooth, it will follow & agrave; then a brief setup that for most cars will not require & agrave; user intervention (there are some exceptions that we will address later).
At this point the smartphone will recognize & agrave; Carsifi as an infotainment system compatible with Android Auto Wireless and the operation will become; similar to that of cars that natively support the wireless communication standard . Bluetooth will serve; only for the first configuration, to change the settings of Carsifi if necessary and to update it, while data exchange with Android Auto Wireless will take place; via WiFi at 5Ghz (if your smartphone is not compatible it will be at 2.4 Ghz).
That's all, the real strength of Carsifi is; that you configure it in a few seconds and then you can & ograve; forget.
STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE 
fluidity; of operation of Android Auto & egrave; much higher than that obtained with a cable connection , everything runs smoothly even in the most notoriously known applications; indigestible like Google Maps.
Similar speech for stability of the WiFi connection, the test & egrave; happened together with a Google Pixel 6 Pro and after some difficulties & agrave; for the configuration things went much better. Once started Android Auto there is no; never been any hitches, slowdowns or connection jumps.
Sometimes there are uncertainties for the first boot : just got into the car even if Carsifi & egrave; connected obviously does not receive power, with the first click of the key (or pressing the ignition key of the car) the USB port is activated and consequently Carsifi turns on, the infotainment system recognizes it immediately but trying to launch Android immediately Auto connection will not work. This is because & eacute; Carsifi & egrave; s & igrave; turned on, but did not & egrave; still loaded and consequently not & egrave; still unable to connect to the smartphone. It will be for & ograve; just wait about ten seconds and try again.
With the Peugeot infotainment system there is; happened to have to reconnect Carsifi to the USB because & eacute; not recognized, despite the smartphone and Carsifi being fully operational. This probably depends on more; from the car that from Carsifi, for example on a Ford Focus we did not find any indecision.
APP AND SETTINGS 
- WiFi Gateway: used to choose the default WiFi connection when Carsifi & egrave; nearby (so that Android Auto can start automatically)
- 2.4 Ghz option: the 5Ghz connection remains the first choice, but for non-compatible smartphones there is; this possibility
- Screen DPI: useful for adjusting the output resolution of Carsifi in case the resolution of your car screen is not recognized correctly
- Deactivate security setting 6 touches: to avoid that Android Auto pauses you for 10 seconds after 6 consecutive taps on the screen
- Autostart Android Auto
- Carsifi firmware update
- Troubleshooting section
In particular the latest & quot; troubleshooting & quot; card & egrave; very important if Carsifi is to be combined with a car from the Peugeot or Volkswagen group , with the related infotainment systems sar & agrave; must activate the mode & agrave; & quot; accessory & quot; for USB connection, otherwise the car will not recognize Carsifi. With our car we also had to disable the & quot; intercept AA protocol & quot; for the first connection.
Should you encounter any difficulties; in the first configuration and you do not want to waste a lot of time (as happened to us) refer to these steps: first connect via Bluetooth with Carsifi, then try to start Android Auto on the car (probably it will not work ;). Now set the mode & quot; accessory & quot; from the troubleshooting section, wait for the option to be saved, then disconnect Carsifi and reconnect it. The car will recognize it immediately but do not rush, wait a few seconds because & eacute; the operating system is fully loaded, your smartphone will connect & agrave; to Carsifi and will arrive there; notification of availability; a connection to Android Auto Wireless. Only at this point start Android Auto from your car.
If it still doesn't work, disable the & quot; intercept AA protocol & quot; option and repeat the operation.
The Carsifi LED will return to you; useful to understand what is happening: if it blinks green it is making the WiFi connection with the smartphone, if & egrave; fixed green & egrave; connected, if & egrave; fixed red not & egrave; connected.
The physical button instead is used to reset or to switch the connection between two Android devices , you can in fact configure it to work with two smartphones, in the event that both are in the car at the same time you can use the button to choose which of the two to connect to.
PRICE AND AVAILABILITY? 
- LINK | OFFICIAL CARSIFI PAGE ON INDIEGOGO
The price currently is; set at $ 89, at the exchange rate 78 & euro; to which we must add about ten euros for international shipping (the headquarters is in New York).
All in all we believe that Carsifi is an excellent product , can & ograve; be actually very comfortable and above all it works well, recently Motorola also launched a similar dongle, but & egrave; only available in the USA and costs a little. more & ugrave ;.
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