Podofo 10.26" Touchscreen Wireless Carplay Portable Car Stereo Android Auto, Car Play Navigation, Voice Control, Bluetooth/AUX/FM, Car Radio Receiver

i was really unsure if i wanted to take a chance on one of these screens since i’ve seen such mixed reviews, but so far the screen is performing well. i ordered mine last night and got it this morning, it was really easy to set up, the hardest part was hiding the wiring but that’s optional of course. i managed to completely hide the wiring except for where it plugs into the screen and it looks really good. my car already has an infotainment screen so i wasn’t sure if i really needed one of these carplay screens, but it definitely makes a huge difference. i love seeing my upcoming calendar events and accessing my spotify without going on my phone. i’ve also used siri a few times since setting it up and it’s so helpful. the screen has good image quality and is pretty responsive, it actually loads quicker than my original car screen. once i plugged it into my car i just had to bluetooth my phone to the screen and allow carplay, and i didn’t even have to bluetooth the screen to my car or anything, my audio plays just like normal. i still use my steering wheel to control volume and skip songs/etc which was important to me when looking for carplay screens. the startup screen is obnoxious and i’m not sure why there’s no option to change it, but i’m going to follow the review that said how to, should be an easy fix. the startup sound really isn’t that big of a deal, yes it’s not ideal, but this is a budget option so i’m fine with it.overall so far so good! i’ll update if anything goes wrong.

Update: The reps from this company monitor the reviews and reached out within 2 days of the review going live. They unconditionally offered me a refund, which I've graciously accepted. I want to send them the device back, but they asked me to keep it. I'm updating this review to 5 stars only because they are good people and are trying to build their brand. I hope the next iteration of this product solves all these problems.Thank you Podofo.-----------If you are having problems, return this thing in the returns period or else you'll be stuck with it.This device is amazing - on paper.In the real world, it does everything it's supposed to do, but it does a whole bunch of other infuriating things which make this device useless.Pros:Nice screen. Great when it works.Cons: many cons1. Constantly disconnects. You have to remove or set all saved wifis and public wifis to not connect automatically otherwise you'll lose connection when you're driving around. Even then, it will disconnect every 30 minutes or 1 hour for unknown reasons.2. It takes anywhere between 5 seconds or 5 minutes to reconnect, during which time, you don't have any directions. I always have to pull over or somehow unlock my phone, launch maps, type in the address to resume navigation. Total hassle.3. The device connects with a headset and media profile. Even if you uncheck the boxes for phone call and media in it's Bluetooth properties, it will still connect and take over your phone again and again and again... It is very frustrating when it does this when I'm on a phone call. I almost always have to pull it's cord to turn it off when I take a phone call. The built in speaker and mic are also just terrible.3. Gps is laggy on the map even when my phone is on the dash. Maps shows my location correctly, but this device sometimes thinks I'm still in the parking lot a mile away.4. This company's support is a ridiculous waste of time. I think they want to waste your time till yourThey asked me to factory reset, then they sent me an IMG file to flash on the device... Their device flasher is in Mandarin and keeps throwing errors. They made me try with different SD cards but same error.I tried opening the IMG file with different flashers but none of them can show me what's in it.Podofo: if you CARE, I want to return this device.

Tldr Overall this is great for the price. Wish it was slightly more money with auto dimming, better mounting options like magnetic or CD slot or arm. Startup Bugatti image you can't change is ridiculous.The mounting options are awful if you want a oem look. The dash pad does work well but it's massive.The Bugatti on startup needs to have an option to remove it completely, set it to black or nothing, custom logo, or all the car maker logo choice. It just makes it a joke to have on startup.Device seems to only have 1 touch at a time. Cannot pinch to zoom at all.Not advertised to have but definitely needs auto dimming. Time set dimming is alright but usually ended up too bright or dim a lot.Pros!Starts up fast enough to not want it to be any faster.It just works every time I get in the car no fussing around with it.Audio output options and the way it just works with your existing Bluetooth to car is EXCELLENT. What do I mean? If you have Bluetooth on your car radio you're golden. Your phone just hooks up to your car radio like normal, put radio on media or aux to hear your phone. Your phone basically just uses this screen as a display and control. Audio never hits this screen just goes right to car radio. Means your steering wheel buttons or radio next and volume just all work and there is nearly zero lag on changing songs even on the screen.If you don't have Bluetooth on car. This has 3.5mm aux out, Bluetooth itself, or pick any FM frequency audio out. That is fantastic, tested the fm part and it worked great. Its FM and is fine for most people. It could be a little clearer but it really is good enough for 90% of people.The screen is low resolution like 600 vertical pixels it doesn't look great if your eyes are at phone holding distance. But when it's up on your dash you don't notice it and it actually looks pretty great.The widescreen is great to have dual maps and radio on screen at same time.Unfortunately I'm going to return this to try out another brand with auto dimming and a startup image that wasn't set by a juvenile. Multi touch is really desired any time I try to zoom out and look at my route. It's not normal to have to use the zoom in out buttons.