MMB MAX 5.0 Magic Ai Box Wireless Carplay & Android Auto Adapter, Android 13, 8GB+128GB, 8Core, Multimedia Video Box Support Disney+, NetfIix,YouTube,Live Sports,Google Store and More

The media could not be loaded. I bought this for a very long road trip with kids and am very pleased with the result. It turns your wired CarPlay into an Android 13 interface. Play videos, surf the web, use widgets, all the things you can’t have through normal CarPlay or Android auto.I verified that it is a Snapdragon 665 that will run at 2.4ghz, and through about 20 hours of use it’s been flawless. Android 13 is very good on the CarPlay screen. Switching between apps is fast, it shows 8gb of RAM and 128gb onboard storage with an SD slot for extra.Streaming video and Spotify get the full Android apps which is probably the reason most people will buy this. It also has a sim slot that I didn’t get to test since I let it tether to my phone.You can also drop out to native CarPlay or Android auto and it will run those wirelessly. I didn’t expect this, but the snapdragon cpu is SO MUCH faster than other (cheap) wireless CarPlay adapters I’ve used that it changes wireless CarPlay. No crashes, no noticeable delay on screen or calls, after using a lot of wireless CarPlay adapters I accidentally found the best one.Really nothing to change here. I had a long road trip and this kept my kids entertained the whole time with streaming videos and games, I absolutely recommend it.

Dont bother… tried it twice and twice the box bricks itself after a few months usage. First one lit up with no output. Second one now boots up and resets itself instantly….

The media could not be loaded. You want to watch movie? Netflix ? Game ? Or you tube ? You can do all and you can check your mail if you want , use for navigation too , really good

I'd like to start by saying that I found that the positive reviews are basically true. But in my experience, there are some cons that outweigh the plusses and I'll focus on them in this review.I tried really hard to like the Magic Box 5.0. Really I did. It is such a great idea.... the ability to run full Android on your car infotainment screen and the ability to run any app. In fact, it does a lot of things very well. But in the end the devil is in the details. Especially for $229Probably the biggest disappointment for me is the apparent inability to zoom Google Maps by pinch zoom.... or any other method, for that matter. I can sometimes zoom in by double tapping the screen (not sure if this is intentional). But once zoomed in, I found no way to zoom back out. When you tap the screen you occasionally get a blue icon with two inward facing arrows that could be an indication of a zoom feature but I never got Maps to zoom out no matter what I tried.In Google Maps it can be difficult to dismiss the boxes that pop up on the left of the Maps screen because the left arrow to dismiss gets covered by that blue icon, making it impossible to tap the left arrow. Also, often Maps does not start up with the current location centered, making it necessary to tap the "recenter" icon.Although I have not timed it, I find boot time to be excessive. I am out of the driveway, driveway door closed and driving out of the sub before the thing finishes booting. And when it does finish, it forces the infotainment screen to display it regardless of what you were doing prior. That's fine if you wanted to use it, but not so fine if you were doing something else.I could not figure out how to initiate split screen. The first couple times, I set two apps for the split screen display and while it remembered them, I could never figure out how to DISPLAY them. Then the next day, it immediately forgot the apps as soon as I hit OK and the re-entered the split screen configuration display.I found that tapping on the floating button and home icon (required to get back to the home screen) to be distracting when trying to hit the small targets while driving.Since there is essentially zero documentation for this device all I could do was search the 'net and experiment. I mostly came up empty. Some of these issues may be operator error, but without some sort of documentation......The bottom line for me was that I found using Google Maps to be WAY too fiddly and tap intensive to be safely used while driving. Unless I can address most of these issues I will be returning it. I will be sorry to see it go, but IMO, it just isn't quite ready for prime time if you try to use it while in motion.

This thing works incredible, bought it for a lil trip. Expensive on here, found them for a better price on another platform. But I highly recommend.

First things first, I wanted to love this thing! I have watched tons of reviews and have purchased a couple other boxes previously so I do have some frame of reference. I drive a newer Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric vehicle. My vehicle has a wide screen tablet display. I have previously purchased the Carlinkit Tbox UHD 6225. While this device was overall decent, I felt the performance was sluggish compared to what I would expect, plus the device took 45-60 seconds to boot up each time I entered my vehicle. I reduced my usage to only using for times when I was charging my vehicle and for daily driving I use a basic wireless android auto/carplay adapter instead.With that background out of the way, onto my experience with this box. I will say, I thought this would be my perfect box. From all the videos I've seen, touch response is very solid with this device, which was a major issue with my Tbox UHD. From the moment I opened the sealed packaging (sealed with clear shrink wrap), I suspected this was an open box or used item. I noticed there were scratches on my device and fingerprints on the gloss black coating on the front of the box. This already wasn't a great first impression for an almost $200 AI box. From the first time I plugged the device in the language settings were in Taiwanese or Chinese, and I had to use Google Translate to try to change the settings. I tried a factory reset, but the system did not prompt me to pick a language after resetting. I then had to search for the default Android settings to try to change the language settings by going through the box settings. This process took about 15-20 minutes before I FINALLY could use this device.Setup wasn't too bad at all. Especially with another box for reference. Apps I stalled easily and everything appeared to work fine. I spent about 2-3 hours messing with the box and getting signed in/set up. This happened on Saturday, using the box in the car on a warm day with air conditioning on in the car. I will say I could not get my data only SIM card from Google Fi to work no matter what I tried. I wasn't able to get the same SIM card to work with my Tbox UHD either. I have gotten the SIM card to work with an aftermarket android headunit in another vehicle though.Fast forward to Monday, I drove my car to work - a less than 15 minute drive. Just in the time it took me to back out of my garage the box paired to my phone and then dropped connection to wireless Android Auto. Odd, but I repaired and things worked okay for another 2 minutes or so until the box completely stopped working. I tried disconnecting power, checking my cable connections, and even plugged in my basic android auto/carplay box and that one worked fine. I have continued to troubleshoot the box but no signs of life. I cannot explain what happened. After this experience I would not recommend this box or this brand. I am super disappointed as I had high hopes for this box. I gave this 2 stars becuase it worked pretty well when it worked. I have tried just plugging the box into power and still no luck.