Key Highlights
- You cannot screen mirror the whole screen of your smartphone to the car screen. Instead, you can use Android Auto or Apple CarPlay to start screen mirroring the apps selectively onto your car.
- Screen Mirroring Alternative for Android:
- Wireless Connection: Install Android Auto → hit the three dots → select Settings → tap on Connections → choose Bluetooth connected to share the content.
- Wired Connection: You can make use of the Android Auto Adopter Dongle to connect your Android device to the car screen to display the content.
- Screen Mirroring Alternative for iPhone:
- Wireless Connection: Navigate to Settings → hit General → tap CarPlay → choose your car → done.
- Wired Connection: iPhone users can use their Lightning Cable to display the content from their phone to the car screen.
There’s no possible way to screen mirror your smartphone to a car. But are you still looking for a convenient way to operate your smartphone while driving? If so, this can be done by accessing apps from your smartphone on the car screen without screen mirroring. Accessing apps on a car can be very helpful in navigating places using maps, playing music, sending texts, and much more. Also, you need to understand that only particular apps will be accessed on your car screen and not all apps.
Even though you can see various methods to display the content from your smartphone to a car screen, so far, there are only two possible ways available to share the content. This will be explained through this article in simple steps.
Screen Mirroring to Car from Android
If you are an Android user, you can make use of the built-in Android Auto feature to access some of the apps on your car screen. You can either see this as a built-in feature or a separate app according to the model you are using.
If your car has wireless mirroring support, you can use the Android Auto app directly, or else you need to buy a dongle to establish a wired connection.
Wireless Connection
1. Ensure that your smartphone and car are successfully paired via Bluetooth.
2. Launch Android Auto on your smartphone.
3. Hit the three dots located at the top right corner of the screen.
4. Select the Settings option under the menu.
5. Tap on Connections and choose Bluetooth connected under the Wireless Connections category.
6. Now, the content from your Android device will be shared on your car screen.
Wired Connection
In case your car doesn’t support wireless connections, you can buy an Android Auto Adopter Dongle for screen mirroring your Android device to the car screen.
1. Fetch an Android Auto Adopter Dongle of good quality.
2. Launch Android Auto on your smartphone. If it is unavailable in your app section, download it from the Google Play Store.
3. Now, connect the dongle to your car.
4. Take a USB cable and connect its ends to the type-C port of your smartphone and the dongle.
5. Finally, allow the necessary permissions to start sharing the content from your phone to the car screen.
Screen Mirroring to Car from iPhone
iPhone users can make use of their CarPlay feature to display the apps from their phone to the car screen. Just like Android devices, you can choose either a wireless or wired connection to share the content.
Wireless Connection
Check out the below steps to connect your iPhone to the car screen wirelessly.
1. Make sure that your iPhone and car are connected to each other via Bluetooth.
2. Now, press the Voice Command button located on your steering wheel.
3. Now, navigate to the Settings menu on your iPhone and hit General.
4. Tap the CarPlay option and choose your car from the list shown on your screen.
5. Once done, you can view some of the content from your iPhone on the car screen.
Wired Connection
In case your car doesn’t come with a wireless connection, you can still display the content with the aid of a Lightning Cable.
1. Take a Lightning Cable of the best quality.
2. Insert one end to the Lightning port of your iPhone and the other end to the USB socket of your car.
3. Once connected, you need to allow the necessary permissions shown on your infotainment screen.
4. Finally, your iPhone content will be displayed on your car screen.
FAQ
No. You can’t screen mirror the content from your smartphone to a car. Instead, you can use the Android Auto and CarPlay feature to access specific apps from your smartphone to Car’s screen.
Unfortunately, there’s no alternative for Android Auto to screen mirror your smartphone screen to a car.
