Wireless Carplay Adapter, Suitable for Vehicles Equipped with Cabled CarPlay, Plug and Play Feature enables Fast and Stable CarPlay Wireless Connection, Suitable for 800+ Vehicles (Grey)

Why it's worth it

This is a plain wireless CarPlay dongle for iPhone owners whose car already has factory wired CarPlay. It's tiny, it sits nearly flush in the port, and owner feedback on it runs more consistently positive than anything else here — most people plug it in, pair once, and forget it exists.

For most drivers, the boring adapter is the right adapter. The Pluvixa does one job: it turns your car's wired CarPlay into wireless CarPlay. Maps, music, Siri, calls and texts all come through the factory interface the way they do over a cable, and your steering wheel buttons keep working. There's no app to install, no account to make, no settings page you'll ever need to visit twice.

Setup is three steps. Plug it into the USB port you'd normally use for CarPlay, switch on Bluetooth, and pick the adapter's name from the list. After that first pairing your phone reconnects on its own every time you start the car, and owners commonly describe it coming up in about ten seconds — before you've backed out of the driveway.

From our review of 7 wireless carplay adapters, by Ben Carter, Tech Editor

What we like

• +For most drivers, the boring adapter is the right adapter
• +Setup is three steps
• +It's also physically small, which matters more than you'd guess
• +The quieter win is your phone's charging port

What to know

• –CarPlay only, with no exceptions
• –The failure mode owners describe isn't so much dropouts as sluggishness — a beat of delay when you swipe through a long…