Smarty-Trend head unit

it looks great, all the best!

 

There’s a lot of people who bought an android unit and the buttons take a second to respond and UI is super slow when transitioning

 

Looks nice. Let us know how you like it, hopefully not too much longer.

I just bought an 9" Ekiy T7 unit for my C, should be here by the end of the month. It is supposed to come plug and play, with the harness built and full dash panel for an oem install look. They have it as a regular double din install too. They also have the 360 bird eye cams that I'm looking forward to using. $300 all in, should be a nice tech refresh for a ten year old car.

Another that is well reviewed is from Atoto, they have a 360 setup that only needs one camera that would make install a bit easier. It's a universal head unit and I wasn't finding any good dash kits for my car to get the clean look I want, and their system would've been about $100 more. Atoto also has a couple Linux units that will do SiriusXM if that's needed, and they're cheaper, the Android units won't do satellite.

For anyone looking there's a handful of companies that have good reputations for the Android units, and so, so many scammy sellers. A lot of them have been found to spoof the specks to make the units show better than actual hardware or software. Most of the legit units will be running Android 10, one or two companies have a unit running Android 12, if you see claims of newer software be sceptical and look deeper into it. XDA has some good info about uncovering the scam stuff.

They're are several nice units available for typical single/double din, or with specific kits to give the oem look and simple plug and play installs. Joying, Atoto, Teyes, Ekiy, and a couple others that slip my mind seem to keep a good reputation.