Secret Feature? Hidden Voice Control Button

As you can see in the picture, my car does not have the Voice Activation button, but the circuitry seems to be all connected.

Do you think if I solder a button onto that empty space, I’ll be able to use voice control… on my aftermarket android headunit?

Did Toyota try to entice us into paying more for fancy futuristic voice control, despite it only costing them $0.05 to add that little button?

 

That makes sense. I had the base model touchscreen, I guess they left out the code to interpret sound waves like the upgraded unit…

All the controls work perfect with the android. I wonder if google assistant would pop up when I install the button… Would be cool to say “play x song” and it works!

I’ll report back when I do it. In the meantime I’ll need that silver button to replace the blank… Let me know if you have any extras laying around !

 

Turns out the answer was no… There’s also a little thingy missing on the bottom right of the circuit board, labeled R56, you can see in the picture.

I just bought a used unit on eBay, swapped the circuit board. I works perfectly. Press the new button, and Google assistant pops up. No more taking eyes off the road to pull up a specific song or playlist. Just say “directions home”

Huge upgrade!!!

 

I searched on AliExpress “Prius CarPlay”. There’s many sellers selling the same looking thing, I bought from the seller called Sadocom. It came with the harness and was all easy plug and play.

People hate on these no-name units, but I’ve had mine a year and it’s amazing. It makes the stock speakers sound much better too. There’s also a plug in the back to install a 3D 360 camera system, which I did. Totally worth it!

 

I bought it from aliexpress from a seller called “OneGoodCar Store” for $54 ! It was easy plug and play (besides drilling holes to mount the cameras… still easy enough… totally worth it)

If you let me know what you’re troubleshooting, maybe I can help!