I've been seeing a new kind of Android head unit pop up on aliexpress that replaces the navigation unit but seems to keep the factory radio in place. This keeps the factory look of the center console and IMO looks way better than the "Tesla style" that is popular.
Has anyone tried this out? I'm wondering if it has the same quirks as the Tesla style units. (inaccurate temp displays, unit conversion problems, noisy auido lines, etc)

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807041142152.html
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806558283554.html
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807396490318.html

 

There is a video of this headunit, installed by a user in one of the FB groups.
To be honest, judging from the video the interface is still pretty slow, but there should be a review video soon.

 

Is this the guy you’re talking about? He goes pretty in depth on the wiring in his “first look” and he just released a short showing he was able to rewire everything to work with the factory stereo. Full review isn’t out but the head unit doesn’t seem to be slow when he shows it. There’s also multiple models and the cheaper ones have slower processors and less RAM. Maybe it’s just the cheaper units that are laggy? Anyway from his videos this is looking very promising.

 

yeah this is the guy

 

Definitely nice addition if it offered pre-outs for aftermarket amplifiers