Image: ottocast.com
Wireless CarPlay from an Android phone into a 2019 Mini
Claude studied OttoAibox firmware and sniffed CarPlay traffic to build an Android app that connects an Android phone to a Mini over wireless CarPlay.
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The Mini only has wireless CarPlay and the poster uses Android. Assuming the pricey OttoAibox i3 is just an Android phone in a case, they gave Claude its firmware and asked how it connects, then had it write an Android app for a rooted phone using those techniques.
It failed in the car at first, so Claude was told to sniff Bluetooth and Wi-Fi packets from a jailbroken iPhone during a real CarPlay session. After many trips to the garage and an almost drained car battery, the phone connected. The poster used Opus 4.8 because 5.5 kept refusing reverse engineering work.
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From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: Claude helped me connect my Android phone to my Mini over CarPlayReddit poster: tr0picanaPosted
The maker's post on r/ClaudeAI.
If it disappears: archived copy of Reddit: Claude helped me connect my Android phone to my Mini over CarPlay (opens in a new tab)
- The project: ottocast.com
Linked in the post.