https://aakarshit.ca/categories/automotive/ Recent content in Automotive on Aakarshit Tyagi - Blog https://aakarshit.ca/assets/og.jpeg https://aakarshit.ca/assets/og.jpeg Hugo -- 0.147.7 en-us Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://aakarshit.ca/posts/car-hacks-101-diy-apple-carplay-in-a-ford-ecosport/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://aakarshit.ca/posts/car-hacks-101-diy-apple-carplay-in-a-ford-ecosport/ <h2 id="motivation">Motivation</h2> <p>I wanted to enable Apple CarPlay/Android Auto on the infotainment of my Ford Ecosport (<em>this works for Figo/Aspire too!</em>), but without swapping out the factory head unit. Reddit says to ditch the car and buy a new one to achieve that goal, and I agree; The question I have is: In this Economy?!?! The car has a nice 9-inch touchscreen so usability won’t be an issue. 😏 The problem? It runs ancient Windows CE 6.0 on ARM (MT33xx processor with 256 MB of RAM). This unit was installed on Ford cars before <a href="https://www.team-bhp.com/news/ford-ecosport-infotainment-will-now-run-android-os" target="_blank" rel="noopener">August 2020</a> . Post that, it was replaced by an equally bad Android 4.2.2 with still no CarPlay support. Overall, I wanted to check if I could modify a few lines here and there to convert the car into a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decepticon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Decepticon</a> . That didn’t work but I still managed to add CarPlay support and tested it successfully on a 12-hour drive to Goa. 🤩</p>