Android 8.0 Head Unit on a 2011 Tundra: Is It Worth It?

0:00What's up guys? I have a new Android head unit 8.0 for the Toyota and we're just going to dive straight into it.

0:10Let's get a look at it.

0:15First thing you want to look at when it comes to a new head unit is let's look at boot times.

0:21Now the car is cold boot so it's been off for over a, a day over 24 hours.

0:26Let's see how fast it boots.

0:30There you go, I'm listening to some AM radio.

0:35This car belongs to my father, and he's big on listening to sports and stuff like that.

0:41so he's a big fan of the radio.

0:43Now a lot of his needs aren't exactly my needs. I don't listen to radios or anything.

0:48Listen to Pandora Spotify.

0:51So his saying is it's very clear.

0:55The radio has been good, reliable, no issues, it's been saving his presets.

0:59He's coming up from a very old system not that it's a leap when he was looking. This is a it's a tundra, so it's a

1:06Workhorse right?

1:08He uses it for his job. It's to carry things but his original

1:13head unit look like absolute crap

1:17But instead of having a calculator. He has something nice like this

1:21I gave him these buttons which he likes and we were thinking about the full touch screen

1:26but for somebody around his age, I think knobs and all

1:29it's a lot easier to use and a lot, a lot simpler.

1:33So, let me

1:41check out this unit, now it's actually very bright, so I've got to tone down the brightness.

1:46Now it's matching more of the thing

1:47and you can see it very clearly.

1:50And he still kept the little,

1:54you can see that little screen protector it came with.

1:56It's not the perfect one, but he likes it-

2:00Because again, this is a workhorse.

2:01So the kind of like built-in screen protector

2:05you kind of usually peel off is still there

2:07because he wants to keep it, the nice and minty.

2:09So it's nice, I have the addition.

2:11But talking more about the software,

2:13My dad, he's about 55, 60 years old, old now.

2:18Actually, I'm,

2:43Don't have to re-route anything.

2:45You could if you want but the built in microphone sounds perfectly clear for this.

2:53So let's keep moving on.

2:57There's a very clean interface.

3:00He has his radio presets.

3:06He likes to listen to CDs and DVDs.

3:12So if we hit this, this disk is going to load up the DVD drive slash CD drive so you, you

3:20could watch a dvd movies and let's see what he listens to music to my ears yeah and it.

3:35Anyway, it works anyway you can use these dials to change the tracks and things

3:41your tips and also speaking of finger tips, steering wheel controls with no

3:47additional charge everything is pretty much included with this so you can adjust

3:53volume you know it.

3:55It's actually programmable so if you wanted the volume up to be another

4:00command or this this thing to be say you don't use your calls a lot you can

4:03change this to I don't know GPS when you press this so all these buttons are

4:07road if you want to reprogram it but the way

4:09But the way I programmed it is you know the way it should be programmed

4:15This one slaps

4:19Also the little beepsy here right there you can turn them off

4:23He prefers to keep them on because the beat being helps him with the feed

4:26helps him with the feedback and if you hold this it turns it off so software

4:34wise it's very easy to use my my dad who is an iphone user

4:39loves this kind of setup, because first of all the one he had before it looked like a

4:44calculator now it works splendid and this car now has a backup camera which

4:52is very important when you have a truck, you know, all trucks have, this is a 2011 model,

5:01but before then, you know, it wasn't mandated to have a backup camera at all or it was, so, he has a hard time,

5:05okay anybody will have, have a hards time parking their big trucks, so having a backup camera is a huge plus.

5:11Alright, I'm going to talk about build quality real quick and how, just the build quality of these knobs and stuff like that.

5:21Now these the front finish is glossy which you know piano black it does look good when it gets dirty

5:28You know you're gonna wipe it down. So it does look good, and it actually you know

5:32Fits with the interior very well, you know this part is glossy too, but more of a gray color, but

5:39The original-head unit was also black too, so

5:43And it feels like a high-quality plastic now

5:46Now, now you remember this is a truck and you know scratches scratches could happen because

6:16silver accents a little bit and there you go.

6:21Here's the GPS if you guys are interested.

6:23The Citrix is actually a really good GPS and I don't want to show you guys where I live

6:28so don't you know don't don't kill me or anything that's just a joking.

6:36But here you go.

6:37You got the SD cards and stuff let's see this flap and check out the build quality

6:41of this thing micro sd and I believe that's a mini b so not not opting for the

6:50micro but a mini USB and the RST that is your reset button so if you need to

6:58reset it you can press that little button right

7:00there but yeah these these knobs are really good also with this is also it's

7:07It's good. It's like OEM feels nice way better than the actual OEM unit when it comes to like Bluetooth functionality and what's on screen

7:15But also let's continue to build quality

7:19Let's look at the screen

7:22Okay

7:26You know usual screen stuff it does have some glare but for more I'm sitting right here no issues at all

7:33And let's see if the colors shift

7:35at all you know looks like a nice good display the colors aren't really

7:40shifting and turn turning inverted really okay it's kind of inverted here but

7:45no one will ever kind of look it from this angle from passenger and driver

7:49you're looking at a good setup, let's do the tests with sunglasses glasses so

7:57here how it looks like with polarized lenses let's see if it looks any

8:01different nope still still good so there's that test good all right let's dive

8:12into app integrations and let's see what it has calendar radio and of course

8:17music if you haven't there's built-in store so if you're looking for that it's

8:22good I like the setup it's clean it's aesthetically pleasing modern and

8:27And you know it's simple, but a nice. Design not cheesy at all or tacky bluetooth DVR

8:32And then you if you want to watch videos

8:34On this head unit another widget for bluetooth so you can swap that's that the calendar you want bluetooth right there an option

8:42And if you can see right here, this is a steering wheel programing and how you can program it

8:47There is some avians that is basically

8:49Basically your video outports if you're trying to play, you know, you know

8:50Super Nintendo or whatever. Anything with a composite cable not this

8:57So take a look at that you got music file browser, you know you can read the rest

9:02Let's look into amplifier because. This is a head unit

9:07This is how my dad set it up

9:08So I don't really want to mess with it

9:10But you got a one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven be an equalizer you can increase the loudness

9:17the fade

9:19Etc. And you know, this is my dad's car and it's a big upgrade over stock

9:24, the music sounds cleaner, the music sounds louder, and the OEM's unit is garbage. Now, you're going to say, like, is this as good as a Pioneer? Honestly, for all the haters, it does sound as good as my Harman Kardon package on my car. So, yes, Pioneer might sound a little bit better, but you know, audio files, whatever, it pretty much sounds the same as kind of like your new setup.

9:54If you really want the best sounds you have to get extra

10:24APKs which is kind of like apps whatever you want. I like to install some cracked

10:31apps. Guys it's your boy John back again with another video. Today we're going to

10:35take a look at cracked apps. Check out cracked apps right here if you want to

10:39learn some new cracked apps basically Spotify for free, Pandora that you can

10:44download etc. It's nice. Easy Connect is for the iPhone 7 integration which

10:52Which is super cool.

10:54So if you want to have your phone mirrored, kind of like Android Auto or Apple CarPlay,

11:00you can have your phone mirrored onto the screen.

11:04So there, you know your buddies are on the side on Instagram, you kind of want to see

11:09Instagram stories on your head unit.

11:12This does have the capabilities.

11:14I haven't really used it because I don't really see a need but it's there it you want to

11:18mirror your iPhone... iPhone or Android device onto this. You can kind of see right there.

11:23You can mirror it through a Wi-Fi with. Apple, Wi-Fi or USB with Android I

11:29Again something I don't use but you know it's it's it's there

11:36and your normal cheat your Google Maps stuff and Google Maps not I mean

11:42google app stuff sorry play store and torque so this does can work with OBD2

11:50readers if you want to have your car readings this actually comes with torque

11:55which is nice because torque is actually a program that you need to pay for I

12:12have some like this from the factory. If you really want to do something like that then it's there

12:17record your quarter mile, 0 to 60. Now this is a truck stuff like that my dad wouldn't even care

12:23about, but it's it's there if you want to and that's the whole point of an Android head

12:28unit to have options okay. You want options you got it with this bad boy. Car TM pass that's

12:34if you want to measure your car's tire pressure. I don't have the sensors for you need a parrot

12:41for this. This car does have TPMS, but it's through...the factory ECU. But it is there, and you can look at all those settings.

12:55Koo Koo, I don't know what Z-Box is. Hopefully it's nothing bad. Yeah, so I don't know what Z-Box is, but if you guys know what that is, cool.

13:07Alright, next thing I want to talk about is install.

13:13Is it easy to install? you never install a car head unit, is it crazy?

13:19I'm going to let you know, I'm going to crush your over doubts, it's so easy my little brother

13:23can do it and that dude does not know crap about cars or anything.

13:27Now when it comes to for like this, it might be daunting at first, but it's just clips

13:32So you pull this out, then you pull this out and you basically unscrew the head unit.

13:38That's it, it's really easy, you just pull, pull, pull.

13:41Now look at your car specifically if you need help, but the install is super easy.

13:46Now the most challenging thing that people usually see is not removing panels

13:49because they're just clipped in together,

13:52but it's installing the wiring harness.

13:54Now, if you buy from Sakane, it's so easy.

13:58It took me five minutes to install this, five minutes.

14:03And, I'm like, you're like, John,

14:04well, you're used to installing stuff.

14:07Okay.

14:08Let's say, if you're not as fast as me,

14:11literally, it's just one plug.

14:14So it took me five minutes to kind of open this up,

14:17and then I have a few seconds to plug in the harness.

14:20The wiring from Secane comes pre-wired

14:24for your specific unit.

14:26So when it comes to this,

14:28I just basically unplugged the OEM unit,

14:32plug in the harness, and everything fired up,

14:47All the everything working dimmer switches if you don't know what dimmer is when you turn on your headlights

14:54Then it dims the screen. I don't know if you saw that but see that

14:59So all those wiring is pre built-in

15:03Stereo air control wires

15:05dimmer switches audio power

15:17USB or aux on this port right here then it's very possible to do and of course

15:24that's gonna take a little bit extra same with the reverse camera and also the

15:28The only thing I want to note is if you guys have an amplification, you just have to tap

15:33the remote on.

15:35That's it.

15:36For my WRX.

15:37Let's check out of that beauty right there.

15:45It basically needed a turn on amp function because I have the Harman Kardon package.

15:51Super easy to do it took me another second 15 seconds to do

15:58But install is so easy if you ever install a pioneer or Ken-wood or whatever you have to buy these brackets

16:06So because you know there's square right there like 198 by whatever 102 or something

16:11So they're just a square so you have to buy brackets you have to worry about

16:15What kind of wiring harness you have to wire it you can have places like crunch field to pre wire for the

16:21It's expensive the list goes on this you buy you don't have to buy any bezels and look. It's like OEM, or right?

16:29It's a long it makes your crappy head interior look like a I don't know

16:35Like a Tesla look at that so

16:39Install it's a cinch. Don't worry about it. If you guys have questions, of course

16:45Try to read the manual and stuff and it's fun to install stuff

16:49Something like this is very rewarding if you do it yourself instead of having a guy from Best Buy

16:54Who doesn't really care about your car or anything scratch it up?

16:57I'm just not everyone's like that, but I'm saying it's do the work. You're self and

17:01You'll thank me later because it's more rewarding when you do something yourself

17:07I. I think things up. Is this a head unit? I recommend for an older person like my dad who's 60. Hell, yeah

17:14big buttons my dad's a very touch screen guy so the touchscreen is what makes it

17:21so easy for my dad you know those calculators are really just a few

17:25buttons but when my dad sees radio and you click radio etc let's see you know

17:31you can click on it you just tap these it makes it so easy because when you get

17:35older I feel like you need to be more visual than because you

17:38You know it, they didn't grow up with this stuff.

17:43So when they see stuff like this where they can just tap and it's very, even though he's

17:47an iPhone user, it's very easy use.

17:50So it's very intuitive and he's very familiar with it.

17:53So he has no issues navigating with this, even though he's a six year old Vietnamese

17:57man who came here from Vietnam like 30 years ago, whatever.

18:08Android 8.0. What kind of features does that bring? Something with notifications, security, and blah blah blah, but

18:15Look at all these cool settings you can do.

18:18Don't worry about that.

18:20If you're worrying about install or it's too hard to use or if it works with the iPhone or not

18:24My dad's an iPhone user and he loves this stuff. Very easy to do

18:30Other than that, I have no other

18:32You know questions. This is so easy

18:35easy easy I know I've been saying easy a lot you guys shouldn't be stressing about

18:40how hard it is to install it's easy pieces they would say thank you for

18:44watching I hope this video helped on the new Android 8.0 from Sakane

18:58I mean look at this interior what is it a,