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Best tablet car mounts in 2024
Tablets can are useful tech for drivers and passengers alike, but mounting them requires specialized hardware
With the proliferation of Android Auto and Apple CarPlay in newer vehicles, cars are more integrated with mobile technology than ever before. Still, there are plenty of uses for an extra tablet in your ride, like backseat entertainment for kids, an easy-to-read navigation screen in older vehicles without a built-in display, or a workstation for truckers and delivery drivers.
Best car phone mounts in 2024
Use your Android phone safely by sliding it into one of these car mounts
It's unsafe and, in most places, illegal to hold your phone in your hand while driving. The solution is to invest in one of the many car mounts available today. A good phone mount holds your device securely, affixes reliably to your vehicle, and doesn't block any ports or buttons on the phone. Some also offer additional features like articulating arms and even wireless charging.
Save up to 30% on iOttie’s universal phone car mounts this Black Friday weekend
The iOttie wireless car charger is the perfect accessory for your Pixel phone
A universal car phone mount is a must-have accessory for your vehicle in this day and age. This is especially true if you have an old vehicle with no built-in Android Auto and rely on your phone for navigation and calling/texting purposes. For Black Friday, you can get your hands on some of iOttie's car phone mounts with massive discounts of as much as 30%. Depending on your phone, you can get the iOttie car mount with wireless charging built-in to wirelessly top up your phone's battery while it helps you navigate the traffic.
iOttie’s universal car mounts are the automotive Prime Day deals you absolutely can't miss
Who needs built-in Android Auto, anyway?
When you plan an off-roading trip or a long drive on the weekend, a universal car phone mount is a must-have accessory. A car phone mount can come in handy to receive calls, get turn-by-turn directions, or summon your phone’s voice assistant without letting go of the steering wheel. If you have been eyeing one, now is the right time to grab one of iOttie’s car phone mounts during Amazon Prime day. The company is knocking 30% off all car accessories, including car mount phone holders.
Many newer cars have wireless charging built in, and pretty much every car nowadays has Bluetooth audio. But for those of us with older cars without those niceties, the iOttie wireless car charger, now discounted by to .99 on Amazon, is one of the only ways to play audio and charge at the same time.This wireless car charger comes with both CD and vent mounts in the box, so you can choose whichever mounting solution works better for you. It wireless charges at up to 10W for Android devices. I'm currently using a regular iOttie mount in my older BMW, and the problem is that my Pixel 4 XL can't simultaneously charge and connect to my aux cable through the USB-C port. Bluetooth solutions for my car are much more expensive, so I just ordered one of these.
These days, it's more important than ever to be mindful of how often our hands come into contact with the surfaces and objects around us. It's also well known that our phones can carry more microbes than almost anything else we touch regularly. One of the easiest ways to reduce contact with your phone, at least while driving, is to rely on a car mount and voice commands, and, with our latest deal, you can save 20% off the Kenu Airmount+, which typically sells for $18.70.The Airframe+ vent mount is compatible with phone screens that measure up to 6" diagonally and up to 3.4" wide, so even though this model first launched a few years ago, it will work with an assortment of modern smartphones as well. Thanks to this accessory's impressive build quality, you can repeatedly affix and remove the Airframe+ without worrying about damaging it or your car's vent covers. You can also trust the mount to hold your phone snug in either portrait or landscape orientation.
Do you happen to own a car without Android Auto support? Or maybe just a car without a great place to put your phone? Thankfully, there are plenty of third-party retailers ready to help solve that particular problem with a variety of mounts and cradles. If you happen to be looking for a new or upgraded phone holder for your car, you can save up to on select phone mounts and home wireless chargers from iOttie during Amazon's latest deal of the day.No matter what kind of car you have or what surface you'd prefer to mount your phone to, iOttie should have an accessory that meets your needs. Today's DOTD includes phone holders that you can affix to your car's dashboard, air vents, windshield, or CD slot. This sale also includes two wireless chargers for home use (one stand-style and one mat-syle) with dual induction coils and support for charging speeds up to 10W on compatible devices.
Scosche seems to know what it's doing when it comes to making wirelessly-charging phone mounts that don't get in the way of your vehicle's climate control vents. In fact, at this very CES, the company extended the MagicMount's utility with new air freshener cartridges that integrate right into the base. Today, though, we come to a little something different: a suction-mounted telescoping arm.
Last year at CES 2019, Scosche announced the MagicMount Charge3, a car mount that hooks into your car's air vent to keep a phone locked steadily in place. Unlike similar products, the MagicMount was designed so neither the mount or the phone would obstruct airflow from the vents, plus it supported wireless charging for your phone. This may sound like the holy grail of car mounts, but this year Scosche added the one thing that was obviously missing: an air freshener.
Nobody wants their phone rattling around their car while they drive, getting dirty, wet, or damaged — you've got to keep that thing in place. If you're looking for a solution and nothing's sticking, you might be drawn to the iOttie iTap magnetic mount, currently on sale at Amazon for $11 ($6 off).The vent mount uses a one-touch, spring-loaded clip to latch onto and release from your vent, allowing for quick installation and removal. The kit includes metal plates which attach to your phone or case with adhesive. The plates connect your phone to the mount, which uses rare earth magnets to provide six pounds of pull force, keeping your device firmly in place.
Qi wireless charging's popularity has seen an ebb and flow since the tech's introduction. After growing slowly but steadily for several years, it stalled for a while, but is seeing a resurgence now with many popular smartphone makers supporting the standard. Flagships from Google, Samsung, Huawei, and several other Android brands are Qi compatible nowadays, and accessory makers have jumped on the trend.Beside wireless charging pads and stands, many have combined the convenience of plopping a device on a surface and seeing its battery fill up with the simplicity of magnetic mounts, to create a product that's nearly seamless to use. Today, I'm taking a look at one of these magnetic plus Qi charging systems from Moshi: SnapTo.
Scosche already announced a nifty wireless charging in-car mount, the MagicMount Charge3, at CES yesterday, but the new MagicGrip Charge is pretty interesting as well. This Qi-powered mount actually grabs your phone from you with motorized arms — something I've never seen on a car mount before.
Not everyone has a car with Android Auto built in. Some of us have to make do with firing up the app when we pile into our car, sorting through a tangle of cables, Bluetooth devices, and clamps with our phones before we head out. If you'd like to streamline that process a bit, or if you've yet to join the Android Auto app-powered ranks, iOttie has four different car mounts that are Deals of the Day over at Amazon and 30% off. If you'd like the Caddilac-unit, iOttie's Easy One Touch Qi mount is probably your jam. As you'd figure, it supports wireless charging for Qi-compatible devices, with other nice features like an automatic closing mount and adjustable telescoping. Normally $49.95, you can grab one now for just $34.97, which is $15 off.
Look, sometimes we write things here on Android Police because Artem wants us to write them. And when Artem demands asks for something, you oblige because you fear respect him. That's the case with this deal. We tried to surreptitiously mark the post as done in our internal to-do list, but he kept re-opening it. So here we are, it had to be done and I decided to take the bullet. Bear with me as I try to make this seem interesting and fun.The Kenu Airframe+ is a car air vent mount. It's a big mount that expands to 8.6cm to accommodate larger phones. It works on all air vent models. It's well built too. And it can be used as a stand if you slot a credit card in the back clip, but who would keep a car vent mount in their pocket for such occasions?! Oh and that thing normally costs $29.95 and very rarely dips below that according to CCC. Holy expensive shit. Now it's "only" $19.99.I know what you're thinking: air vent mounts are a couple of bucks usually. But they're often flimsy and they're not Artem-approved. He tells me it's worked super well for him over the past years - it launched in 2014 and that's a long time to test a product. It's also a long time to go without #artemsluck destroying it into billions of pieces. Must be built like a tank.So now you can be like Artem and have a Kenu Airframe+ mount in your car for the discounted price of $19.99. Shipping is free with Amazon Prime. Unfortunately, Amazon won't badge these with "Artem-approved," but you'll know it in your heart.Source: Amazon
Cheap accessories are the best accessories. So if you're in the market for a new car mount, look no further than today's deal. Right now over on Amazon, you can pick up a Choetech universal suction-cup car mount for just $3.99. Your morning coffee might cost more.There are a ton of different types of car mounts out there, but the salient point here is that it's the $4 type. It'll secure itself to your windshield (if that's legal where you are) or your dash, assuming the surface is smooth enough for it to work. It's also universal, fitting phones from 2" to 3.7" of width. Just double check the location and height of your volume buttons, as the sides might press against them if they're the widest point on your phone. A case might make that a non-issue, though.It's even got a quick one-handed release, 360-degree rotation, and an 18-month warranty. If your car doesn't come with Android Auto, at least with this car mount and the Android Auto app you can approximate the experience on the cheap (as I do). Just be sure to use code 8ESTIKT7 at checkout to get the extra $2 off, or you'll pay the full $5.99 price.Source: Amazon
Do you have a car? Do you also have a phone? Then you might need a car mount for your phone. If you don't have one already, iOttie has discounted three of its mounts on Amazon for today only.The suction cup mount is $12.99 (normally $19.99), which you can stick easily on your car dashboard - or other places, do what you want. Both the air vent mount and CD slot mount is currently $12.78 (normally $19.95).The air vent and CD slot mounts work with any phones (or phone-shaped objects) between 2.3 to 3.5 inches wide - large enough to fit the massive Phab2 Pro. The suction cup mount works with devices between 2.3 and 3.2 inches wide. You can find links to all of them below.Source: Amazon - Suction Cup Mount, Amazon - Air Vent Mount, Amazon - CD Slot Mount
Some months ago, Logitech released a pair of car mounts called "ZeroTouch." At the time, I thought they were interesting, but ultimately not worth the high price. Now, this same hardware is back on the Google Store as an Android Auto mount. The price is still crazy, though.
Logitech is unveiling a new product today, and its exclusively for Android with the aim of making it easier to use your phone in the car without distraction. Logi ZeroTouch is a smart car mount with included voice control app. And yes, you need one to use the other. These two things are not usually so intertwined, but ZeroTouch is an unusual product. Would you like to know how unusual? Read on.
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If you've ever looked at both AliExpress and Samsung's accessories store, you'd know that car mounts can range from the super cheap to the super expensive and there are dozens of different designs and concepts used to keep the phone stable despite the vibrations and accelerations of the car. One of my favorite types of car mounts are magnetic: they're usually sturdy, very simple to use, have less moving parts, and are super quick for placing and removing the phone.