Carpuride W904
Introduction/Description
I have a Hyundai Tucson from 2018 and here was a Gen2 integrated radio withou Apple or Google CarPlay. Suddenly, some weeks ago,I goit a message that my licence for the live servcies were expired. I was estonished as I just did a map update in january.
After several investigations I found out that you get a 7 years and 3 month live services licence with your car and than that was it – you can’t buy a new licence for that. So no wetaher forcast, traffic info etc.
Further checking gave me the info that even the maps will not get any further update in the future.
The option was to change the radio (the device costs nearly 2000€ and even more depending on the device of course) and the caples for my radio are specials and need to get exchanged for a newer version (so at the end it would cost me several tousand euros).
That was than the point where I decided no thanks! I searched for an alternative and several years ago I already checked out Carpuride and other devices. After checking different reviews I decided to buy the Carpuride W904.
This device has a dashcam, witch isn’t allowed here in Luxembourg but in Germany an co it is. So I just need to remove the SD card here in Luxembourg so that nothing is recorded anymore and in the other countries I simply put it in again 🙂
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These ratings are my personal opinion – Your Opinion maybe different than mine!
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Opinion
I boxed out the device and switched it on and wow – just only a few seconds and it was ready.
Also the Apple Carplay connection was ultra easy. You get all the info on screen on what you have to do to make it work.
The performance is also great. The screen is very reactive. I just saw a small delay within Apple Carplay but with the apps from the device itself these aren’t present.
In the video I was too stupid to figure out how I get the TomTom Navigation App with the Spotify App together on the screen. It was too easy – It’s directly build in Apple Carplay – Just need to hit the button at the bottom left lol.
In general I’m very satisfied with what I get especially for the price I payed for it.
I gonna test it the next days and if I see something special I gonna write it here too.
As additional info you have 2 apps, Viidure and Evelink. Viidure is the app you need for live playback on your phone or for directly downloading videos to it that were recorded with the dashcam.
On the device you have the explications on how it works (so download the app on your phone, start the app on the W904, connect to the W904 WiFi, and than start the app on your phone)
Within the app you can create an account but it is not mandatory! Also you have a VIP membership with more options to your dashcam. The actual prices goes from 9,9€ for a year to 39,9€ for lifetime membership. Normaly these prices are “much” more but still fair for what you get.
THIS MEMBERSHIP IS NOT MANDATORY!!
And last but not least I talk about the firmware. I was searching on how to update but couldn’t find any info about it except if you need one you need to ask the support. They don’t want that you brick your device.
But I also found an option within the 2 apps to get a firmware update – so I’m not sure if that is how it should work. But I also asked that to the support.
The support in itself seems to be very reactive as I wrote them on saturday an this morning, monday, I already have an answer. Like written in the text I asked for more info and if I get them I gonna post them to here.
Specifications
For the moment I couldn’t find some.
Also the info for the screen is unclear as on the label of my box it’s written 9.x inch and on the Amazon page 10.x.
I asked the support to get more info
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08/04/2025 – Additional Opinion & Support Experience
I decided to add an additional point here after several mail exchanges with the support of this device.
So first of all we can say it is very reactive and if you have simply 0815 questions they can help you. But if you have more specific questions, like the technical specifications, you can forget about it.
Also I wanted to not use the delivered car adapter as the cable is simply to long for me and as it is fixed it can’t be changed. So I asked the support and got the info I already read on their adapter: 5V 3A is needed.
As result I bought an adapter which can deliver the requested power specifications but it didn’t work. I bought an USB-C Adapter and a 1m USB-C to USB-C cable. As I didn’t know the brand I thought maybe it’s not strong enough even that it charges my phone. I reasked the support if they have something special about their adapter and they send me a photo of their adapter, the one I have, and the info 5V 3A.
At the end I than bough an adapter from Ugreen an tried again USB-C to USB-C and it didn’t work. But as I wasn’t that stupid I bought an Adapter which has USB-C and USB-A Output and so I tried the USB-A with an USB-A to USB-C cable and tada it worked.
So they are using the normal USB standards and not the USB-C standards and I think that a support should know this…
Than I also miss an option to completely deactive the dashcam at start – so that I can activate it in countries where it is allowed and deactivate it in the others. The response from the support: remove the sd card. At least they think about giving the request to their developer.
And at the end I can’t see the videos on my phone without rebooting the device as it directly turns on Carplay mode and you must be in the Live Video mode. This can only be swapped at the boot and if you are fast enough to swap before Carplay is running. Here another option would be welcome too.
So this my additional opinion and support experience.
