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The Best Bluetooth Car Kits

Bluetooth car kits are great for older cars that need a connectivity boost. Here are the best ones you can buy.

All new cars already come with Bluetooth compatibility, which makes it easier to stay connected safely while driving. A lot of older cars lack this tech feature, but there’s no need to go to a dealership to buy a new car just to have it. There are a lot of aftermarket solutions so drivers of older cars can enjoy wireless calling or music streaming.

Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard for connectivity and exchanging data. It’s built into all smartphones. With Bluetooth, you can stream your music on your car’s stereo and even control the songs directly from it. More importantly, you can make hands-free phone calls on the speakers – a great step toward better safety while driving.

The problem is, most older cars don’t have built-in Bluetooth in their stereo systems and the only way to connect your smartphone to the stereo may be with an AUX cable, which isn’t useful for making calls. Don’t worry though. There are plenty of aftermarket Bluetooth solutions on the market for every need – you can connect via the AUX cable, via the FM transmitter, replacing the CD changer, or even a standalone Bluetooth solution with a built-in speaker. You can even change the whole stereo head unit to a new one with built-in Bluetooth, but that can be a very expensive solution.

Here we will take a look at the best solutions for every type of car stereo, for newer and older ones, without looking at replacing head units, as they are entirely different products.

We’ve compiled a list of the top 10 best Bluetooth car kits you can buy for your car, with a detailed description on every one of them.

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1. Editor’s Pick: TaoTronics Bluetooth Receiver/Car Kit

Our top pick comes from TaoTronics; we like its small dimensions and that it’s very easy to use – it plugs directly into the AUX port on your vehicle, so it doesn’t take up any space or use any cables. You will need a cable to charge it, but you won’t do that too often, as the battery can last up to 10 hours on one charge.

It comes with a built-in microphone, which means that it can be used for making phone calls as well as listening to music wirelessly. However, the microphone is of a lower quality and picks up everything from the surroundings. The TaoTronics has built-in buttons for control of songs or your phone call and it can even activate Siri or Google Assistant with a touch of a button.

Thanks to the Bluetooth 4.1 built into this product, you can expect very good sound quality while listening to music. Despite that, it sometimes doesn’t connect to your smartphone automatically – you’ll need to do it from the settings on your phone. On the positive side, it’s one of the cheapest ways to add a Bluetooth functionality to your car and it has a lot of features.

Small and easy to use, no cables required, good battery life (up to 10 hours), low price, built-in buttons, good sound quality

Call quality is not the best, sometimes doesn’t connect automatically to your Bluetooth device

2. SoundBot SB360 Bluetooth 4.0 Car Kit Hands

The SoundBot Bluetooth car kit is a great solution for people who need a smartphone charger as well. It comes with a 12v socket charger with three USB ports – the first one can be used for powering the Bluetooth receiver, while the others can be used for charging the devices you connect to it. We think that every Bluetooth car kit that draws power from USB should have this kind of charger built right into it.

Despite the added bonus of a charger, the SoundBot SB360 doesn’t have a built-in battery, so it must be connected all of the time to the charger and your car stereo via AUX cable. This means that there will be a mess of cables on your dashboard. The unit itself is diminutive, even though it has three big and easy-to-press buttons.

The sound quality from the SoundBot is very good and we can say the same for call quality – the microphone is good at picking up your voice from all of the noise associated with driving. It has a Bluetooth 4.0 chip inside, which is not the newest one, but it also supports A2DP for higher quality wireless audio. All in all, a great product if you don’t mind the cables.

Comes with a 12v socket charger with three USB port, very good sound quality, big and easy to hit buttons

No rechargeable battery, cable mess on the dashboard

3. Belkin Hands-Free Bluetooth CarAudio Connect Aux

This Bluetooth car kit has a design that is similar to the Roav by Anker, with the difference being that it can be plugged directly into the 12v socket or your cigarette lighter socket. It even has an additional USB port, so you can charge your phone while using this device.

However, if you do that, there will be three cables making a mess on your dashboard, which is certainly not ideal and the device doesn’t even come with a rechargeable battery. In its defense, the Belkin Bluetooth car kit can offer great sound quality and call quality. The microphone comes with a built-in noise canceling. You’ll need an AUX port to be able to use the Belkin product.

Even though it is very easy to use and has built-in buttons for direct control over your calls or music, the Belkin can’t compete with the best because of its price – it is simply too expensive for what it offers. If you find a good deal, this is a great product, but for the price it is offered right now, you’d be better off with other products higher on our list.

Very good sound and call quality, connects to 12v socket directly, has an additional USB port for charging your smartphone, noise-canceling microphone, built-in buttons

Very expensive, no built-in battery, too many cables

4. Nulaxy Bluetooth Car FM Transmitter

Some of the products on our list only work with cars that have stereos with an AUX input. But what if your car doesn’t have one? Then, an FM transmitter might do the job, as every car stereo has an FM antenna built-in.

The Nulaxy Bluetooth Car FM Transmitter connects to your phone via Bluetooth and then sends the signal to your stereo via an FM frequency. Don’t worry – you can choose the frequency on the transmitter, so it doesn’t interfere with the FM radios in that area. If it does interfere with some FM stations while you’re traveling, just change it to another frequency.

The best thing about this device is that it has a lot of functions already built into it, like a microphone, a manual switch, buttons for changing tracks and even a built-in display. It also has an SD card reader that can be loaded with a lot of songs – in this situation, not even your phone is required. The manufacturer deserves high marks for the built-in USB port, which you can use to charge your phone. The device connects on your 12v output or your cigarette lighter port.

The drawbacks of this and of any FM transmitter are that it doesn’t produce the same sound quality when listening to music and in calls like products that connect via AUX input. The Nulaxy can also sometimes disconnect from your phone when driving over a bumpy road, which is certainly not ideal.

Can be used with any car stereo, built-in buttons, microphone for making calls, USB port for charging your phone

Sound and call quality are not great, can disconnect from your phone sometimes

5. Motorola 89589N Sonic Rider Bluetooth In-Car Speakerphone

Bluetooth FM transmitters are a great way to connect your phone to your car’s stereo if you don’t have an AUX port, but none of them offers stellar call quality. If you talk a lot while driving, the Motorola Sonic Rider Bluetooth speakerphone is the best solution, as it offers amazing call quality.

With the Motorola speaker, you’ll not only hear other people clearly, but they will hear you clearly as well. The built-in microphone is great at reducing ambient noise and catching your voice, while the powerful 2-watt speaker is loud enough even in busy environments. Thanks to its small size and the mechanism that attaches to the sun visor, the Motorola Sonic Rider will not take a lot of place inside your vehicle.

This speaker has voice controls as well – you can answer or hang up a call with “answer” or “ignore”, and can also connect to two phones at the same time. The built-in battery is good for an astonishing 45 hours of talk time and 5 months of standby.

The Motorola is really great for those who spend hours talking on the phone, but it will do nothing for music listeners. If you mostly listen to music via your phone, an FM transmitter is a better (and much cheaper) solution, as the Motorola can’t connect to your car’s speakers.

Amazing call quality, small size and smart attaching mechanism, voice controls, astonishing battery life

Can’t connect to your car speakers for listening to music, a bit on the expensive side

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