My GUIII 4.8

[Mike02Ti]

No the chip keeps up really well. Clock speed is 1.6ghz. Being a quad core helps multi tasking a lot. No issues with lag that I have seen so far and I have been using the GPS and bluetooth to play music at once as well as having the browser open in the background and Car Guage Pro connected all at once. Switching between them felt pretty normal. I have had on occasion the music from bluetooth pause and unpause when running a few things at once but I think thats to be expected. Delay may have been 5 seconds tops each time.
Boot up time from cold boot is around 15 -20 secs .
You can set the unit to shut down fully anywhere from 30 secs to 2 hrs. I have mine set on 2 hrs so its instant on anywhere in between that time.

Mines running Android KitKat 4.4.4 now. was 4.4.2. I toyed with the idea of going to Android 5 but I dont think its really needed at this stage as the unit functions well as it is.
I may play around with it in the future though.

While its booting you still have reverse camera available too. So say first thing in the morning turn the car on, head unit starts booting ,chuck it in reverse, head unit straight away cuts to the camera. Select Drive and head unit continues to boot.

As a price comparison goes it was either spend around $1000+ on an alipne or other name brand unit to do something similar that has Android Auto, and still be behind on features, or get the unit I did or a variation of it for $350 running a normal Android OS and be able to play around with it more and have more features out of the box.

Yes you read correct , there are 2 different types of Android.
Android Auto is slowly being taken up by the bigger manufacturers but it has its limitations at the moment. It also blocks many functions while your on the road when your moving. I understand the need for some of this but not others. Quite a few times I have now had my passenger look up something on the browser head unit like an address while I am driving. This is not allowed on Android Auto and blocks it Til you are stationary. There also havent been many apps developed for that platform yet.

The Generic Android used in the HuiFei made units that are coming out of China have been adapted with different user interfaces specifically for cars but retain the general Android function and feel. Also any app in the app store will work with it. So thats another plus.