ColoradoCruiser

Kind of an odd question, but which aftermarket head units have the most SYNC-like features?

I ask not for my '11 truck, but for my car, a '15 Beetle. VWs system sucks, voice commands incredibly limited, and flawed implementation of flash drive music player.

I'm considering replacing the stereo in it and want something that will more closely align with the features I'm used to in my truck.

Any suggestions? If I do pull the switch, I'll be going for a top of the line unit, so I'm prepared to spend.

TXvol

I just got a kenwood dnx893s, it will do everything sync will and more and is top of the line.

ColoradoCruiser

Thanks TXvol.

Have you used voice commands much with it? I'll look up that unit now to get some details.

The VW voice control is incredibly limited with music. Basically play, pause, next, previous.

I'm looking for something that lets me choose music by voice like sync does (play track abc, play artist cba, etc)

Wyo11Scab

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I don't think you will find an aftermarket HU that will have the extensive voice commands that Sync has. IE playing genre, etc. You can get a aftermarket HU that has bluetooth and you can use Siri to help you with certain commands.

Toddman38

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Most highend HUs like the Kenwood 893, will allow you to retain sync, and all of its features. As well as adding many feature the standard oem hu dont have.

Wyo11Scab

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True but I don't think his VW has SYNC.

Toddman38

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Lmao, missed that part!

ColoradoCruiser

After doing some more research, it's looking like I'm better off relying on Siri to do voice control of music so when I go shopping tomorrow I guess I'll end up focusing on those decks that have the one touch access to Siri and go from there.

Thanks for the inputs, and if any other ideas come to mind please post them.