Chigee AIO-6 Max Review: The Motorcycle CarPlay Screen to Beat

Last updated September 2026. Unit purchased at retail. Price at time of writing: $479 for the base unit; the LTE version is $579.

What it is

Chigee launched the AIO-6 series in April 2025 as the successor to the AIO-5. Two versions: the Max ($479) and the LTE ($579), which adds a SIM slot and 4G for round-the-clock theft tracking, remote alerts and over-the-air updates without Wi-Fi. Everything else — screen, processor, software — is identical. This review is of the Max; the LTE is the same unit with a phone in it.

Like every motorcycle CarPlay screen, it has no apps of its own. It mirrors CarPlay or Android Auto from your phone. What it does have, unlike the cheaper units, is a proper operating system (CHIGEE OS 2, Linux-based) that manages the cameras, sensors, radar and the CHIGEE GO app, and that receives meaningful updates.

The screen

Six inches, IPS, 2300 nits peak with what Chigee calls automotive-grade dual backlighting. Numbers aside, here’s the practical test: ride west at 2 pm in July with the sun over your shoulder and look at the map. On the Carpuride W702 Pro you shade it. On the AIO-6 you don’t. That’s the whole argument for the extra money, and for a touring rider it’s a good one.

Six inches is the right size for most bikes. It fits a GS or Ténéré cockpit without blocking the dash; it’s large but not absurd on a naked. Owners who want more should know there is no 7-inch AIO-6, and Chigee’s 44%-more-area claim over the AIO-5 is about the only time they’ll acknowledge that people wanted a bigger screen.

Glove touch is the best in the category. The 60 fps interface makes a difference you notice in the first minute: pinch-zooming a map feels like a phone, not like a 2015 head unit. The optional anti-glare lens ($20-ish) is worth adding; several owners, including one on a 2026 R1300 GSA, say it should be standard, and I agree.

Installation and mounting

The base kit includes a fixed handlebar mount and a power harness. Installation is standard: mount, route power to the battery, pair phone. Chigee’s install videos are good. On the Ténéré it was under an hour including tank-cover removal.

The quick-release mount (optional, about $50) is the reason to buy an AIO-6 over anything else if you have two bikes or want it in your car. Pull a lever, lift the screen off, walk away. It also lets you take the screen indoors overnight, which is good for both theft and for keeping it out of frost. One warning from an owner review that I’ll pass on: a unit ejected from the quick-release over a speed hump at about 60 km/h and cracked its screen (it kept working, which says something for the build). Make sure the latch is fully seated every time, and use the tether.

Buy a microSD card with the unit. It’s not included, and without one the AIO-6 can’t install over-the-air firmware updates — a strange omission that Chigee now flags in a warning box on the product page.

Connection stability

This is where the AIO-6 justifies its price most clearly. Wireless CarPlay on mine has been close to flawless: it reconnects before the bike is warm and holds through gravel, rain and a full day’s ride without intervention. On Android, owners report the same. The dual-band Wi-Fi and better radio hardware are presumably the reason; whatever it is, the “keeps disconnecting” forum threads that follow the cheaper brands around mostly aren’t about Chigee.

The one recurring software complaint in owner reviews is spontaneous restarts — the unit rebooting itself mid-ride. This was more common on early firmware and Chigee has addressed it in updates; keep the firmware current (which means: buy the SD card).

Audio

Your headset pairs to your phone, not the screen, and audio flows through CarPlay. This is the “normal” way and it works fine with Cardo and Sena. What you don’t get is Carpuride’s direct-pairing “BT Trans” mode with rider-passenger intercom and music sharing; if two-up audio matters to you, that’s a point for the W702 Pro. Chigee supports one headset at a time.

The add-ons

• Cameras (front + rear, ~$100–130): 1080p at 60 fps in metal housings, with HDR. The footage is clearly better than Carpuride’s or CPMC’s 30 fps cameras — smoother, sharper plates at speed. The rear camera also feeds the blind-spot warning. Footage is managed through the CHIGEE GO app over Wi-Fi.
• Blind-spot radar (~$100): a rear-mounted radar that flashes an on-screen warning when a vehicle is in your blind spot. Owners rate it highly in traffic. I’d call it the most useful safety add-on Chigee sells.
• TPMS (~$40): valve-cap sensors displayed on screen. One owner in Italy noted the readings run high in hot weather and he lowered his alert threshold; mine have been within a couple of psi.
• Quick-release mount (~$50): covered above. Buy it.
• GoPro / Insta360 control: the AIO-6 can start and stop recording on a compatible action cam from the screen. Niche but neat.

Fully built — Max, cameras, radar, TPMS, quick-release, anti-glare lens, SD card — you’re around $750. At that money you’re in Garmin zūmo XT3 territory, with the caveat that the Garmin doesn’t do cameras or CarPlay and the Chigee doesn’t work without your phone.

Software and updates

Chigee’s real advantage. Updates arrive every couple of months, add features, and fix bugs. The interface has a simplified display mode for riding, message notifications on iOS, and a tidy settings menu. The CHIGEE GO app is the weakest part of the package — functional but clunky, and a few owners find it unfriendly — but the screen itself doesn’t depend on it for daily use.

Max or LTE?

The LTE adds $100 and a SIM slot. With a data plan, the bike reports its position 24/7, sends you a video clip if it’s bumped while parked, geofences, and updates firmware over cellular. If you park on the street in a city, that’s worth $100 plus the plan. If your bike sleeps in a garage, the Max is the same screen for less.

Who should buy it

• Riders who want the best screen and best software and are willing to pay for it.
• Anyone with two bikes, or who wants to use the same screen in a car.
• Riders who’ll add cameras and radar — start here so you don’t buy twice.

Who shouldn’t

• BMW riders who want Wonder Wheel control — there’s no AIO-6 BMW edition yet; the AIO-5 Play BMW or a Carpuride BS model is your option.
• Riders who want two-up audio sharing — Carpuride’s Pro models do that, Chigee doesn’t.
• Anyone for whom $479 plus extras is a stretch — the W702 Pro is $140 less and 80% as good.

Specifications

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