Miata-first · worldwide Gen 6 Mazda Connect research

Make your Mazda
a little faster.

We make deep owner guides, free tools, and upgrades for the Gen 6 Mazda Connect screen, shared across families including MX-5, Mazda2, Mazda3, Mazda6, CX-3, CX-5, CX-8, and CX-9.

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North American bench unit online · firmware v74.00.324A · performance figures use this baseline

is mine in?

The stuff we make

Four products now. Three in closed beta.

ScreenTune includes Meters and AA Touch at no extra charge. TouchTune is free and open source. Three more products are in testing.

For sale · $59

ScreenTune

A custom USB download that wakes up the factory screen. Tell us which factory features you use, copy the reviewed package to a drive, then plug it into the car and wait about a minute.

Prepared for your car See ScreenTune → Included with ScreenTune

Meters

Ten instrument themes and 59 live vehicle readings on the factory Mazda Connect screen. No phone, OBD adapter, account, or extra display.

No extra charge See Meters → Included with ScreenTune

AA Touch

Adds touchscreen input to Android Auto on the factory Mazda Connect display, parked or moving. Tap, swipe, and drag while the commander knob, wheel controls, and voice input keep working.

No extra charge See AA Touch → Free · open source

TouchTune

The factory screen won't let you touch it while the car is moving. TouchTune turns that back on. It's a small shell script you can read before you run it, and undo the same way you installed it.

On GitHub Get TouchTune →

Closed beta

TrackTune

Logs the car’s own telemetry and shows track gauges on the factory screen. MX-5 first.

Free to join See TrackTune → Closed beta

Hotkeys

Explicit Pause is designed, not yet implemented or bench-proven.

Free to join See Hotkeys → Closed beta

AA Wireless

Wireless Android Auto with no cable or USB adapter. End-to-end Wi-Fi projection remains.

Free to join See AA Wireless →

The 5-second question

Will any of this work on my Mazda?

Model and year can find a candidate. Market, trim, and firmware provide the answer.

I drive a from

Pick a model and a year.

No VIN, no email.

0 guides & references, all free

0 confirmed Mazda model families worldwide

0 sooner to CarPlay, typical

0 reversible. nothing permanent

Watch the difference

Same car. 16 fewer seconds staring at the boot screen.

Seconds from key-on to a live CarPlay session, measured back-to-back on one bench unit.

See the full benchmarks →

◆Touch while driving◆No startup disclaimer◆Faster boot◆CarPlay sooner◆Custom boot animation◆Reverse-camera overlay off◆More memory free◆Fewer background services◆Stock bug fixes◆Themes & accent colors◆Android Auto touch◆Touch while driving◆No startup disclaimer◆Faster boot◆CarPlay sooner◆Custom boot animation◆Reverse-camera overlay off◆More memory free◆Fewer background services◆Stock bug fixes◆Themes & accent colors◆Android Auto touch

The favorite child

The MX-5 Miata, in deep.

The one car here that gets the full treatment: track, autocross, mods, and maintenance, on top of the infotainment everything else shares.

Soul Red Mazda MX-5 (ND) roadster, front three-quarter

ND MX-5 (2016–2023)

NA to ND lineage, what makes the ND tick, and how to tell ND1 from ND2 from ND3.

Buying an ND

Best years, known issues, soft-top vs RF, and what to check before you sign.

Track & autocross

HPDE prep, tires, alignment, brake cooling, and data logging that holds up.

Mods that matter

Where to start (suspension, sways, wheels, intake, exhaust) and what each changes.

Solved once, for all of them

The screen, figured out.

The confirmed model families share the Gen 6 software line, with region-specific packages and features. Performance measurements use our North American v74.00.324A bench CMU.