Yes understand your point, it's a pity Audi don't make clear the difference between maps and license.
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I just have carplay activated and 1 month later the map updates hit the download quota of 6 so no more downloads. I am in Ireland and Audi said it could only be extended by a dealer.
The dealer i go to couldn't give a price for updates.
With having carplay you are no longer tied to this restriction, your maps are much more up to date than 2 times a year with Audi.
So the licence cost about 250 euro plus 1 hours labour, now I can use what every navigation I have on my iphone.
I got my map udates from these guys .."satnavupgrade dot com" (won't let me post the full url) came with full instructions and all the bits needed ... took a while but worked exactly as they said it would. ... I'll do it again in a year or so .. I don't think I need every single update
Cheers for the info.
I have an old map in my A8, but I will probably buy an updated disc.
Maybe, by the time I get to the A8 D5, I'll have a look at the smartphone integration more.
My mate's S5 has this I think. I just presumed the mapping was an SD card map.