Audi connect now £11.50 / month?

[razor77]

at least that can’t tell anybody when I accidentally go over the speed limit whilst being tracked by my GPS position. HoHum

No, but if that was likely, your phone and ANPR can!


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[Elansear]

Oh I must apologise. I am sure you would never or have never done that, I must try harder.

[razor77]

Oh I must apologise. I am sure you would never or have never done that, I must try harder.

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OT. My last was a Haldex, should have known, but it was a new location for a camera and thought they only operated when lower limits were imposed on the road.

It was 4am enroute to Manchester airport. Very lucky by 1mph, to get away with a fixed penalty and 3 points, rather than court and minimum of 4!


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[KevTrem]

I phoned Audi UK customer service on Saturday as mine stopped working and mentioned about the license, chap on other end of the phone said they no longer have ability to extend the license it has to be done via the MyAudi app and is chargeable. Told him that £115 a year was steep for traffic data and along with a £25 a year sim card worked out very expensive when you can get a Satnav with live traffic updates and free map updates for less than 1 years subscription, I was told its more than traffic data it is the parking charges, weather and all the other connect features that I don't use.
Now looking at adding Android Auto and getting prices a lot cheaper than the annual subscription Audi want.

[Olio]

Yes, I got the same message last time (before Xmas), and decided I won't bother. My phone is now used when I need up to date trip info.

But for the Android auto / Car play, I wonder where you can source that for less than a year's sub for Audi's connect service. Please let me know, here or in MP.

Last time I asked, it was £600+, so I decided against it.

[Brownstone1892]

If your car has the hardware, the licence for the Audi Smartphone Interface is around £200, them Audi have to code it. Cost me £250 all in. My car has the tech pack, so all ready for ASI.

[Olio]

Thanks. Mine is a pre FL 2013 A6, so I'm unsure it has the ASI. It's got the tech pack (google etc), but I can't (for example) update my Audi GPS maps online. Would that be suitable?

EDIT: I just found this... :/

Notes for retrofitting to Audi A6 (from 2015) and Audi A7 (from 2015):
- The retrofitting of the Audi smartphone interface is only available for models as of 2017

[Justinos]

I find this outrageous.

I bought a car that had certain features built in, and now they are being removed, and I am being asked to pay again!!

What's more the service they are asking a ridiculous amount for is freely available on a phone, and the other services like parking spaces, weather etc are pointless addons.

I will be buying one of the carplay wifi dongles, and using that from now on.

[Elansear]

My licence will expire in November so just wondering about doing this, any input welcome. I have a 48gig Three data sim in the car at present, so thinking of putting Waze on my iPad and using that as my Satnav via the cars hotspot. There are usually 2 of us in the car so the passenger can have it with them and if on my own could leave it running and just pull over if I need to view the screen, just follow the spoken directions as normal. Any thoughts...

[Olio]

For the moment, all I did was to buy a phone holder and ensure I have a charging cable that reaches it once it is there