Tech Pack Advanced (2015) & Traffic

I have the Tech Pack Advanced on the BiTDI I bought new back in July and was curious about the traffic service. It is active and it shows traffic on the map, but it doesn't seem to factor this into the arrival time or route (the option to do so is enabled). I have been testing it with various journeys by having that and Google Maps running on my phone, and Google seems to fair more accurate and diverts me around traffic whereas the built in one doesn't (even though it shows the traffic on the map).

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Originally Posted by hshah

I have the Tech Pack Advanced on the BiTDI I bought new back in July and was curious about the traffic service. It is active and it shows traffic on the map, but it doesn't seem to factor this into the arrival time or route (the option to do so is enabled). I have been testing it with various journeys by having that and Google Maps running on my phone, and Google seems to fair more accurate and diverts me around traffic whereas the built in one doesn't (even though it shows the traffic on the map).

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In the bottom left of your display, does it say "Online" or "TMC"?

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Originally Posted by belly buster

In the bottom left of your display, does it say "Online" or "TMC"?

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It says ONLINE :)

I just have the tech pack and find the arrival time reasonably close. Since the forth road bridge closure and the re-routing the sat navs been doing I find its timing is within 5 minutes on my 60 mile commute. Lots of traffic both and red lines on the roads to show where the traffic is.

i have found on mine sometimes it says online and the mmi isn't actually getting online. My old three sim did this. I connected the phone to the cars wifi and found it wasn't connected even though the mmi says online.

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Originally Posted by A6S

I just have the tech pack and find the arrival time reasonably close. Since the forth road bridge closure and the re-routing the sat navs been doing I find its timing is within 5 minutes on my 60 mile commute. Lots of traffic both and red lines on the roads to show where the traffic is.

i have found on mine sometimes it says online and the mmi isn't actually getting online. My old three sim did this. I connected the phone to the cars wifi and found it wasn't connected even though the mmi says online.

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My phone is always on the car's wifi when I am in it, and internet connectivity seems to work. I too have a 3 SIM but since I am online I don't think that that makes much difference.

And you select "Dynamic route" as the routing option? (Just checking....!)

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Originally Posted by wildbore

And you select "Dynamic route" as the routing option? (Just checking....!)

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Yep :)

As it is an Audi Connect service, have you checked your "Online Traffic Data Licence" is enabled on My Audi or in the car? Do you see the green, yellow and red stripes alongside the roads to show the traffic flow conditions?

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Originally Posted by hshah

It says ONLINE :)

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OK well that is as expected.

Just an observation for my usage. When the nav gives you 3 options, these don't take into account the traffic. When you select an option, the arrival time is updated after about 10 seconds to take into account of the traffic delays.