rmur23

Ok thanks... is it possible to have a wifi connection thru a carrier without having Audi connect? Or are they basically one and the same?

snagitseven

In the U.S. you can only have the car as a wifi client with an Audi Connect Prime plan or for wifi only, Connect Plus plan. An exception is an AT&T share plan for $20 per month if you already have an AT&T plan on your smart phone.

Read here:
https://www.audiusa.com/technology/i...e/audi-connect

Fithian

You can get ATT $20 unlimited whether or not you have an ATT account for 2016+. Traffic on pre-2016 requires a yearly fee of about $90 after the warranty.

snagitseven

5 months of Sirius traffic on 2012-2015 models can had for $9.98 total when purchased in a package with Sirius radio at $28.46. $38.45 all in w/fees/taxes for both.

Nakedhoof

Your car is not obsolete. You have one thing which doesn't work anymore. That is hardly obsolete.

James517

I must be missing something in this discussion.

Traffic on my 2012 A6 has nothing to do with the data plan. It's a SiriusXM service which, by itself, costs $47.88/year.

I didn't need the unlimited data from T-Mobile, so got a sim through US Mobile for about $7/month. Works fine. Asks me each time if I want to use the data or just what it has cached.

snagitseven

The MY2016+ A6 have a completely different MMI and LTE Audi Connect plans provided by AT&T. Traffic is included in the Audi Connect Prime plan.

US Mobile is still working for you on your 2012? Mine stopped working in January.

James517

You posed a good question. I don't drive it regularly. However, took it for a drive yesterday.

The system asked me if I wanted to use the data connection (as it has done since I migrated to a limited data plan).

After affirmation, 3G indicator came on. Google Maps loaded. I checked for nearby gas stations and it showed me a list (not sure if that's from a POI list or online).

But, anyway -- all seemed to work. Since US Mobile is independent of Audi, not sure why your connection would have stopped working.

I assume they are a reseller. I don't know whose service they are reselling--so it's possible that they are reselling T-Mobile and an end is in sight. Not sure how you could tell.

But for now, it seems to work. Car only has 27,000 miles on it. Like new. So nice to drive--will resist replacing it and resolve any data plan issues.

FWIW, mine is a Premium Plus. With the factory stereo and lacking some of the gadgets in the Prestige--it's never needed an update to the MMI.

I suppose it's possible that some of the updates for the Prestige & Bose system may conflict with older data plans. Factory stereo sounds so nice, hard to imagine it better with Bose.

Don't know. But it all seems to be working.

snagitseven

US Mobile uses T-Mobile as its provider. As reported by many others I think you will find that (for some reason) Google earth will work but the rest of the AC services will be either very slow or eventually will not connect at all. The car's sound sysyems would have no effect whatsoever.