Audi Connect
02-17-2019, 03:12 PM
#21
AudiWorld Super User
It appears that the are a long list of steps for the initial set up and pairing with your car. A girl at the dealership tasked with explaining all of the tech functionality of the cars during delivery completed the registration and initiation process for me the day before I picked up the car and the process was seamless for me; all I had to do was change a few passwords and download the app.
02-17-2019, 03:19 PM
#22
Club AutoUnion
I started the process with a person on the Audi Support site — on the phone — and then I had to travel back to my dealership to “verify” my identity. He called an Audi number and gave me a “verification number” that I entered into the Audi Connect web site and everything just worked from that point on.
I’ve had zero issues since then.
I’ve had zero issues since then.
03-11-2019, 03:47 PM
#23
AudiWorld Senior Member
Checked the app today, and the Vehicle Status Report and Car Locator were both available. It's so refreshing to be able to use these features again.
03-12-2019, 07:40 AM
#24
Now if only you didn't have to pay $400 for traffic updates. BMW RTTI is free for the life of the vehicle and Mercedes covers you for three years. If we're talking about quality of services offered, Audi is seriously lagging behind. Audi Connect also doesn't seem to be stable. I've had more outages in a year with Audi Connect than I ever have with the four or five BMW's I've owned combined.
Audi also needs to integrate remote start. BMW started offering it recently and Mercedes has been doing it VIA mBrace app for awhile now.
Audi also needs to integrate remote start. BMW started offering it recently and Mercedes has been doing it VIA mBrace app for awhile now.
Last edited by -=Hot|Ice=-; 03-12-2019 at 07:44 AM.
03-12-2019, 08:01 AM
#25
AudiWorld Senior Member
Now if only you didn't have to pay $400 for traffic updates. BMW RTTI is free for the life of the vehicle and Mercedes covers you for three years. If we're talking about quality of services offered, Audi is seriously lagging behind. Audi Connect also doesn't seem to be stable. I've had more outages in a year with Audi Connect than I ever have with the four or five BMW's I've owned combined.
Audi also needs to integrate remote start. BMW started offering it recently and Mercedes has been doing it VIA mBrace app for awhile now.
Audi also needs to integrate remote start. BMW started offering it recently and Mercedes has been doing it VIA mBrace app for awhile now.
03-12-2019, 05:49 PM
#26
Audi surely has a bigger budget than BMW and Mercedes. Not sure what the Audi folks are thinking. The car itself has treated me somewhat well, but the overall experience with Audi has been...bland. Don't expect this with a car that costs $60,000+
03-12-2019, 05:57 PM
#27
AudiWorld Senior Member
Now if only you didn't have to pay $400 for traffic updates. BMW RTTI is free for the life of the vehicle and Mercedes covers you for three years. If we're talking about quality of services offered, Audi is seriously lagging behind. Audi Connect also doesn't seem to be stable. I've had more outages in a year with Audi Connect than I ever have with the four or five BMW's I've owned combined.
Audi also needs to integrate remote start. BMW started offering it recently and Mercedes has been doing it VIA mBrace app for awhile now.
Audi also needs to integrate remote start. BMW started offering it recently and Mercedes has been doing it VIA mBrace app for awhile now.
03-12-2019, 06:01 PM
#28
AudiWorld Senior Member
A friend got a new X3 last year and just lost his ‘Connected Plus’ features. I asked him how much it was to renew and he said $24. ‘A month?’ I asked. ‘Nope, a year.’ That’s the kind of nominal ‘are you using it?’ fee that I don’t mind.
03-12-2019, 07:10 PM
#29
They just started doing that last year. Audi will start charging you monthly for individual features. Want HUD to work? Pay for it for it separately. Want adaptive headlights? Pay for it separately. BMW is going down this road too. Regardless of the payment structure, they weren't charging for Apple Car play when I had my BMW's and the mobile app still worked flawlessly.
03-12-2019, 07:13 PM
#30
$24/year is really nothing. I still shouldn't have to pay $400 for real time traffic info for TWO YEARS.