pcbrew

Can someone confirm you need an active SIM & data plan to be able to send addresses to the car via Google Maps (from a computer).

weth

Yes, you need an active data plan. Any of the options discussed work for google maps send to car.

ACC99

Hi, to clarify, with audi connect, I only need the cellphone with a data plan. The sim in on the phone and NOT on the car. So my mobile phone acts like a hotspot for audi connect? Thanks.

bothfly

IMO the Audi Connect is Eye Candy.
I just bought a 2013 Q7 and decided to do the 50% off deal, I mean I spent this much on the car why not get the Google Maps ext.
But overall I find the MMI useless vs my iPhone 5. In fact all you really need is a repeater screen and a plug in for your smartphone and your good to go.
Why would I want to hit the button in the steering wheel and say" Online Dest", then wait for the car to respond and back and forth to set up the Nav to take me to the Starbucks for example when I can hit the home button on the iPhone and "Navigate to Starbucks and 2 seconds later the maps app comes up and away I go.
But back to the price for the Audi Connect, I think either $15 a month tops or do that $5 SIM deal-e-o

Q5 Bob

To use the Audi Connect w/hot spot feature, you need the SIM card in the car.

idale

This varies between NA and everyone else:

• US: SIM is in the car, runs on T-Mobile's frequencies (can get an AT&T network SIM and get 2G speeds)
• Canada: unavailable
• RoW: uses rSIM for the car to connect to the SIM in your phone

dsackman

I like the separate data plan in my US car. I can now stream Pandora on my phone using the car's data plan and listen to it through the car stereo, rather than use the phone's limited data plan.

For $15 a month pre-paid it is not going to bankrupt me and I then have the feature if I need/want it.


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weth

If you are in the US - what you describe is not possible from what we know now (but highly desirable). In US it only works with active SIM in plugged into the car.

If you are in Europe and other places, this does work as a remote SIM but not as reverse hotspot as you indicate.

ErnestHouse

When your iPhone is connected to the MMI, do you see its screen on the Navi?

weth

No, it doesn't work like that.