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Bertrand

Hi, I doubt a phone in the pocket might connect less reliably then under armrest or on the charger... Bluetooth's reach is far greater and I sometimes got a few meters outside car and Bluetooth connection didn't interrupt.
I have tried to reset phone and car connections (though did not reset MMI), that helped but after 3-5 successful automatic connections when igniting the car the problem appeared again on next ignition :-(
I really don't understand what's going on there, the erratic nature of the issue makes it hard to grasp !

DirkM

Wireless CarPlay does not use BT, it uses low power 5GHz WLAN. And the WLAN in all Audis is focused on passenger locations but not the driver.

Bertrand

Thanks - OK so it means BT is needed to "start" the connection though it works via WLAN, am I correct ? (FYI, sometimes when connection won't start automatically, I can see the message on driver screen : "no bluetooth connection" - which is weird since my BT is always on)
If the WLAN module is located on the passenger side as you write, then this should still be OK if phone in my pocket isn't it ?
Do you think then it might be an issue with my Wi-Fi settings ? Conflict with other connections ? In my Wi-Fi settings I have "Ask to join networks" as "Off" (I guess should be like this) and "aAuto-Join Hotspot" as "Ask to Join" (I never changed this one).
FYI I recently tried to reset network settings, I could auto connect successfully on ignition 5 times, and after, same issues

DirkM

You are not joining the Audi WiFi hotspot with your iPhone, you connect via BT to the MMI which then establishes a private WiFi connection between the MMI and the iPhone. So you should not see the Audi hotspot under WIFI on your phone, only under BT.

As a test, I would put the phone somewhere in the center console and see if reliability improves.

Bertrand

I confirm I also had some autoconnect issues when phone on the charger or on passenger seat.

websterab

Intermittent Airplay connection problems is a known issue mentioned in other threads, it connects but sometimes you get a blank screen. You can still skip music using the steering wheel controls or the **** on the console, so Airplay is connected

For me it happens about every 1 in 4 times and is quite annoying, The workaround is to toggle Wi-Fi off and on the phone and it will then connect and show the screen.

I mostly keep my phone in my left pocket and there are no issues with the actual Wi-Fi connection just the blank screen sometimes

Zombie5150

I’m curious as to what you guys are using for the music source? XM, phone, etc. I only ask because my IPhone 8+ connects about 99% of the time wirelessly. Every once in awhile the Audi app opens just before CarPlay and sort of blocks it out. I just manually reconnect the phone on the MMI and all is good. My music source is almost always an IPOD plugged directly in using the smaller USB cable so I’m not using the phone for music (kind of my point for asking above). Occasionally I will use Spotify and Tidal for music from the phone but mostly I just use nav, text or calls from the phone itself. Probably doesn’t help much but thought I’d share my set up.

websterab

I use Apple Music on my iPhone, works well with Siri also.

NoeyR7

hi not sure I’m replying correctly sorry if not - my car actually told me to unlock the phone to connect - this has happened to me a few times. The suggestion was based on my experience. Thanks.