2012 A6 MMI Audi Connect upgrade to support 4G LTE

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04-05-2017, 02:13 PM

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Of course this still only gets you back to 3G service or maybe the 3.5 - pseudo - 4G, but not LTE, right? 3G is a technology that was first introduced almost 20 years ago, and was state of the art....TEN YEARS ago! Even if, as Audi seems to think, we should be upgrading our cars as often as our cell phones, at least they could be state of the current art....with planned easy upgrade paths to the next known technology. 5G may not be here for a little while yet, but given that the cars can last nearly forever (I still drive my '92 S4 more than anything else, while my better half just upgraded from '06 A4 to the '13 Allroad!).....well, we should expect better.

Certainly valid points, but I've spent time behind the wheel in several newer models with LTE. The issue is, the Audi connect functions aren't any faster. The limiting factor is the back-end. I've compared my 3.5G/3.75G MMI to the new LTE MMIs and Google Earth, searches etc. are about the same. What's faster is the Wifi hotspot, which I don't use anyway. Find it a bit pointless. Probably makes more sense for somebody who frequently has passengers that would like to access the Internet with devices that don't have built-in mobile broadband. Frankly if I'm in such a situation, I just turn on the hotspot on my phone.

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04-05-2017, 05:41 PM

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It's sad that Audi doesn't do free map update for previous model year cars.

Putting a SIM card in car is also dumb. They should just make it able to connect to wifi, so that they can connect to driver's phone.

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04-05-2017, 07:04 PM

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I disagree on the SIM card. I personally prefer devices that I expect to be connected the moment they are turned on to have their own connection. Wifi would require turning on the phone hotspot first everytime you get into the car. That's fine for occasional use scenarios, but not if you want to be connected at all times.

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04-06-2017, 04:51 PM

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I was at the dealer today picking up my car after having motor mounts replaced and I mentioned the upgraded modem again. I told him I can buy and wanted to know if they would install it. The service manager told me to wait til after June. He is under the impression that Audi is working on a replacement module to update those stuck under the old T-mobile 2G. Maybe its true, maybe its not. I'll be waiting til after June to be sure.

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04-08-2017, 05:44 AM

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I have unlimited ($20/month) ATT LTE in my 2016 A6 and it is very slow. 1Mbps down and 3Mbps up. It is still faster than the T-Mobile 3G I have in my 2013 S5, also unlimited ($199/year)