LIY

Well then, if that`s the case, my question persists, can traffic sign recognition be activated on a US 2020 Q3 Prestige! And, if it can, how?

LeicaNut

The camera is not on the Q3, as I mentioned before, it is available with HUD with speed limit detection and usually with the drivers assistance package on 2017+ models starting with the Q7.

LeicaNut

You are wrong, the question is not whether there is traffic light detection.

RickB

It's confusing because it does have Traffic Light display (not recognition), that it pulls down from the internet and shows you a graphic traffic light tree and how many seconds until it changes. Traffic Light data is only in a few cities now.

Traffic Sign Recognition is not available on the Q3, so that Audi web page is incorrect (at least for the US market).

17A4

MattMan3104

Is the video stored on board somewhere and is there any way to review the video the camera captures?

mobidutch

I am still not clear on whether or not Traffic Sign Recognition via the front windshield camera is supported in the US version of the 2020 Q3 Prestige. I am not talking about Traffic Light Recognition requiring an Audi Connect plan.

If you visit this page on the Audi Media Center website, it suggest that traffic sign recognition using the front windshield camera is technically supported, however at the bottom of the page it also states: "The equipment, data and prices specified in this document refer to the model range offered in Germany."

So it could be an issue of the software not recognizing US traffic signs, or it could be an activation issue. Apparently this feature can be activated in Canada, according to this $719 CAD Audi instruction manual. If only I could find a similar instruction manual for the US.

If this feature is not supported for the US, then I really don't need the Audi Virtual Cockpit telling me that this "feature is currently not available". Tell me what is possible, don't tell me what I can't have. Sheesh.

mobidutch

Looks like Traffic Sign Recognition will be a 2021 feature: Audi Newsroom. I suspect it is just a software mod that could also be activated on the 2020 model. Annoying.

RickB

This is a common confusion...

The Q3 does not have "Traffic Sign" recognition, i.e., speed limit signs. My A5 has it, reads the speed limit signs and shows you the current speed. The Q3 does not have the camera installed to do this.

The Q3 can have "Traffic Light" display, showing the next traffic light ahead of you, showing if it's red or green, and if it is red, a timer showing when it will turn green. This is done through the internet, and you have to have an Audi subscription to enable it.

RickB

It's telling you that the Traffic Light display is not available, because you don't have a subscription.