Many have asked questions about what’s fixed and what enhancements have been made in the latest update. Without official release notes from Audi, it has been left to those who have had the software update to update forums with their findings.
For those who have not yet had the update, the software will be updated to Software 03.01.00 /C. The update should take around three hours if your car doesn’t suffer any issues that may complicate the update. And normally, the workshop will require the car for the full day.
As you may have seen on forums, some of the early deliveries have had some cars that seem to have had some quality issues with control units, which, if this is a mechanical issue, will not be resolved by the update, although some control units can accept updates and resolve the issues some users have had. For those who issues are regarding control units, diagnostics are done and they are sent to Germany to determine what action should be taken. The update is currently delivered at a workshop and is not a simple click download like you would a computer. It requires an EV technician to do the update and may require some interaction as well as making changes to their network to deliver the update Technical details about the update are held on a system called ElsaPro and the workshop follow the instructions, fault find and report through this.
The software update contains a series of measures intended to improve quality, as well as several functional enhancements. The software update improves several functions and reduces the occurrence of unjustified warning messages. For example, the vehicle’s charging functions and their availability have been optimised. This applies to features such as the use of speech recognition via the Audi assistant, the navigation system, and for mobile phone connections. Occupant detection, sound output, and the content displayed on the screens have also been optimised. In addition to this, the digital key function has been activated on vehicles with this optional equipment.
Digital Key
Once you have had the software update, this will allow the process and activation of Digital Key. You will require a passcode, which is sent by MyAudi; in my instance, this was by email. You can find the settings for Digital Key in the “All Functions” section of the MyAudi app. When I first opened this section, it tried to start the process but was told there was an issue. A little while later, I had the email with a passcode, and the options to set up digital key were visible.
You can set up digital key in a mobile wallet using the link on the email . You can use your mobile or the Silver Audi RF Card that you received when you took ownership of the car. It works on Android or Apple phones running the latest software.
Disclaimer: The feedback about digital key has been mixed across other forums, and you may want to test the update before activation of digital key to see what’s been fixed for you and if any issues are still present. When you do enable digital key it maybe wise to also carry the regular key as an additional measure in the short term.
Traffic Sign Recognition Issues
This, for me, was resolved by an OTA MMI database update prior to the 03.01 update. You can check when your MMI database was last updated in the navigation system. Click the settings icon in the top left corner and go down to the disclaimer section. This should open some settings, look down the list, and you should see that database updates are enabled, and it should have had an update anytime after the 20/11/24 Eur_15 If you have this enabled, the update now will not do anything.
Do not be deterred from having the update done based on issues that you have read, your car either needs to be updated or have parts replaced.
For those who have not yet had the update, the software will be updated to Software 03.01.00 /C. The update should take around three hours if your car doesn’t suffer any issues that may complicate the update. And normally, the workshop will require the car for the full day.
As you may have seen on forums, some of the early deliveries have had some cars that seem to have had some quality issues with control units, which, if this is a mechanical issue, will not be resolved by the update, although some control units can accept updates and resolve the issues some users have had. For those who issues are regarding control units, diagnostics are done and they are sent to Germany to determine what action should be taken. The update is currently delivered at a workshop and is not a simple click download like you would a computer. It requires an EV technician to do the update and may require some interaction as well as making changes to their network to deliver the update Technical details about the update are held on a system called ElsaPro and the workshop follow the instructions, fault find and report through this.
The software update contains a series of measures intended to improve quality, as well as several functional enhancements. The software update improves several functions and reduces the occurrence of unjustified warning messages. For example, the vehicle’s charging functions and their availability have been optimised. This applies to features such as the use of speech recognition via the Audi assistant, the navigation system, and for mobile phone connections. Occupant detection, sound output, and the content displayed on the screens have also been optimised. In addition to this, the digital key function has been activated on vehicles with this optional equipment.
Digital Key
Once you have had the software update, this will allow the process and activation of Digital Key. You will require a passcode, which is sent by MyAudi; in my instance, this was by email. You can find the settings for Digital Key in the “All Functions” section of the MyAudi app. When I first opened this section, it tried to start the process but was told there was an issue. A little while later, I had the email with a passcode, and the options to set up digital key were visible.
You can set up digital key in a mobile wallet using the link on the email . You can use your mobile or the Silver Audi RF Card that you received when you took ownership of the car. It works on Android or Apple phones running the latest software.
Disclaimer: The feedback about digital key has been mixed across other forums, and you may want to test the update before activation of digital key to see what’s been fixed for you and if any issues are still present. When you do enable digital key it maybe wise to also carry the regular key as an additional measure in the short term.
Traffic Sign Recognition Issues
This, for me, was resolved by an OTA MMI database update prior to the 03.01 update. You can check when your MMI database was last updated in the navigation system. Click the settings icon in the top left corner and go down to the disclaimer section. This should open some settings, look down the list, and you should see that database updates are enabled, and it should have had an update anytime after the 20/11/24 Eur_15 If you have this enabled, the update now will not do anything.
Do not be deterred from having the update done based on issues that you have read, your car either needs to be updated or have parts replaced.
