Teepo

You're right. It doesn't seem to be there. (It's also nice to see that the Technology-link for Fabia hatch doesn't work.) I assume they want you to find this URL http://compatibilitylist.skoda-auto.com/, but it really doesn't provide much usefull information. It's lacking in models and is in conflict with what was said in the beginning of this thread (that the compatible phones are listed at mirrorlink.com). There's a lot more comprehensive thread on this issue at http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/342765-mirrorlink/, but sadly you won't be able to find much help there either. Just more frustration on how crappy MirrorLink really is and how clueless everyone at Skoda is about that. A lot of open questions with no real answers. At this point I'm pretty happy my Fabia will arrive in Sept. with SmartLink, so I can (hopefully) forget about MirrorLink and just use Android Auto. With the original Boleros stuck with just MirrorLink, I hope Skoda gets their act together and offers an upgrade one way or another. The information on that is long overdue. Early adopters are being kept in a limbo, and surrounded with conflicting and unhelpfull information, which shows communication inside Skoda has issues.

You're asking the same questions as everyone on this thread, and nobody has the answers. The compatibility list does list phones with mirrorlink, yes, but (AFAIK) there are exactly four models. They are: HTC One M8 Sony Xperia Z2 Sony Xperia Z3 Sony Xperia Z3 Compact It's unknown if the list is accurate anymore, or if the situation can evolve for listed phones (i.e. is it possible for an uncompatible phone to get compatibility with a software upgrade, or worse, lose compatibility after e.g. updating to Android L). It's also unknown if compatibility is the responsibility of Skoda or phone vendors. At the moment, the situation with MirrorLink seems so uncertain that Apple CarPlay or Android Auto seem to be better bets, but yet again it's unknown if it's possible to upgrade Boleros from MirrorLink to SmartLink. It's also unknown if Android Auto will really be usable outside Australia, US and UK, as SmartLink Boleros have not yet shipped to customers (they will start arriving soon, though, and we know that Android Auto availability WILL expand, but we don't know when). Please complain about this to your dealer and have them join others in pressuring Skoda to solve this issue and provide more information.

Well, iPhones aren't MirrorLink certified (assuming the web directory is up to date), so you can't really blame Skoda for that. MirrorLink is pretty much Android only nowadays (no Windows phones either). What you can blame Skoda for, is shipping half baked tech and keeping customers (and apparently importers and retailers) in the dark. Sadly marketing material isn't reality often when it comes to IT. After all I've read about MirrorLink, it's not really surprising that it started as a Nokia project. They weren't exactly known for quality software...

Hopefully that is the case... Pretty much the only reason for a hardware upgrade I (as an IT engineer) can think of, is a change in the USB connection. After all, apparently the part number for Bolero hasn't changed, so it can't be anything major, if they've really changed hardware, as some retailers have said. In any case, I see that being an early adopter sucks big time right now. For us Android users, there's two competing technologies; MirrorLink and Android Auto. With MirrorLink, we know that we need a certified app running on a certified phone connected to a certified infotainment system. However, apparently that's not enough. In addition to being standardized, the combo needs to be compatible as well. The Skoda phone compatibility matrix, in addition to being almost non-existant for MirrorLink, leaves a lot of questions open. Where are all the latest phones? Do unlisted, but MirrorLink certified phones work (Samsung S6 and LG G4 even had their own press releases)? If not, who is responsible for building the compatibility? If the phone is listed as uncompatible, can the situation change, or is that it? What if I update the Android version of the phone (all phones have an OS version with the listing, and some of them have had major updates since)? MirrorLink seems like such a new tech that there aren't examples on how things have evolved on other systems, or are there? Also, how eager are developers to build stuff on MirrorLink now that Android Auto and CarPlay are available... With Android Auto, the situation is fortunately more straight forward: it should work with any phone running Android Lollipop (OS version 5.0 or later). However, for now, there's a catch. Android Auto is rolling out with geo-block, meaning that it's currently available ONLY in Australia, UK and US. If you live outside those countries, the companion app is not even listed in Google Play Store. Naturally this will change, but nobody knows how fast. It took a really long time for the turn-by-turn navigation on Google Maps to spread out... IMHO, geo-blocking is just stupid. Users (or should I say "customers") have a tendency to find ways around it, albeit often with illegal or unsafe methods. Are things any better in Apple-land? For price and option comparison, we got the 2016 prices two weeks ago in Finland. With three trim levels (Active, Ambition and Style) SmartGate comes as standard with the latter two (costing 122 - 124 EUR for Active) and SmartLink comes as standard with Style (costing 188 - 192 EUR for Ambition, not available in Active). Admundsen navi costs 510 - 685 EUR for Ambition or Style (not available in Active). If you're wondering about the prices, they vary depending on taxes, which again vary depending on the CO2-emissions.