I'm looking into a Skoda Octavia (2016, Style trim level). The dealer tells me it has Apple CarPlay but doesn't have Android Auto. Is that possible? I was under the impression that they always came together.

They do always come together with SmartLink, they are part of SmartLink along with MirrorLink.

Where do they find these useless salesperson's!! You would think that to get a job in car sales you would need to have some basic knowledge of the product your selling. 

 

If this was me and the salesmen/woman/whatever you identify as had given me such bad information I would tell them to jog on and get someone else to deal with the sale! 

 

 

Edited 14 January, 20206 yr by JamiePvrs

Thanks for the response. Also, do you know if Android Auto / CarPlay works wirelessly, or just with the USB cable?

1 minute ago, RaptorXp said:

Thanks for the response. Also, do you know if Android Auto / CarPlay works wirelessly, or just with the USB cable?

Just USB cable, but @SashaGrace has just got a wireless adapter.

Only with quality USB cable. 

Wireless adapters are available, but anyway you will most likely want your phone to be charging (or at least, not rapidly discharging) while you're up. 

Buy the new Octavia, is comes with wireless

54 minutes ago, PetrolDave said:

Just USB cable, but @SashaGrace has just got a wireless adapter.

See this post in Sasha's build thread:

 

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Today the wireless CarPlay dongle arrived and I’ve been testing it. I’m super happy with it and the vendor. They said they weren’t sure if it would work with a Skoda but I was very confident it would. They named the device Skoda which is awesome and it has worked flawlessly out of the box with minimal setup. I’ve hidden it behind the dash and put my custom USB charge socket back in the factory location so I have CarPlay with no wires. I don’t need no MIB3 😂

 

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Edited 15 January, 20206 yr by PetrolDave

Hello, 

will this also work for Android Auto?

Could you please post a link for it too 

thanks!

Android auto does not support wireless.  Waiting for Google on this one