what exactly is Skoda connect and smartlink, what can i do with it and what do i need ?

Edited 24 September, 20205 yr by BRUN

https://www.skoda.co.uk/owners/skoda-connect

Skoda have the cheek to ask you to pay for this rubbish, and you also need to obtain a data sim at your cost for this service to work. 

Personnally I wouldn’t bother and use car play instead.

thanks, i was hoping maybe it had something where i could remotely start the car in winter and stick the heaters on, something actually useful lol

I set it up for a play.

 

Regretted setting a low speed limit notification just to see what happened.

 

I was bombarded with eMails telling me the car had Exceeded Set Limit. No surprise there.

 

The annoying thing was I could not find how to switch the notification off in the App.

 

So I deleted the car and had to start all over again.

 

But the whole thing is just a little gimmick that might amuse my grandchildren. Can’t believe anyone would pay Skoda to keep it.

 

I find the meagre data for MPG and miles tends to lag behind reality and serves no purpose.

 

I know where my car is. I know if it’s locked.

 

I know where dealers live.
 

I don’t need Skoda milking me dry 24 hours a day.

21 hours ago, BRUN said:

what exactly is Skoda connect and smartlink, what can i do with it and what do i need ?

Skoda connect and smartlink are separate things.

Skoda connect is a pretty gimmick, but not much useful unless you constantly forget where you park your car.

If your car have auxiliary heater, the Connect app lets you control it for preheating or ventilation (information from Skoda's website).

Smartlink enables the use of Android Auto/Apple Carplay.