Hi All,

For the past week I've been receiving a nortification of a software update to install. I've immediately started the upgrade, and it reports a successful installation. However, the next day it prompts again for the update. I go through the same procedure., and the following day I'm prompted again. My car is currently on infotainment version 1941:

Has anyone else that this issue? Can anyone tell me what this software update could be for? As I've never previously had an infotainment upgrade I'm not sure what the screens look like for that. Part of me is hoping that it is an update to the infotainment, but I'm not convinced.

Many Thanks..

Edited 5 February5 Feb by JamesK
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Same thing.

In the German Skoda Forum the Same, solution was take Out the fuse for 20-30 min

have same issue started this week it says update successfully but next day it ask update again

6 hours ago, Cairus said:

In the German Skoda Forum the Same, solution was take Out the fuse for 20-30 min

Which one fuse

Mine is currently asking me to ‘Update now’ for the fourth time 🙄

The infotainment system also on v.1941.

My plan is to ignore it…

Edited 5 February5 Feb by SteveTheElder

And I thought it was only mine. It seems even the bug fix update is bugged 😂

9 hours ago, SteveTheElder said:

The infotainment system also on v.1941.

I wonder if this is an update that requires the infotainment to be at a 'minimum' version that is higher than 1941.

@Edela Is your infotainment still on 1941?

I'm going to raise it with Skoda and see what they say. I imagine it'll be the same "take it to your dealer" and the dealer will say that software is not covered under warranty. However, this is different because now Skoda are actively pushing something every day and that is not ok.

39 minutes ago, JamesK said:

@Edela Is your infotainment still on 1941?

Yes.

Yesterday I rebooted infotainment for another reason, but it seemed to stop update prompt as well.

6 hours ago, Octawia said:

And I thought it was only mine. It seems even the bug fix update is bugged 😂

You ain't seen nothing yet. Those being long enough with the car remember famous SW 1896, which was prompting an OTA update and, if installed, it sent infotainment in reboot loop with no cure, other than reinstalling SW itself.

I am wondering if it's two updates that are conflicting. The text on the update message is different today:

It only mentions updates to data plans, and says that the update does not affect the car's software version. Yesterday there was far more components being updated. It'll be interesting to see when I get the message to install tomorrow if it's back to the more extensive update.

1 hour ago, Edela said:

You ain't seen nothing yet. Those being long enough with the car remember famous SW 1896, which was prompting an OTA update and, if installed, it sent infotainment in reboot loop with no cure, other than reinstalling SW itself.

When I got my car in early 2022 it was still on version 1668. With that software to get Bluetooth/CarPlay to connect automatically you had to get in the car and close the door. Then start the car and open and close the drivers door.

If you didn't do it, it made no attempt to connect to the phone and you had to do it via the infotainment screen.

I thought this maybe was because of the 2G/3G network closing in near future

47 minutes ago, Thomas_Toget said:

I thought this maybe was because of the 2G/3G network closing in near future

Unlikely; Škoda have told me the SIM system in my 2020 build car is 4G.

3 hours ago, JamesK said:

I'm going to raise it with Skoda and see what they say. I imagine it'll be the same "take it to your dealer" and the dealer will say that software is not covered under warranty. However, this is different because now Skoda are actively pushing something every day and that is not ok.

Be interesting to hear what they come up with.

5 minutes ago, SteveTheElder said:

Unlikely; Škoda have told me the SIM system in my 2020 build car is 4G.

I was told the same by my dealer that the module is a 4G LTE component and therefore not affected by the 2G/3G network shutdown.

It seems a case of Skoda sending a communication to people not actively affected by it, and therefore causing confusion.

I'm on 1985 and it's doing it.

I also thought it was only mine.

I have Octavia made in 2024, software version is 1989 (latest).

I wonder what is the solution.

I suspect the solution will be for Skoda to investigate what they're trying to push and why it's not applying and stop it from their side.

I've sent an e-mail to [email protected] with both sets of screenshots. Maybe if they start getting a few e-mails like this they will realise it's a widespread issue.

Edited 6 February6 Feb by JamesK
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On 06/02/2026 at 11:42, SteveTheElder said:

Unlikely; Škoda have told me the SIM system in my 2020 build car is 4G.

Be interesting to hear what they come up with.

Okay, my dealer don't have any info on it, so the only thing I know about it is the info on Skoda page.

2G, 3G Sunset

@Thomas_Toget the I read that chart is that your 2021 Octavia comes on the row “MOD3 UNECE“ - which shows your car will be fine post ‘2G,3G sunset’.

1 hour ago, SteveTheElder said:

@Thomas_Toget the I read that chart is that your 2021 Octavia comes on the row “MOD3 UNECE“ - which shows your car will be fine post ‘2G,3G sunset’.

I really hope so 🤞

Mine has stopped doing it, now sharper graphics icons, and some minor differences.

However I also bought the Remote Connect, Traffication & Infotainment (SatNav) updates at a cost of £84.50 and everything is now stable and the system hasn't asked for anymore updates.

3 hours ago, TheWanderer said:

Mine has stopped doing it, now sharper graphics icons, and some minor differences.

However I also bought the Remote Connect, Traffication & Infotainment (SatNav) updates at a cost of £84.50 and everything is now stable and the system hasn't asked for anymore updates.

Mine’s stopped as well now without any reboot or other action, so finally has appeared to have been updated. Or Skoda have pulled it?

I had a response from Skoda late on Friday afternoon stating that they'd forwarded my e-mail and screenshots to their technical department. So whether they've seen that, or noticed themselves and large increases in pushes of specific updates to vehicles...

@TheWanderer is it immediately obvious with the sharper icons, etc if the update has applied? Are they the main infotainment screen icons such Radio, Settings, Vehicle, etc?

I picked up on it within a matter of few seconds, they're icons in the settings section and slightly sharper in definition