Audi A3 CarPlay installation, generation by generation.

If it is a 2016 or later facelift car with MIB2, the Audi smartphone interface is often in the hardware and switched off, and we enable it by coding. 2012–2016 cars with MIB1 never had it in the software, so those get a CarPlay box behind the pop-up screen. Send the reg and we check which MMI your car has before you book.

Yes. The 8P has a double-DIN slot, so the route is a 9-inch Android screen in the factory position: wireless CarPlay and Android Auto, DAB, a reverse camera input and the steering-wheel buttons kept. On 8P cars with RNS-E navigation we can fit a CarPlay interface on the factory screen instead if you prefer to keep it.

It depends on the generation. 8P (2003–2012): from €500; 8V (2012–2020): from €250; 8Y (2020 on): from €250. Fitting is done at our Dublin 11 workshop — send the reg and we confirm the exact price before you book.

8P, built 2003–2012 (Concert, Chorus or Symphony radio in a double-DIN slot, RNS-E navigation optional; Bose on some cars): Android screen with wireless CarPlay and Android Auto in place of the Concert or Symphony radio; a CarPlay interface on the RNS-E screen if you want to keep the factory unit. 8V, built 2012–2020 (MMI radio or MMI navigation with a pop-up screen: MIB1 to 2016, MIB2 from the 2016 facelift with the Audi smartphone interface as an option; Virtual Cockpit optional): Coding activation of the Audi smartphone interface on 2016–2020 MIB2 cars where the hardware allows; a CarPlay box behind the pop-up screen on 2012–2016 MIB1 cars. 8Y, built 2020 on (MMI touch with a 10.1-inch touchscreen (MIB3), Virtual Cockpit standard; Audi smartphone interface on most cars, wireless CarPlay on many): CarPlay and Android Auto are usually already there; we activate it where it was not ordered, add wireless where the car is wired only, and sort settings on imported cars.

8P: two to four hours; 8V: under an hour; 8Y: under an hour. You can wait at the workshop or drop the A3 in the morning and collect it the same day.

8P: the Concert, Chorus or Symphony radio in a double-DIN slot, RNS-E navigation optional; Bose on some cars and its controls stay; the box sits behind the trim and is switched from the factory buttons. 8V: nothing physical changes — the MMI radio or MMI navigation with a pop-up screen: MIB1 to 2016, MIB2 from the 2016 facelift with the Audi smartphone interface as an option; Virtual Cockpit optional stays and the CarPlay tile simply appears. 8Y: nothing physical changes — the MMI touch with a 10.1-inch touchscreen (MIB3), Virtual Cockpit standard; Audi smartphone interface on most cars, wireless CarPlay on many stays and the CarPlay tile simply appears.

Yes — send the reg or the year and generation (8P, 8V and 8Y) on WhatsApp or the form below, and we confirm the route, the price and the next free slot. The work carries a one-year warranty, and the workshop is in Rosemount Business Park, Dublin 11, Monday to Saturday.