Welcome to Tech in the Car this is a 2021Audi A4 facelift model start with the infotainment
system so this is a big change from the previous generation it's a 10 inch multi-touch display the
previous generation was much smaller it didn't allow you to do as much this system has had its
software updated so it's now got the same software as on the A6 and A7 which audi are trying to bring
that consistency across the line to all the cars so all the new cars have the same kind of design
and the same ethos to them so it's a very simple system to use arguably simpler than it was before
but with all the functionality on the screen here you can see radio media telephone navigation phone
apps android auto or apple carplay car settings general settings help users which allows you to
create new users messages if you have any messages legal weather news and purchases
from the audi store if there's anything that you can buy that works with your car
then on the side here you've got shortcuts you've got your home shortcut which takes you back to
this screen you've got your radio shortcut which takes you to here you've got your music shortcut
which will take you to your usb connected or android auto apple carplay devices you've
got your phone settings which will allow you to connect to your phone through bluetooth if you're
not connected with android auto and apple carplay and then you've got your navigation so you can see
exactly where you are and what you're doing so that's the options on the shortcuts at the side
here if we swipe down from the top you can see a setup wizard we have a quick settings to the
phone settings and notifications we've got quick settings access to your user information
we've got quick access settings your connectivity settings up here and then lastly we've got the
ability to mute or adjust the sound settings directly from the top here so there's lots
of options here you see the time and the date you can also turn the display on and off and then tap
it turn it back on so there's shortcuts at the top and the bottom which let you get around the system
really easily good thing so let's start with radio radio is very easy to use we have all the
radio stations listed we have our music settings here you can adjust the various settings on your
radio including traffic announcements you can adjust the quality as well which is interesting
you can change the source to DAB or FM or AM if you want to listen to am radios or last stations
or indeed even searching radios always be something that's very self-explanatory
and as you can hear when I press the button there is a little click there's no haptic feedback but
you do get audible feedback if we click onto media this will then allow you to change between your
sources we can add an external device this will automatically update itself if you have android
or total apple carplay connected if you plug in a device which isn't one of those phones which maybe
isn't supported or maybe i know you've got an old school usb stick with music on it then that will
be able to be detected there and play through there that's nice and simple again you've got
access to those settings for music that takes you back to the main music settings for the same as
radio if we go back to the home screen again we've then got telephone I can add my telephone to this
navigation very simple and easy to useIi tap on it or i can use the shortcut button here and it will
take me to the map and i can scroll around i can change the settings here whether i want to have
it in satellite view i want the traffic whether i want the colors to dim or brighten depending
on the time of the day zoom in automatically at intersections i can adjust all of this stuff here
do i want the voice guidance on do i want it short so it doesn't always give me long instructions or
do i want it just for traffic for example how do i want the music to adjust when it plays i want
it to fade a lot or not as much and do i want it to alert me when i'm on a phone call as well
you know maybe you're on a phone call and you miss a direction so this will actually still
tell you when you're on a phone call which i think is a nice idea as well root criteria i
can adjust that so it automatically avoids traffic to choose motorways small rows toll roads ferries
whether it will allow restricted roads seasonally i don't think that's much of a problem here in
the uk but in some european rows i imagine or international some roads might not be available
i can turn root information on and off nice and easy i can also zoom in using this
scroller here or zoom out depending on what you want set it to automatic
obviously what i can do with this is i can search for specific locations as well so if we go back
here i can click on favorites for example and i can save my home address or business address or
i can search for favorites if i have favorite save like that i can also search for points of interest
so i can tap on the search button and it will show me the points of interest there and i can click on
audi so if i want to do audi service it will bring up my nearest audi service center e-spawn audi for
example i can also do this with voice i can also tap on the four squares came back to favorites as
well that is navigation straightforward phone apps i'll show you in a minute
car so car now lets me adjust the car setting so depending on what features your car has you can
adjust it so we've got audi drive select here and i can go between comfort auto dynamic which
makes it much more racy this car doesn't have as many settings as an rs or an s model but you can
still adjust some of the settings i can go into the individual mode as well and change the drive
system from balance to dynamic comfort then we have efficiency assist which will have intelligent
coasting where it will turn off the engine if it knows where the car is going to slow down and
it will give you tips on economy to tell you how to save energy when driving and then we have air
conditioning so in order for me to adjust the air conditioning i have to turn the air conditioning
on i can adjust it underneath from the buttons but i've got auto recirculation as an option as well
lights and vision exterior lighting for example so we have the automatic headlights
do you want them on medium early or late do we want the main beam assist so it will lower the
beam if a car is oncoming do you want entry exit lights so that when you get in the car the lights
turn on and off so you can see where you're going at nighttime background lighting so this is my
favorite part of any car the background ambient lighting so depending on the model you get if you
get it with a multicolored lighting i love that so we got impulse which turns it to red and white
maritime which turns it to blue and white caribbean which turns it to i guess green
and white drive select which will change with the mode you're in and individual which allows you to
adjust the two parts of the car colors so you've got a strip across here and around the cup holders
and down the side of the center console which is one color and then the lights underneath the
doors like here they are another color as well so in individual i can adjust that surfaces and
contours and i can adjust the brightness i can change the colors we have 30 different colors all
shades of blue to green to yellow to orange to red and then to white so i can really make it my own
i quite like purple and blue so i've got that set up now and i can turn the foot well
on and off as well so i have that ability too which is really handy so i love the ability
to be able to adjust those and then i can do the same with the contour lighting as well i've got
all 30 colors that i can change through so again i really like the ability to do that that's a
feature ambient lighting for me is a big big plus and i kind of of course adjust the brightness as
well rain sensor that will turn the windscreen wipers on and off when it rains automatically
parking aid so this will allow you to control when the parking aids turn on so we've got automatic
activation we can adjust the volume of the beeping we can adjust what happens with the entertainment
fader does it fade at all does it turn off totally is it still on loud you can totally
choose from that this car has a 360 camera which i'm going to show you in a minute which makes it
even more interesting we've then got our driver assist features so this has just standard cruise
control but depending on the model of e4 you buy you can have the tour assistance pack which has
adaptive cruise control lane assist everything you could want it will basically drive itself
within reason so in that case those settings will be here as well audi presents makes a car break if
he thinks you're going to have an accident and the rest recommendation will tell you
when you're getting tired and i think you should have a break speed warning allows you to adjust
warnings of how fast the car thinks you are above the speed limit and then it will warn
you if you're too fast we're in service and settings so i can adjust what the star steering
wheel button does does it switch the voice guides on and off navigation map color traffic program
switch being radio media and navigation information so i can customize that
it also then tells me my service intervals where my next oil change or inspection
is due i've got my central locking settings do i want it to lock all the doors or just a driver's
door do i want the key fob to open all the windows with a long press that's quite handy so let's turn
it on do i want to disable the boot lid handle so you can only open it with the keypad and do i want
the mirrors to fold yes i do do i want to open with convenience key that is the keyless entry
turn it on turn it off so if you don't want to use that feature some people are worried about people
stealing cars using clever methods of hacking the system you can turn it off there in the settings
and then we've got car information as well tire pressure loss indicator which will measure all
four of the tire pressures together but it won't give you an individual reading on your level this
car can tell you the oil level from inside the car so no messing around with a dipstick which
is quite handy plenty of oil in there right now and the wiper change position so if you tap that
it will come up halfway so you can change your windscreen wipe so general allows me
to change between the date and time measurement units whether it gives you a reminder that your
phone is left in the car and various other information there display and brightness
so this will allow me to adjust the virtual cockpit design so i can choose between dynamic
sport and classic in dynamic i can configure it to show different settings
on here fuel tank level average speed driving time distance traveled date this dynamic mode is new
to this car this is an updated virtual copy system so it's different from the previous
generation like i have on my rs3 it's got a new system which came with the facelift a4 and
a6 and a7 and so it's got a different display but you've got three options classic sport and dynamic
and then the mmi how bright do you want this screen do you want it to give you acoustic
feedback when you're touching or do you want to turn off that beep that you've been hearing
and then lastly if you want us to clean the screen you can tap that and it will turn the
screen off so you can wipe it down with a cloth and then you can go back like that
keyboard and language you can change the language you can change your keyboard format as well
to your language sound so this is the same as a quick setting sound you can adjust the treble
bass subwoofer balance whether you want it to increase when you go faster the surround sound
level the focus this is bang on olefson so there's watts in this car sound so it's definitely very
loud system maintenance software updates factory settings users so this is where you can set the
key user so you can control the car from the app and turn certain features on and off from the app
connected devices again it's a shortcut to the devices connected to your system
the connection settings so you can see what's going on there what devices are connected to
bluetooth is the bluetooth visible or invisible what's it called and their data plans if you want
to use a hotspot we've got our media settings again you've seen that in the music settings
our navigation settings again you can see that in the navigation these are basically copies of what
you could see in the various apps there contacts and that will show the order the contacts are in
messages that will show notifications for your messages privacy that allows you to adjust your
privacy level so this is important you can hide information like your vehicle's location
if you're worried about your privacy and then your general notifications which come from the top here
you can turn those on and off as well help is the setup wizard that pops up when you first
get in the car users allows you to change the user's ad users and adjust the settings on those
messages again will show you notifications and messages
weather will show you the weather where you are and you can see in the next seven days
you can see the radar so that's quite nice as a little feature if you want to know what you
think the weather's going to do depending on where you are news will load the news
and last but not least purchases so this is if you want to purchase certain functionality
this car doesn't have anything like that at this moment in time so what do i think about this car
it's a fantastic car it's got all the latest technology if you spec it i'd
strongly recommend a 360 camera but really it's up to you to decide what works best for you
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