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Offline fredgroves

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Alexa gone
« on: 09 July 2025, 10:45 »
Had an email from VW saying that from 27th September they are withdrawing it from VW's for "commercial reasons"

Hope you weren't using it...

You can use Amazon Echo Auto Mode on your phone instead if you desire.
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Re: Alexa gone
« Reply #1 on: 10 July 2025, 14:16 »
Guess it's going because nobody is interested 😂
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Re: Alexa gone
« Reply #2 on: 17 August 2025, 13:06 »
I liked using it.

The email from VW stated it is being discontinued for "commercial reasons", so I suspect Amazon had hiked their licensing fee.
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Re: Alexa gone
« Reply #3 on: 17 August 2025, 16:37 »
Taken a long time to find a user  :laugh:

Guess the problem is that without a vw Internet subscription it's a fiddly connection via your phone hotspot to make it work.

I did used to do that on the mk7.5 and even had it automated but tbh android auto does pretty much everything I need now.
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