The new Volkswagen app is missing the ‘Vehicle Information’ box that we had with WeConnect, it was a nice easy to glance view with green ticks that showed you if the doors and boot was closed and if the windows were closed and also if the lights were off.
Also the auxiliary ventilation is missing, and this feature sounds good on paper, but as I’ve not had my car long enough to experience hot weather I’m not sure how well it works. . But nevertheless it is a function that we have today, but at the moment will lose in November.
I also prefer the WeConnect view of driving data, it is shown natively within the App, but with the new App it just becomes a web wrapper to log you into the VW website, and doesn’t really suit a phone screen.
Reading the reviews on the iOS App Store, quite a few comments on this being a step backwards from the current app, and I have to agree. I did email VW, but just got the standard response back that they will work on bringing some of these features to the new app, but no guarantees.