Audi A4, A5, Q8 e-tron & More to Get YouTube Integration Soon

In a move to improve the driving experience, Audi has announced the integration of the world's largest video platform – YouTube – into its select models. Audi's YouTube integration into the infotainment system is facilitated through the introduction of a new app store, enabling Audi customers to access popular third-party applications via the Multimedia Interface. To use third-party apps, a data link is established through an embedded SIM card that is integrated permanently into the vehicle. In addition to YouTube, the app store will also allow customers to gain access to music, gaming, navigation, parking, weather, news, and so on. Audi's new app store is the result of the German manufacturer's association with Volkswagen's software company CARIAD and its partner HARMAN ignite.  

This association enables customers to integrate the applications they use frequently into their vehicles, in accordance with their personal needs, according to Audi. Apps like music, video, gaming, navigation, YouTube, etc. can be directly installed by the user via the app store - without going through the hassle of connecting it with a smartphone.  

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Starting from the 2024 model year, YouTube will be available in select models equipped with the latest hardware and software cluster of the third-generation modular infotainment system (MIB 3). The carmaker's select models include the Audi A4, A5, Q5, A6, A7, A8, Q8 e-tron, and the Audi e-tron GT Quattro.

Audi's YouTube Integration: Availability

Upon their respective launches, the abovementioned models will be optionally equipped with the app store ex-factory across the European market, Canada, and the U.S. Besides, this system will be made available to other regions as well as other Volkswagen Group brands at a later date.  

The summer of 2023 will witness the integration of YouTube into select models' infotainment systems. This is the first time that the video streaming app will be available in Audi's app store, offering drivers a wide range of content via the infotainment system. 

Audi Q6 e-tron Prototype Unveiled 

Ahead of its international debut, the all-electric Q6 e-tron prototype has been revealed by the German luxury carmaker. The production-spec model will mark its entry into the foreign shores in the standard Q6 and the sporty SQ6 versions, built on the new PPE (Premium Platform Electric) chassis. Both variants will debut with the newest lighting technology from Audi. This technology will allow customers to use a total of eight digital light signatures in the new daytime running lights in the Matrix LED headlights and digital OLED rear lights 2.0. This can be made possible by both the MMI and the brand-new myAudi app.

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Coming to the powertrain, the upcoming Audi Q6 e-tron will get a dual motor configuration and a 100kWh battery. With this setup, the base model will be capable of delivering 370bhp, but by employing the power boost feature, this figure can go up to 390bhp. As for the sportier SQ6 e-tron model, the power output is anticipated to be between 476bhp and 503bhp in the boost mode.