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Volkswagen Apple CarPlay & Android Auto Retrofit

Factory-look wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for your Volkswagen, integrated into the Discover Media and MIB2/MIB3 units — with your factory touchscreen and steering controls and cameras retained. Clean, reversible, and fitted across London & Surrey.

Factory Discover Media (MIB) retained Wireless & reversible Mobile across London & Surrey

Factory-look wireless CarPlay & Android Auto, retrofitted to your Volkswagen Discover Media (MIB).

Volkswagen CarPlay, integrated into Discover Media (MIB)

Volkswagen calls its smartphone integration App-Connect, and on a great many MIB2 cars it is present in the head unit and switched off. That makes Volkswagen one of the marques where the honest answer is most often the cheap one: not a retrofit, just an activation. Golf R, GTI, Tiguan, Touareg, Passat and Arteon owners come to us expecting a hardware job and frequently leave having paid for coding. MIB1 cars are the exception and need an interface.

What you get

  • App-Connect activation on most MIB2 cars — the hardware is already in the head unit.
  • An interface on MIB1 and earlier Discover Media and Discover Pro units.
  • CarPlay and Android Auto on the factory screen, no new head unit.
  • Factory radio, DAB, media, navigation and the reversing camera retained.
  • Steering-wheel controls unchanged.
  • Wired or wireless depends on your head unit — we confirm which yours supports.
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Which system is in your Volkswagen

Your car will have one of Discover Media and Discover Pro on the MIB1, MIB2 and MIB3 platforms, and that decides whether the work is an activation or a retrofit. We confirm it from your registration and VIN before quoting.

How we do it on a Volkswagen

Where App-Connect can be activated, we enable it in the unit's own software - nothing is fitted, nothing is opened up, and the car is indistinguishable from one specified with it new. Where a MIB1 or earlier unit needs an interface, it goes in behind the head unit and drives the factory screen, with the original controls retained. Either way the work is done at your address and takes a fraction of a day.

What stays exactly as it was

Factory radio, DAB, media, navigation where fitted, steering-wheel controls and the reversing camera all continue to work as standard.

How it works

Volkswagen CarPlay, done properly

Wireless on Discover Media (MIB)

Apple CarPlay & Android Auto added to your Discover Media and MIB2/MIB3 units — no cables, no clutter.

Factory controls kept

Your factory touchscreen and steering controls and steering buttons keep working exactly as before.

Cameras retained

Reversing and surround cameras are kept and integrated where supported.

Wireless
Apple CarPlay & Android Auto
24 hrs
Quotation within
Reversible
No permanent changes
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Base or mobile fitting

Tracker certificates are only generated on business days.

Models we cover

Volkswagen models we upgrade

We retrofit CarPlay across the Volkswagen range with a factory screen, including the Golf, Polo, Passat, Tiguan, Touareg, Arteon, T-Roc, Transporter. Generation and screen type vary, so we confirm compatibility from a photo first.

Not listed, or unsure of your system? Send a photo of your dashboard and we’ll confirm your exact Volkswagen in minutes.

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While we’re with your Volkswagen

Most CarPlay customers protect their vehicle at the same visit. Ask us to add insurance-approved security:

Upgrade your Volkswagen today

Tell us your Volkswagen and we’ll confirm compatibility from a photo, give you a fixed price and the earliest mobile fitting slot at your address across London & Surrey.

Questions

Volkswagen CarPlay — frequently asked

Is App-Connect already in my Volkswagen?
On a lot of MIB2 cars, yes - the hardware is in the head unit and simply switched off, so the job is a coding activation rather than a retrofit. MIB1 cars need an interface. We check which you have before quoting, and if yours only needs activation we will tell you that.
Does that mean it is cheap?
An activation is significantly cheaper than a hardware retrofit, yes. It is one of the few jobs where the honest answer is usually the inexpensive one, and we would rather say so than sell you an interface you do not need.
Will it work wirelessly?
That depends on the unit. Some support wireless CarPlay and some are wired only, and it is determined by the head unit rather than by anything we fit. We confirm which yours does at the same time as we identify the platform.
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