navigation update AUDI Q2 2021 Owner´s Manual

Table of Contents

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Park assist 139
Settings for parking aid 143
Fault warnings 144
Towing bracket 144
Intelligent technology 145
Electronic stabilisation control (ESC) .... 145
Brakes 147
Electro-mechanical power steering 148
Four-wheel drive (quattro) 148
Power management 149
Information saved in the control units . . . 150
Infotainment 152

Multi
Media Interface 152
Notes on traffic safety 152
Introduction 152

MMI
ON/OFF button with joystick
function 152
Infotainment display 153
How to use the MMI 153
MMI touch 155
Rotary pushbutton with joystick function 157
Speller for letters/numbers 159
Search function 160
Menus and symbols 161
Speech dialogue system 164
How to use the speech dialogue system .. 163
Notes on the overviews of commands ... 164
Commands 165
External speech dialogue system 170
Telephone 172
Introduction 172
Setting up 173
Using the Audi phone box 177
Using the telephone 178
Favourites 181
Messages 182
Listening to voicemail messages 185
Directory 185
Other settings 187
Troubleshooting 189
Audi connect (infotainment) .... 191
Introduction 191
Option 1: Using the embedded SIM card . 191
Option 2: Using your own SIM card 191
Configuring using
myAudi
196
Calling up Audi connect (infotainment) .. 196
Audi connect infotainment services 197
Wi-Fi hotspot 201
Configuring the data connection 203
General notes on Audi connect
(infotainment) 204
Troubleshooting 205
Navigation 207
Introduction 207
Setup 207
Calling up the navigation menu 207
Entering a destination 208
Personal route assist
214

Home address 215
Favourites 216
Directory contacts 216
Alternative routes 216
Other settings 217
Map 219
Google Earth map display 222
Map update 223
myAudi special destinations 224
Calling up traffic information 225
Troubleshooting 227
Radio 228
Calling up the radio menu 228
Radio functions 228
Radio menu 230
Favourites 231
Other settings 231
Troubleshooting 233
Media 234
Introduction 234
Notes 234
Media drives 235
Bluetooth audio player 237
Wi-Fi audio players 238
Online media and Internet radio 239
Multimedia connections 240
Playing media 243
Other settings 246
Supported media and file formats 249
Troubleshooting 250

Instruments and controls
The driver information system shows information

(D
in several display tabs
(T)
^>Fig.
7.
The equipment installed on your vehicle deter­
mines which of the following tabs are available:
1st tab

2ndtaba)

3rd
tab

4th
tab
5th tab
On-board computer
^>page
19
Driver messages
Radio
•=>page
22
Media
^>page
22
Telephone*
^>page
23
Navigation*
<^>page
24

Map*
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24

a)
This tab is only visible if one or more warning/indicator
lamps or driver messages are displayed.

g) [<_>J
button
- To switch between tabs: Press the button
[<±]

repeatedly until the desired tab is displayed

(e.g.
Radio).

01
VIEW|
button

To change the view: see
Opage
17, Changing
views.

(DEI
button
To return to the previous function level.

©
Control buttons
0
and
[3

To call up/close the selection menu or options
menu
^>page
16.

®
Left thumbwheel
- To select a function in a menu/list: Scroll the
left thumbwheel to the desired function (e.g.
setting a frequency).
- To confirm your selection: Press the left
thumbwheel
(J)
^Fig.
8.
- To zoom in/out of the map: When a map is
shown on the display, scroll the left
thumb­

wheel to make the map scale larger or smaller.
Control buttons
Applies to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit

W
180
km A I

Update station
list

mm

Fig.
9 Selection menu and options menu
Left control button
- To call up/close the selection menu: Press the
left control button
OF/g.
9 on the multi-func­
tion steering wheel. You can use the left
thumbwheel to select and confirm a function in
the selection menu (e.g. to select
a
new
wave­

band). •
16

Audi connect (infotainment)
- Audi connect (infotainment) enables you to
access the Twitter service. Audi cannot
guarantee that these services will be availa­
ble indefinitely; this is the responsibility of
Twitter.
Travel guide
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)
Using the Audi MMI connect app, you can store
special destinations
on
your mobile device (e.g.
smartphone) and
use
them for route guidance
on the MMI.
Important:
The Audi MMI connect app must have been in­
stalled and started on your mobile device.
You must be logged in to your myAudi account in
the Audi MMI connect app and must have selec­
ted your vehicle.
The Wi-Fi function must be activated on your mo­
bile device and on the MMI.
A network connection must be set up on the MMI

opage
203.

*•
Select:
|MENU|
button
>
Audi connect
>
left
control button > Category Information
>
Trav­

el.

After you call up the travel guide, you will be
shown travel tips for the area you are currently

in.
These include current ratings and the category
they belong to.

•
Press the left control button to change the cat­
egory (e.g. bars nearby).

A WARNING

- MobiLe devices, tablet and laptop computers
and devices of
a
similar weight can only be
operated safely when the vehicle is station­
ary. Like any loose object, they can be cata­
pulted through the vehicle in an accident
and cause serious injuries. Always make sure
that such devices are securely stowed while
you are driving.
- No Wi-Fi devices may be used from the front
seats in the areas around the airbags while
the vehicle is being driven. Please also ob­
serve the safety warnings in the chapter on

tapage
282, Front airbags.
® CAUTION
Please always observe the information
•=>©
in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 202.
© Note
- Measurement units, language settings and
times are displayed on the infotainment dis­
play according to the how they are set in the
system settings
^>page
255.
Audi connect (infotainment) in the
navigation system
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system and Audi connect
(infotainment)

•
Select:
|MENU|
button
>
Audi connect
>
left
control button > Navigation.
The following Audi connect infotainment services
are currently available:
- Navigation with Google Earth and Google
Street View
opage
222.
- Online point of interest search with speech
dialogue system (e.g. restaurants): For
plan­

ning a route using the MMI control console

^page
212 and the speech dialogue system

^>page
164.
- Adding a destination to your MMI via your
myAudi account or Google Maps
^>page
222.
- Online traffic information: Up-to-the-minute
reception of information on accidents,
road­

works and other incidents
^>page
226.
- myAudi special destinations: Personal special
destinations can be imported to your MMI di­
rectly in the vehicle as an online update

•=>
page 224.
- Map update: Navigation map updates can be
imported directly into the vehicle via SD card or
as an online update*
ipage
223.
© Note
- The Audi connect infotainment map update
service using an SD card allows you to find
out which software version is installed in
your vehicle. You can then check whether a
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new version is available at my.audi.com.
You can also have the new navigation data
installed by an Audi deaLer (carries addition­
al charges).
- Further information on the myAudi special
destinations and the map update can be
found online at my.audi.com.
Audi connect (infotainment) for telephones

Applies
to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)
© CAUTION

•
Select: |MENU| button
>
Audi connect
>
left
control button
>
Communication.
The following Audi connect infotainment services
are currently available:
- Creating contacts on your
PC
via your myAudi
account and loading the contacts into the di­
rectory of your MMI system
^>page
187.
- Dictating text messages or e-mails and having
them read out*
^>page
182, Messages.
Audi connect (infotainment) in the media
menu

Applies
to: vehicles with Wi-Fi audio player and Audi connect

(infotainment)

*•
Select: |MENU| button
>
Audi connect
>
left
control button > Entertainment.
- Wi-Fi audio player: To access the media centre
of your player (e.g. smartphone) connected via
Wi-Fi
<=>
page 238.
- Online media and Internet radio: With assis­
tance from the Audi MMI connect app, this
function allows you to access and operate
vari­

ous online media services using the MMI.
A WARNING
Mobile devices, tablet and Laptop computers
and devices of
a
similar weight can only be
operated safely when the vehicle is stationary.
Like any Loose object, they can be catapulted
through the vehicle in an accident and cause
serious injuries. Always make sure that such
devices are securely stowed while you are

driving.

Please always observe the information
=>®
in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 202.
- Also refer to
opage
204, General notes on
Audi connect (infotainment).
- Please contact an Audi dealer for more in­
formation on Wi-Fi audio players and for a
list of supported devices.
Further options

Applies
to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)

•
Select: |MENU| button
>
Audi connect
>
right
control button.
The following options are available in the over­
view of the Audi connect infotainment services:

Login*

Refer to
^>page
196, Logging into myAudi in the
vehicle.
Connection manager
Refer to
^>page
257.
Licence periods
The validity and the time remaining on your licen­
ces is displayed. If the Licence expiry warning
function is switched on
(vj,
a message will be dis­
played before the licence expires.
Refresh
The content of the Audi connect infotainment
service selected or the entire Audi connect (info­
tainment) list is updated.
Wi-Fi hotspot

Applies
to: vehicles with Wi-Fi hotspot

You
can
use
your MMI system as a Wi-Fi hotspot
for connecting to the Internet on up to eight Wi-
Fi
devices.
Small, light Wi-Fi
devices
that are not
permanently attached to the vehicle must only
be operated from the rear seats while the vehicle
is moving.
Important: The ignition must be switched on.
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Navigation
myAudi special destinations. Log in to myAudi
if necessary. Select and confirm the desired
medium from the source list (e.g. SD card 1).
© Note
- Further information on the myAudi special
destinations can be found online at
my.audi.com.
- The distances to special destinations are
shown as the crow flies from your current

location.
The actual driving distance be­
tween your current position and the speciaL
destination is updated automatically. How­
ever, the list of special destinations is not
sorted again.
- Sometimes there are destination entries in
the list that cannot be displayed completely
because they are too
long.
If
you
select one
of these entries with the rotary pushbutton,
detailed information on the selected entry
will be displayed automatically after
a
few
seconds.
Online point of interest search (online
search)
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system and Audi connect
(infotainment)

You
can look for special destinations online.
Important: The requirements for Audi connect
(infotainment) must be met
<^>page
191.

*•
Press the
INAV/MAP]
button repeatedly until
the Enter destination menu is displayed

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207, Fig. 172.

*-
SeLect: Left control button > Online search. The
search area that was last set will be displayed
in the entry
field.

- To change the search area: SeLect: right control
button > Select search area.
-To find an online destination in the selected
search area: Enter
a
new town/country if neces­
sary. Enter a search term (e.g. hotel) and press
the rotary pushbutton. Select and confirm an
online destination from the list.
- To search for an online destination in a specif­
ic category: Select and confirm Select catego­

ry.
Select and confirm a category, for example
Restaurant.
Please see
^>page
211, Point of interest search
(special destinations) for information on which
search areas are available.
You can also use the speech dialogue system to
search for onLine destinations
•=>
table on
page 168.
- Please always note the information in the
chapter
^>page
204, General notes on Audi
connect (infotainment).
- Further information can be found on the In­
ternet at www.audi.com.
Calling up destinations from myAudi
account
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system and Audi connect
(infotainment)

You
can import personal navigation destinations
from your myAudi account to the MMI.
Important:
The requirements for Audi connect (infotain­
ment) must be met
^>page
191.
You must have created a myAudi account at
my.audi.com, added a vehicLe to the account and
stored one or more personal destinations.

•
Press the |NAV/MAP| button repeatedly until
the Enter destination menu is displayed

•=>page
207, Fig. 172.

*•
Select: left control button > myAudi contacts.
• If necessary, enter your myAudi login details or
your myAudi PIN
^>page
196. The contacts
stored in myAudi will be displayed.
- Select and confirm a contact.
- Select and confirm a private/business naviga­
tion destination.
- If
desired,
select and confirm Start route guid­

ance.

-You only have to enter your myAudi login
details once.
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Navigation
- automatic: The route is automatically
opti­

mised using the current traffic information. If
the MMI system does not display
a
detour route
although the automatic traffic avoidance func­
tion is on and a traffic jam has been reported
on the planned route, this is because the
esti­

mated time required for the detour is longer
than the delay on the route with the traffic jam.
- manual: The MMI indicates that
a
better route
is available and informs you of the potential
time saving
^>page
226. You can then choose
which route you would like to use.
- off: The route is not updated automatically. No
optimised route is suggested.
(2) Motorways/ (f) Vignette roads1)/ (4) Toll
roads/(?)
Ferries1)/©Motorail1);
If
you
do not
wish
for
the navigation system to include motor­

ways,
vignette/toll roads, ferries or car trains
when calculating the route, you can select the
option avoid.

(7)
Time restricted
-
avoid:
Roads that are closed at certain times of
the day (e.g. pedestrian zones) are excluded
from the route calculation.
- automatic: The MMI system determines wheth­
er the restricted road can be included in the
route calculation based on the time tables cur­
rently stored in the navigation data.
- with: Roads that are closed at certain times of
the day are included in the route calculation.

(§)
Seasonally restricted1)
-
avoid:
Roads that are closed seasonally (e.g.
mountain passes) are excluded from the route
calculation.
- automatic: The MMI system determines wheth­
er the seasonally restricted road can be
inclu­

ded in the route calculation based on the time
tables currently stored in the navigation data.
-
with:
Roads that are closed seasonally are in­
cluded in the route calculation.
Voice guidance
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system

»•
Press the |NAV/MAP| button repeatedly until
the Enter destination menu is displayed

^page
207, Fig. 172.

•
Select: right control button
>
Voice guidance.
Voice guidance: The navigation cues can be
played in complete or compact form. You can use
the traffic option to have the system play only
those announcements on traffic obstructions
that are relevant
for
your route. SeLect off if you
do not want the system to play any navigation

cues.

Voice guidance during calls: Navigation cues
during a telephone call can be switched on/off.
Entertainment fader: Refer to
•=>page
261.
Volume of spoken cues: You can change the
vol­

ume of
a
spoken cue while it is being played us­
ing the ON/OFF button
opage
152. Further in­
formation can be found on
^>page
261.

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This function is not available in the Mexican market.
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Navigation
Google Earth map
dispLay

Applies
to: vehicles with navigation system and Audi connect

(infotainment)

You
can have the map display satellite images
using the Google Earth map
display.

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Fig.
183 Example: Google Earth map display

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in

Fig.
184 Example: Google Earth map display with Google

Street
View
Important: The requirements for Audi connect
(infotainment) must be met
^>page
191.

*•
Press the |NAV/MAP| button repeatedly until
the map is displayed.

*•
Select: right control button > Map settings >
Map display
>
Google Earth.
For this map dispLay the system uses data pack­
ets received online in the form of satellite pic­
tures and combines these pictures with the road
network from the Standard map display. The
MMI has 2 GB of flash memory for temporarily
storing the map/navigation data received online
(corresponds to map/navigation data for about
4000 km of route guidance). You can also use the
loaded satellite pictures for route guidance
with­

out an active data connection as long as these
pictures are stored.

Google
Street View
With Google Street View, you can explore many
locations all over the world virtually from the
perspective of
a
pedestrian. Google Street View is
available as soon as the
symbol®
^>Fig.
183 is
shown in crosshairs mode.
To start Google Street View: Turn the rotary
pushbutton to select
a
scale below 30 m.
The following options are available:
-To explore a destination step-by-step: Press
the rotary pushbutton when the
symbol @

^>Fig.
184 is visible.
- To zoom in/out of the current display (up to

4x):
Turn the rotary pushbutton to the left/

right
(D'=>F/g.JS4.

- To navigate in the street view: Move your
fin­

ger in the desired direction on the MMI touch

pad*
or move the rotary pushbutton in the de­
sired direction.
Additional information
In the Map content menu
^>page
221, you can
activate the function to show additional informa­
tion on the infotainment display. To show the ad­
ditional information move the crosshairs onto an
item on the map and press the rotary pushbut­

ton.

(i) Note

- You can delete the data stored by the Goo­
gle Earth map dispLay by selecting Factory
settings
>
Navigation and online memory

•=>
page 256.
- Google Earth is an Audi connect infotain­
ment service that is updated at regular in­
tervals when it is called up. This can take a
few seconds.
-When the Google Earth 3D map display is
switched on, the map display automatically
switches to the 2D map while you are driv­
ing through a tunnel.
- For safety reasons, the Google Street View
functions cannot be used while the vehicle
is moving.
- Please always note the information in the
chapter
^>page
204, General notes on Audi
connect (infotainment).
- Further information can be found on the In­
ternet at www.audi.com.
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Navigation
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Introduction
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system
There are severaL different ways of updating the

map:

- Map updates via the online map update* func­
tion
^
page 223.
- Map updates via the online map update* func­
tion
•=>
page 223
1).

- Importing a map update to your MMI using an
SD card*
1).
Further information can be found
on the Internet at my.audi.com.
- Map update at your Audi dealer, who may
charge for this service.
Online map update
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system and Audi connect
(infotainment)
With the online map update function you can up­
date the map material
of
your navigation system
directly in the vehicle.
New navigation database
-S>
Eastern Europe
An update is available for your destination
region (Eastern Europe).

"\
Updates can also be downloaded from
' my.audi.com and installed via an SD
card.

Switch to online update

Fig.
185 Example: Display of
a
new online map update

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^3>

Eastern Europe
—>
Recommended regions

| Belarus
3,3 MB
O

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j

T

m
Albania 18,2 MB
D

Packets required OB
Start download
Cancel

Fig.
186 Example: Selection of
a
country package
Important:
The requirements for Audi connect infotainment
services must be met
<=>page
191.

x)
This function is not available in the Mexican market.
You must have a myAudi account and have added
your vehicle to it.
The MMI uses the vehicle's position to establish
which regions you are most often in. The MMI
uses this information to suggest update pack­
ages for these regions if any are available

<*Fig.
185.

•
Select and confirm
(T)
Switch to online update

oFig.
185 when the message informing you of
a new map update appears on the infotainment
display. Or:

•
Select:
IMENU|
button > Settings > left control
button > System maintenance > System up­
date > Online update.
A list of the available update packages is shown
on the infotainment display
^>Fig.
186.
Selecting online map update
- Select an update package from the list
(5f).
If
update packages with a large volume of data
are available for certain countries (e.g. France),
you can choose to update individual regions

(e.g.
only southern France).
- Press the
I
BACK
|
button to confirm your selec­
tion and return the list of available update
packages.
Starting download
- Select and confirm Start download.
- Confirm the safety query by selecting Start
download again.
The update packages will be downloaded, and
the download status will be shown on the info­
tainment display.
Installing online map update
The installation of the downloaded maps only oc­
curs after the vehicLe has been parked. The new
update packages are installed after the ignition is
switched off. When you restart the MMI, a mes­
sage indicating
that
the updates have been in­
stalled successfully will appear on the infotain­
ment dispLay.
- Confirm the successful update with OK.
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Navigation
The
new
maps
can now be
used
for
navigation.
© CAUTION
If
you
cancel
a
map
update download,
the da­

ta already downloaded
is
permanently
de­

leted.
The
appropriate update package can
be

downloaded again
by
selecting
the
]MENU|

button > Settings > left control button
>
Sys­
tem maintenance > System update.
© Note
- Please always note
the
information
in the

chapter
^>page
191,
Audi connect (infotain­

ment).

- Because
of
the high level
of
data usage
when downloading large country update
packages
or the
entire package,
we
recom­
mend that
in
these cases you download
the

data
on
your computer from your myAudi
account, save them
on an
SD card
and
then
import them
to
your
MMI
system. Further
information
can
be found
on the
Internet
at

my.audi.com.
- Please always note
the
information
in the

chapter
^>page
204,
General notes
on
Audi
connect (infotainment).
myAudi special
destinations
Introduction

Applies
to:
vehicles with navigation system
You
can
import your myAudi special destinations
in
two
ways:
- Importing myAudi special destinations
via the

online update*
^page
224.

- Importing myAudi special destinations
to the

MMI using
an SD
card. Further information
can

be found
on the
Internet
at
my.audi.com.
myAudi special destinations (online
update)

Applies
to:
vehicles with navigation system
and
Audi connect

(infotainment)

You
can download your myAudi special destina­
tions from your myAudi account while
in the
ve­
hicle
and
use them
for
route guidance.
Important:
You must have a myAudi account and have stored
myAudi special destinations.
You must have already sent myAudi special desti­
nations from myAudi
to
your vehicle.
This function
is not
available
in the
Mexican
market.

•
Select:
|NAV/MAP|
button > left control button
> Special destinations
>
myAudi special desti­
nations.

•
If
you
have already imported myAudi special
destinations, select
the
right control button
>

Import myAudi special destinations.

•
Log in
with your myAudi user data/myAudi
PIN

if necessary.
The
update sources available will
be listed
on the
infotainment display.

•
Select and confirm Online update.
Selecting myAudi special destinations
to

import
- SeLect
all the
myAudi special destinations
de­

sired from
the
list
((vft.

- Select and confirm Start download.
Starting download
The size
of
the myAudi special destinations selec­
ted
is
shown
on the
infotainment dispLay.
- Confirm
the
download again
by
selecting Start
download.
The myAudi special destinations will
be
downloa­

ded,
and the
download status will
be
shown
on

the infotainment display.
- To finish importing
the new
myAudi special
destinations, confirm
the
update
by
selecting
OK.
•

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System settings

System settings
Setting the time and
date

The
time can be set manually or via
GPS*

• Select:
|MENU|
button > Settings
>
left control
button > MMI settings > Date & time.

•
Or: Select:
|MENU|
button > Car
>
left control
button
>
Vehicle settings > Date & time.
Set automatically
The time and date are automatically updated
when this function is switched on
0.

Time
Important: The Set automatically function must
be deactivated.
Press the rotary pushbutton. You can adjust the
time manually by turning and pressing the rotary
pushbutton.
Date
Important: The Set automatically function must
be deactivated.
Press the rotary pushbutton. You can adjust the
date manually by turning and pressing the rotary
pushbutton.
Time zone
When selecting the correct time zone, a list of
corresponding countries is displayed as an exam­

ple.

Automatic time zone*
When this function is activated
(vf,
the time is au­
tomatically adjusted to the relevant time zone.
Automatic summer time*
When this function is activated
0,
the time is au­
tomatically adjusted from normal time to sum­
mer time.
Time format
When this option is set to 24h, for example
13:00 will be displayed as the time. When
it
is
set to AM/PM, for example 1:00 PM will be dis­

played.

Date format
When this option is set to DD.MM.YYYY, for ex­
ample
31.08.2017
will be displayed as the date.
When
it
is set to MM/DD/YYYY, for example

08/31/2017
will be displayed. When
it
is set to
YYYY-MM-DD, for example
2017-08-31
will be

displayed.

MMI settings

•
Select:
|MENU|
button > Settings > left control
button > MMI settings.
Language
You can change the language of the display along
with the language of the navigation cues* and
the speech dialogue system*.
The number of languages available depends on
the market.
Measurement units
The following measurement units are available:
- Speed (km/h or
mph)

- Distance (km or miles)
- Temperature (°C or °F)
- Consumption
(ltr/100
km,
mpg
(US),
mpg
(UK)
or
km/ltr)

- Capacity (litres, gallons)
Reminder signal
Applies to: vehicles with Audi phone box
Important: Your mobile phone must be Qi com­

patible1^,
or
it
must be connected to the Audi
music interface
(l) ^page
177, Fig. 161 using a
USB adapter cable.
You can use the reminder signal to keep yourself
informed of the charging status of the mobile
•

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The Qi standard enables you to charge your mobile phone
wirelessly.
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