Comment by anthomtb
> WiFi — weird as it sounds, I saw some strings for WiFi antennas
This is probably so the car can act as a Wifi hotspot, with the Wifi antennas located in the interior rather than in the sharkfin.
> WiFi — weird as it sounds, I saw some strings for WiFi antennas
This is probably so the car can act as a Wifi hotspot, with the Wifi antennas located in the interior rather than in the sharkfin.
Sometimes both. My car can connect to my home's WiFi for its software updates. I doubt that antenna is inside the cabin of the car.
It also can act as a hotspot if I bothered paying for its data plan. I'd rather if I could just load an eSIM for my existing service to have it be a hotspot for me. Since its antennas are on the outside it should get way better GPS and cellular connectivity than my phone in my pocket deep in a metal box.
I've seen strings for selecting a WiFi network in an SSID list :) I'm guessing for OTA updates when the car is at home or there is another use that involves your phone's hotspot.
I've seen what you are talking about, too. My VW RNS had settings to use the car's 4G for passenger WiFi.
Cars really want to phone home these days