Hi, thanks for reading this post. I'm curious if anyone else who is thinking about buying a new Audi or who has recently bought one will miss the facility to upload custom POIs (which Audi calls "Special Destinations") to the MMI map?
All new Audis with touchscreens have the MIB2+ or MIB3 Media System which DO NOT have the facility to upload Special Destinations (POI’s).

I have added dozens of POIs to my 2017 S3 including speed cams, red light cams and specs as well as Premier Inns, Greggs Bakers, McDonald's etc. I mostly use POIBASE to do this.

When I first got my S3 in 2017 you could upload POIs from the My.Audi website which then uploaded the POI's to the vehicle via the Audi Connect service. This was super easy to do. However. .. in late 2018 Audi removed this facility from their website in the UK. Crazy! It was a brilliant feature.

In 2019 I contacted the 24hr Audi Digital team (who are usually great) to ask how I could upload POIs. The Digital Team confirmed the POI upload feature on the My.Audi website no longer worked in the UK (apparently it still worked in Germany). They said I would have to use the SD memory card slot in my S3 and follow instructions on the MMI to upload POIs. They told me how to do this and to be fair it works great. Like I say, to this day I still use POIBASE and a few other POI sites to upload POIs. All my POIs appear on the pop-up MMI map AND on the virtual cockpit map (so my custom POIs appear on two screens and are individually configurable).

I can't believe Audi have completely removed the facility to upload POIs!!

Am I the only person who found the facility to upload custom POI's useful?

Is there a work around?

A few years ago Audi were highly rated for their in-car technology and innovation, especially regarding their MMI. This no longer seems to be the case.

Any feedback, suggestions or comments (or solutions:-) would be very welcome.