Enabling Car Play and Android Auto for free on VW and Audi MMI 2026

Updated September 2026: added the free route for MH2p (MIB2+) units, a straight answer on MIB3, corrected the model table, and a new section on what is and is not possible for CarPlay in the Virtual Cockpit. Following on from my first post on Audi MMI where I walked through installing the maps update and speed cameras overlay, this post covers how to enable CarPlay and Android Auto on your Audi MMI without paying anyone for it. Which method you use depends entirely on which head unit is in the car, and that is where most people go wrong (and where most of the "activation services" make their money). I've pulled together information from the M.I.B. GitHub repo, mibwiki.one, mibsolution.one, LawPaul's MH2p SD ModKit, Audizine, AudiWorld, Ross-Tech forums, and various community guides to put everything in one place. The goal is to save you the hours of trawling through forum threads, Telegram messages, and half-documented wikis that I went through. Modifying your car's infotainment…