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Hi Everyone,

I just took delivery of my White GTI about a week ago and so far I'm really loving it, however there's just one thing which is annoying me at the moment and I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction.

So I got the app-connect package on there, and so I can connect my phone via USB and use CarPlay, but for short journeys it seems a bit silly to do that, so I just play my music via Bluetooth. However I can't activate siri using the voice control button on my steering wheel.

I purposely didn't get VW's voice control as I felt it was a waste of money when I would use Siri anyway, but do I need this in order for Siri to work over bluetooth? I'm sure I had read somewhere that holding the voice control button down would activate Siri.

Oh, I have the Composition Media system, If anyone has any guidance, or if it's not possible at all then please let me know.

Thanks

Holding the voice control button down definitely works with CarPlay, for Bluetooth I cannot be so sure.

To be honest, I have a 10cm black lightning cable from Amazon and I always connect my phone regardless of distance. You get much better sound quality than via Bluetooth too.

Siri doesn't work with the steering voice control over BT. But you can always use the "hey siri" command to launch it - "hey siri" on iPhone 6s> doesn't need to be plugged into a power source to work either.