MyŠkoda Essentials

Škoda Auto a.s.

About this app

Have your car under complete control wherever you are. Install the MyŠkoda Essentials app and become a part of Škoda Auto digital world.

What Škoda Connect services are available in your car depends on the model, production period and it’s equipment. You can simply check the availability of Škoda Connect services for your car in the Availability List www.skoda-auto.com/list .

Important data in one place
Thanks to MyŠkoda Essentials you will always know how far you can go with your current fuel tank level. You can also easily check and display driving statistics such as current fuel consumption, distance covered, or trip length. Route planning feature and finding of parking spaces in your area will be make your each next trip a pleasure. And if you will forget where you parked there is always Parking location feature to help you. With Garage feature you will have all your Škoda cars neatly in one place and for each car you can easily access Digital manual for given model.

Remote control over your car
Various Škoda Connect packages allow you to control your car remotely. You can easily lock&unlock your vehicle or control your auxiliary heater, ventilation and air condition. Thanks to blink and honk feature you will never have to search for your car in a crowded parking lot.

Special features for electric vehicles
With MyŠkoda Essentials you can immediately check the battery charge status, and you can even remotely control the charging and climate control features, including setting up the charging limit or setting up departure timers for AC.

Service and maintenance features
You can display all the relevant messages for service or regular maintenance and also low oil or wiper fluid level notifications. However, you are also able to monitor overall health status of different components in you car such as engine, brakes, lights and many more. And if your vehicle’s system announces any defect, in MyŠkoda Essentials you can always learn more details. In the app you can also quickly find the contact info for your service partner along with their opening hours, so the next service booking will be a walk in the park.

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Ratings and reviews

I got it working at the end with my Skoda Superb iV, but only after creating a new Skoda account. The AC just couldn't be turned on, while other functions worked. The application and infrastructure behind has too many bugs, insufficient or misleading info if something fails. E.g., the 15 request limit, which I only know from the Home Assistant integration. Also the UI could be more intuitive, with proper explanation of features, especially at AC control. Sync between car and app could be faster.

Has potential but not there yet! The stats can be useful, if a little confusing - e.g. It shows the driving stats per journey, but what would be useful/interesting (to me) is to see them for the day, not per trip. Also, the navigation ability is pretty useless. I planned a 500 mile journey to Scotland, and sent it to the car - it didn't reach the car for several hours. It would be far more useful to be able to synchronise favourite places as, the in-car menu for this is pretty long-winded.

The app works just fine. But one very annoying issue is that the App enables you to remotely lock and unlock the vehicle, but it won't allow you to close the windows even though it shows you if you have left any windows open. For example, I've often forgotten to close the sunroof, and even though the app will show me its open, it won't allow me to close it.