Reason I ask is because Smart/Mercedes are planning to phase out their remote access to the car due to 2G/3G network service being deprecated in Dec 2024. See screenshot below.
Are they any plans from anyone in the community to offer similar services?
Thx in advance.
I got the ovms module since mercedes bailed on all of their customers. TBH - the mercedes service was never great anyway.
The OVMS is is - hologram didnt like my email. New email address - now working. I can track the car and see SOC on iOS. Nothing else. Apparently the Android app is better featured. I have an old android I will try it later - maybe keep it on in the house just so I can preheat!
Set up on ios has a few gotchas and it took a few weeks to get connected except for the web app.
I can't code so just grateful when anything works. If anyone knows how to control climate on the web app I would appreciate the education.
Regarding the difference in Apps (Android vs iOS), both apps have the Console - and so long as the vehicle module supports the functionality, you can issue the command directly in that console.
For example, if the vehicle supports it: