On lower-end models, motorists will be able to tap into the Scout GPS Link that uses a smartphone app. For buyers of the next-generation Camry, it will pay off with the decision to make navigation standard on all models starting in 2018, although there will be two different systems.
Toyota’s effort to capitalize on that shift covers a wide range of ground. “The amount of technology in cars has been growing exponentially,” said Sandy Lobenstein during a news conference Tuesday. Many of the features Toyota is working on update its infotainment technology, others will improve vehicle safety and functionality.
That move is part of a broader push by the automaker to expand the availability of connected car technologies and services, some as standard equipment, others as profitable options. Now that I am aware of the problem, I have learned that most other manufactures have “modern” systems.Toyota plans to make navigation systems standard on all of its completely redesigned 2018 Camrys, the head of the maker’s connected vehicle unit announced during a news conference at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. I pray this will help you when planning to buy a Toyota and plan to use navigation of any kind. I hope this helps unwitting victims of Toyota’s drastically inferior electronics. I have ~3,500 lines on my 2018 Highlander XLE and I am ready to trade it in. Do not expect overall quality from Toyota, only mechanical reliability. I will NEVER buy another Toyota after being cheated like this. The last time I checked this was 2018 and things are a lot different now if you do not buy a Toyota. The vehicle is mechanically sound highly reliable. If you NEVER want to use the GPS on the Toyota or use the GPS on your phone, a Toyota is fine. This also means you loose all of the other apps in your cars Entune system including the ability to stream music from your phone. You will also have to dial your phone manually. You will need to answer your phone manually and hold it to talk.
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But they you are punished again! Once Bluetooth is turned off, hands free phone no longer works.
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Next, you can get full smart phone GPS functionality if you disable your Bluetooth connection to the Toyota. This means you will need to read the directions from you smart phone while you are driving.
If you just key in the address to your smart phone, you are also punished. If you say 252 North Road, Albany, Entune tries to dial your phone and fails. First, if you use voice recognition to enter a destination on your smart phone, your voice commands are routed to Toyota Entune and it will try to make a phone call. If you are hoping to use your smart phone GPS to get "real navigation”, you will suffer badly. The worst part is that there is no good work-around. The same item of navigation information is move around the monitor at different times, and my favorite, you will be told to turn after you are through the intersection. Contradictory navigation information is displayed on the monitor and the control panel. With the navigation system you will drive a lot of extra miles, take slower routes, go to outright wrong locations, be warned repeatedly about bad traffic when NONE exists, and the list goes on, and on, and on. The navigation system is JUNK and Toyota knows it. I have persisted with the GPS in ten states now and this is hardware, map data, and algorithms problem. Better GPS units existed ten years ago and NO, I am not exaggerating. I have a new 2018 Toyota Highlander XLE and the GPS is BEYOND ABYSMAL. If you are considering buying a new Toyota with Navigation, you need to read this.