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I wish everyone would just have an option to see the navigation the the gauge cluster.

by cmovq 3mo ago

izacus 3mo ago
That's a very common feature nowadays, isn't it? For a rather new models. E.g. Peugeot 4008 I was driving a few months ago could show CarPlay/Auto maps on main gauge cluster.
- Telaneo 3mo ago
  My Kia Soul has a version of this, but it doesn't integrate with Carplay, and the maps that came with the car are already outdated enough to bother me.
  - bjord 3mo ago
    you actually may be able to update these. it's worth looking into.
    - Telaneo 3mo ago
      The maps? Why would I bother when I can use Carplay instead? The car's integration with Carplay? Even models that are 4 years newer than mine seem to still not have this. Not sure what's going on there.
      - bjord 3mo ago
        I meant if you wanted to update the maps in your gauge cluster. https://update.kia.com https://update.kia.com you said they bothered you, so I suggested a fix. no obligation to do it if you don't care.
        Telaneo 3mo ago
        It's a non-fix if I have to do that every year (or every however-often-I-notice-an-error, the first error I noticed was within a year). Google Maps is constantly updated. Not to mention that Kia aren't going to be supplying updates in 10 years, while Google probably are (and if they aren't, I can still use Carplay and a different set of maps).
      - izacus 3mo ago
        > The maps? Why would I bother when I can use Carplay instead? Because, I quote: "they bother you". Which would explain why should you bother, right? (Also, I was specifically talking about having Android Auto/Carplay projected in gauge cluster.)
        Telaneo 3mo ago
        Carplay's a better fix for the map issue, since then I don't have to update them whenever I find an error. With Carplay, errors instead don't happen. The directions being shown in the gauge cluster via carplay is still not a thing on later Kias from what I can tell, so that problem is unfixed no matter what.
        NetMageSCW 3mo ago
        LOL that errors don’t happen on Apple or Google Maps. I submit updates to fix things every few months.
        Telaneo 3mo ago
        The only errors I find are opening hours and similarly trivial things; things that my car's built in nav doesn't even have. A road not being there or it having been moved or whatever has never happened to me while using Google Maps, so while it's not perfect when you're browsing, for actual navigation, it's been perfect for me.
user_of_the_wek 3mo ago
Weirdly enough, some cars don't even have that cluster any more. Like the Volvo EX30.
mlrtime 3mo ago
After using a HUD , I don't want to go back to gauge cluster. We all know driving looking at a phone is bad, starring at your cluster for a few seconds can also be bad.
dyauspitr 3mo ago
I prefer it to the side a little bit. The glance down at my gauges means I completely lose sight of the road at least in my case.

I wish everyone would just have an option to see the navigation the the gauge cluster.

by cmovq 3mo ago

I wish everyone would just have an option to see the navigation the the gauge cluster.

That's a very common feature nowadays, isn't it? For a rather new models. E.g. Peugeot 4008 I was driving a few months ago could show CarPlay/Auto maps on main gauge cluster.

Telaneo 3mo ago
My Kia Soul has a version of this, but it doesn't integrate with Carplay, and the maps that came with the car are already outdated enough to bother me.
- bjord 3mo ago
  you actually may be able to update these. it's worth looking into.
  - Telaneo 3mo ago
    The maps? Why would I bother when I can use Carplay instead? The car's integration with Carplay? Even models that are 4 years newer than mine seem to still not have this. Not sure what's going on there.
    - bjord 3mo ago
      I meant if you wanted to update the maps in your gauge cluster. https://update.kia.com https://update.kia.com you said they bothered you, so I suggested a fix. no obligation to do it if you don't care.
      - Telaneo 3mo ago
        It's a non-fix if I have to do that every year (or every however-often-I-notice-an-error, the first error I noticed was within a year). Google Maps is constantly updated. Not to mention that Kia aren't going to be supplying updates in 10 years, while Google probably are (and if they aren't, I can still use Carplay and a different set of maps).
    - izacus 3mo ago
      > The maps? Why would I bother when I can use Carplay instead? Because, I quote: "they bother you". Which would explain why should you bother, right? (Also, I was specifically talking about having Android Auto/Carplay projected in gauge cluster.)
      - Telaneo 3mo ago
        Carplay's a better fix for the map issue, since then I don't have to update them whenever I find an error. With Carplay, errors instead don't happen. The directions being shown in the gauge cluster via carplay is still not a thing on later Kias from what I can tell, so that problem is unfixed no matter what.
        NetMageSCW 3mo ago
        LOL that errors don’t happen on Apple or Google Maps. I submit updates to fix things every few months.
        Telaneo 3mo ago
        The only errors I find are opening hours and similarly trivial things; things that my car's built in nav doesn't even have. A road not being there or it having been moved or whatever has never happened to me while using Google Maps, so while it's not perfect when you're browsing, for actual navigation, it's been perfect for me.

user_of_the_wek 3mo ago

Weirdly enough, some cars don't even have that cluster any more. Like the Volvo EX30.

mlrtime 3mo ago

After using a HUD , I don't want to go back to gauge cluster. We all know driving looking at a phone is bad, starring at your cluster for a few seconds can also be bad.

dyauspitr 3mo ago

I prefer it to the side a little bit. The glance down at my gauges means I completely lose sight of the road at least in my case.