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Having used the onboard GPS for a short while, I'm already looking forward to Android Auto I must say. It's certainly usable but programming in destinations without the ability to send a location from your phone is rather time consuming. Given updates are known to be coming including Apple Drive and Android Auto I thought this thread would be useful to track software updates and for Tom Tom. I'm not sure where the updates will be advertised but will poke around. For now here are the versions from my recent UK delivery.
 

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I have serious doubts about the Live update... It seems pretty random to say the least! On Monday, the motorway I normally take got jammed after a 6 vehicle collision at 6:45AM. When I set off, the local radios were all over it as there was >2hrs30min delay on that motorway stretch. When I reached the back of the queue at around 7:45am, my Giulia SatNav was still not seeing any issue whatsoever for my commute!!!! :furious:
I wrote a complaint to the dealer and am awaiting a response.
 
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While I wait for Android Auto/CarPlay I have ruined my interior by doing this:

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Regardless of who makes the SatNav software nothing comes close to Waze, so until I can screen mirror this is a must. Of all the mobile phone holders this one is great. It's made by Brodit and you buy a specific part for the car and the handset so the fit is perfect. I was pleased that it didn't obscure the car's screen either. Still looking forward to removing it when Android Auto comes along mind.
 

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While I wait for Android Auto/CarPlay I have ruined my interior by doing this:

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Regardless of who makes the SatNav software nothing comes close to Waze, so until I can screen mirror this is a must. Of all the mobile phone holders this one is great. It's made by Brodit and you buy a specific part for the car and the handset so the fit is perfect. I was pleased that it didn't obscure the car's screen either. Still looking forward to removing it when Android Auto comes along mind.
I've got a Brodit in my Brera and had one in my old GT. One tip that I have though, if you change the phone and need a new mount, instead of replacing the entire section specific for the phone, I've always found it easier to unscrew the pivot leaving part of the old mount on and removing the pivot from the new phone bit and screw the rest of it onto the pivot section.

I do think Brodit make neat solutions.
 
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I've gleaned from the inital round of Stelvio testing that Apple Carplay and Android Auto are not yet available still. Has anybody with a more recent delivery than mine got any different version of the main software that my photo? Also, no sign of map updates via Mopar either.
 
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I'm quite worried about this. If I had to be optimistic, I'd say that they're probably withholding info on it because all 3 levels of the infotainment will get Android Auto and Apple Carplay, so it would make a lot of people order the car without navigation. :classic:
The pessimist in me is confident it won't be a software update. :bored:
 
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I'm saying that, when Mopar Map Care is launched for the Giulia, cars will need to be updated to the 002 software, yes. Which could technically be performed by the owners, but whether that possibility will be actually offered still remains to be seen. Even in the case it won't be, you would only need to go to the dealer the first time, as you'd then be on the right SW version and therefore able to subsequently update the maps at home.
 
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I have found the tom tom system good, however the routing could be better i.e. It wants to take me down narrow country lanes when I want main roads ( setting on fastest route). But the realtime traffic doesn't work well at all. Is this what the Mopar update will improve? Also whilst on software, I have found I can scroll my music library on my old iTunes app but can't on my Spotify app, anyone know if this will be updated also?
 
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