M&N

So just picked up my 24 Z06 Friday and is the only navigation google maps?
does the car no longer come with it?
TIA

tooold2race

Yup! Same experience here with our new Z. Wish I could retro-fit the Infotainment System from our 2020 HTC. That's really out of the question. Welcome to the world of subscription features and entertainment. It's the only thing I don't like about our Z.

M&N

so I can get the normal navigation but have to pay for it?
I am very surprised that the screen is actually smaller then my 22 as far as the info part of the screen.

Aku700

I just launch CarPlay and im done. I use Waze for navigation and Spotify for music, never really look at screen beyond that. Don’t need anything else. Lol

BearZ06

Same for me plus a Valentine 1, just no Z06 yet . I like Waze because it keeps you informed about what's ahead and you can input too, hazards, construction, police etc.

M&N

looking for regular navigation.

robob

Why?

Use an app from your phone. Otherwise you'll have to pay:-)

M&N

the issue is that some of the road trips we do in the north country the apps lose signal.

robob

You mean the cell phone looses signal? Well, I believe the builtin nav uses OnStar's data plan via cellular so perhaps the same issue. Unless it's carrier dependent. Don't know which carrier OnStar uses.

:-)

M&N

so the car does not hav any gps capability.

robob

Yes, but I believe the NAV uses a cellular connection. Hopefully somebody will correct me if that's wrong.

:-)

jvp

The cell service is there for updated maps as they're pulled live. It's also there for updated speed limits. The car has a GPS, and the system knows where it is (just like your phone does) but it may have trouble displaying that if it hasn't downloaded a set of maps in a while.

Repeat: cell service not required for GPS navigation functionality, just like your phone. But accurately displaying the map might be a challenge if it hasn't downloaded them.

tooold2race

I believe what is being said is..... There is no longer NAVIGATION resident in the 2024 and beyond Corvettes. If you want to display maps / navigation on the screen you have to do it through your phone or a subscription service.

For me that sucks.... I always liked to drive around with the map on my screen. I can't do that on our new Z without having the phone on or a subscription based connection.... Pretty bad for a $160,000 car!

cajunboyz

Intersting

cajunboyz

Correct.!!!

Aku700

The only reason I enjoyed the having built in navigation is for backup purposes only. If your phone dies, etc, you are screwed, so for both my daughters, we bought them cars that have built in GPS, just incase. For people like me, ex military, I’ve gotten lost like once in 30 years, lol, but my 2 daughters, they get lost coming out of the house, lol. No sense of direction. Probably because technology does everything for them now and don’t learn basic things like navigation anymore. Remember the old “Thomas maps”, needed to cross 15 pages to drive 50 miles away. Loved those days were you had to know where you were going

noticket

Google Maps is real navigation on the 24, it supports offline navigation and maps.

Look at page 126 of your owners manual for info about how to enable auto download, and also for how to manually select maps to download.

You can connect to your homes WiFi to speed up the process of downloading, or use the onstar data connection if you pay for it. Connecting to WiFi is available in connection settings (pg 142 of the user manual).

robob

Makes sense. Where is this documented?

Thanks,
Robert

noticket

In the owners manual.

The GPS is used for many things beside navigation, including the front lift, OnStar location, and others.

You can download offline maps just like your old nav had but more up to date by following the instructions you’ll find in the post I made above.

robob

On what page does it specifically say something like, "cell service not required for GPS navigation functionality" ?

Thanks,
Robert