The Lightning’s Native Nav is Worthless

[Chillguy]

Apple Car play and Android Auto with available apps like Waze, Google Maps, Apple Maps....I haven't used the Ford Nav once in over two years.

Ditto!
Why would I want to use understandably inferior product like Ford Nav vs Google maps that spent tens of billions to develop the product?.... rhetorical question obviously...

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[Rip]

Apple Car play and Android Auto with available apps like Waze, Google Maps, Apple Maps....I haven't used the Ford Nav once in over two years.

If it worked all the time (and the "Blue Oval Network" worked all the time), it wouldn't be bad. I mostly stick to Android auto, though, because I like the layers and Waze features. It does OK with chargers, but it won't tell you if they are in network and compatible.

 

[VAF84]

As a comparison. In my LER, I never used the native maps because of its limitations; always used CarPlay. In my Sierra EV that has no CarPlay and runs Android Auto. I still prefer CarPlay, but I'm okay with Android Auto enough that I don't immediately resort to my phone like I would have in the Lightning. So, I'll take Android Auto over Ford Nav, and CarPlay over both.

 

[Kev12345]

Does google maps precondition if it’s being used through apple carplay?

Or is it just Apple Maps via CarPlay and google maps via android auto?

 

[TaxmanHog]

Does google maps precondition if it’s being used through apple carplay?

Or is it just Apple Maps via CarPlay and google maps via android auto?

IIRC, for us Android users, the requirement included having a specific or newest version of Android Auto, I think that's how Google maps and the truck communicate with each other.

By extension, possibly Carplay needs further enhancements of a similar nature to make Apple Maps fully integrated.

Just speculation on my part.

 

[potato]

As a comparison. In my LER, I never used the native maps because of its limitations; always used CarPlay. In my Sierra EV that has no CarPlay and runs Android Auto. I still prefer CarPlay, but I'm okay with Android Auto enough that I don't immediately resort to my phone like I would have in the Lightning. So, I'll take Android Auto over Ford Nav, and CarPlay over both.

Just to clarify. If your Sierra does not have CarPlay, then it doesn't have Android Auto either (extension of phone screen, apps running on phone). It has Android Automotive (embedded version of Android running on hardware in the truck, phone not involved).

I wish they'd used a better name for the embedded OS product.

 

[VAF84]

Just to clarify. If your Sierra does not have CarPlay, then it doesn't have Android Auto either (extension of phone screen, apps running on phone). It has Android Automotive (embedded version of Android running on hardware in the truck, phone not involved).

I wish they'd used a better name for the embedded OS product.

Thanks for clarifying, the names are so similar!

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