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I have a 2024 Stingray. Recently the maps in NAV stopped showing street names.
My question is what do you get if you subscribe to Google for the NAV?
I had a 2015 Stingray and the NAV system in was absolutely great.. On my 24 the font size for the street names ,when it had them, was so tiny.
I would like to know if the subscription will get me decent NAV.
I have tried Car Play but it is sorely lacking in features.
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Originally Posted by vettesmile
I have a 2024 Stingray. Recently the maps in NAV stopped showing street names.
My question is what do you get if you subscribe to Google for the NAV?
I had a 2015 Stingray and the NAV system in was absolutely great.. On my 24 the font size for the street names ,when it had them, was so tiny.
I would like to know if the subscription will get me decent NAV.
I have tried Car Play but it is sorely lacking in features.
Thanks
K
You need subscription with OnStar that includes a data plan - or a workaround. The data plan provides the map data necessary for your Google Maps nav hosted in your infotainment system. You do not need a subscription with Google.

You mentioned CarPlay but did not say which nav app you tried. CarPlay allows you to run a nav app hosted in you cell phone but display it on the infotainment screen. I use Waze on my phone with CarPlay. It has all the features of well developed nav app. What are finding lacking with CarPlay?





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Have you tried the Waze app with CarPlay? It’s basically all I’ve used for the last 10 years in my vehicles.
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Like the others have mentioned, Waze is what I use as well. It is a full featured navigation app and is owned by Google.
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What I did not like was that my route is not shown on the map and there are no "Heads up" message on the screen for your next turn. I was using Google maps with Car Play.
I will look into WAZE very soon as I have a trip coming up that I will need a functioning NAV system.
Thank you al for your responses.
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