2021 Seat Leon Mk4, updated manually, took 2h to update all maps of Europe from a USB stick.
I’m amazed anyone uses a cars navigation system… The newest car I’ve used, a Volvo v60 MK2, has a decent nav… But I can’t see the point when my phone will give me live traffic, with reroutes, accidents, stopped cars, and more.
I… Just don’t see the point to most in-car tech (android auto, for instance). Just plug the phone in and mirror it to the display if you have to.
And give me my Aircon buttons back please, I hate trying to change temperature while driving.
Not so much boring man as grumpy tech enthusiast who’s shocked how bad the ux is on 90% of modern tech.
Well, it is nice as a backup.
Also, I can’t have my car play map in my instrument cluster, I use that constantly to get a general overview of the local area without looking at my infotainment screen, as it is quicker
Whenever someone has to do this on an electric car that turns itself off after half an hour (or 90 seconds, looking at you Audi Q8 eTron), just jam something lightly onto the brake pedal, so far that has kept them all on. Cardboard boxes of filament work well for me.
I’d hate for the update to fail because the puny 12V boat anchor runs out of juice with all the kWh sitting unused under the floor.
I just drove around for 2h…
Also, according to the manual, the update will resume after the car was turned off…
Did something similar myself recently. 2019 Volvo XC90, and the maps were severely outdated. My process was pretty much the same as yours.
Went for a long drive with the family last weekend, and the maps were so fresh they even accounted for a lot of temporary reroutes from roadworks.