2020/2021 10.25 inch AVN unit update

What is this UPDATE ? to the NAV Software ??? that we just go an update for about 2 months ago?

 

Interesting ... I went to the MAP site and nothing is available YET .. they say "end of November". Maybe rolling out in other countries first? I'm in USA - SF Bay Area.

 

I'm in Norway and purchased a 2020 Kona Electric two weeks ago and can confirm that it came loaded with this version of the software. The guy at the dealership said that they updated it before handing the car over to me and that I was (if you believe him) one of the first in the country to get it.

Unfortunately, I can't speak to how it compares to the previous version but so far it has been buttery smooth and everything is fairly intuitive. The 'Sounds of Nature' thing is a bit daft, but I guess you can't win them all...

 

Can you explain what options are available to set on the home screen? I have my current screen as radio - map - battery info, and frankly like it as is. Is it a 10 inch wide one option only?!? How do you find out the same info now? Is it having to swipe a bunch, distracting while driving?

 

Seems like you can only set the home screen to have two active tiles at like a 70:30 split. Then you can swipe up and down on the righthand most tile to switch between functions.

 

Does anyone with the new update use Android Auto? If so, does it fix the inability for AA to use full screen width for AA navigation? (Apple Carplay can use full width, but AA only uses 2/3 at present with just an AA logo in the other 1/3)

 

I use Android Auto and sadly it's the same deal - 2/3 of the screen is Google Maps/Spotify/podcast app etc, with the final 1/3 just has the AA logo.

What you can do, and what I do, which I'm unsure if was possible in the previous version, is to have the cars navigation on the 2/3 screen with media from AA on the 1/3 screen.

 

Yeah, it's perfectly useable and swiping is pretty easy. I'll see if I can find the version number in settings and post it here

 

The download is available on the Hyundai website:

But if you use the radio, you might want to think twice about installing it.

Unlike the update downloads from MapnSoft, there is no PDF user guide. There is a QR code in the menus leading to this online manual.

The manual shows two different screen displays, Type 1 and Type 2.

This is my radio screen before the update. This looks like Type 1 in the manual.

The presets can't be rearranged; that feature was removed in the last software update.



For the current update, Hyundai has decided that all that information clutters the screen up too much. They now use most of the display for a retro Nixie tube digital display of the frequency or channel number. This leaves no room for displaying the station or channel name on the preset buttons, but why would anyone want to know that?



And the promised restoration of the ability to rearrange presets? Dream on. They remain in strict numerical order.

But since you'll have to memorize all the channel numbers anyway, that shouldn't be a problem, right?

Please, someone - tell me I'm missing something here.

I wonder if there's a way to back out to the Spring 2020 version of the software, and only keep the map update.

I wonder what functionality they'll remove in the next update.

 

Where did they get the idea that the nixie tube display was a good idea?

 

I don't suppose that an earlier version of the software can be installed over the updated one?

In any event, if someone has an earlier download, hang onto it. I downloaded the latest one over the previous download.

 

I always (well the 1 time so far) copy the contents of each update on the USB drive to a folder on my Laptop, just in case. Before reformatting the drive.

 

PS - Toolworker, in your profile you note that your 12V Batt keeps dying. Have you or the shop figured out WHY? I have yet to experience that, knock on wood. I have the same car as you. The ULT.

 

Does anyone know what the update looks like on the 7" system? Is it only the 10.25" systems that have been honored by these "improvements"?

Short answer: No. If you've had your Kona EV for most of a year, you likely don't have the problem. But many Hyundai EV owners do. There are multiple threads on it; let's not make this into another one.