Kona on WiFi?

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NP27 said:
I'm in Ontario, and I've now lost my HD traffic info due to the SiriusXM trial period ending. I have no interest in satellite radio, so paying for the subscription just for traffic isn't worth it with Google Maps and Android Auto providing it for free. If I could get the Kona to tether to my phone that would be great, but I don't think that's an option here, unless I've missed something.
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Two suggestions. One check in your setting menu and deselect the XM Traffic data and make sure HD Traffic is selected.
The other thing is that you can use phone tethering. Go to the Play Store and install the Android Auto App by Google. Then you will need a USB-A to either micro or USB-C (depending on your device) cable. You need to connect this to the port beside the Qi charger. Then you can use either Google Maps or install Waze which is also owned by Google. Waze is the only NAV app that I aware of that is Android Auto compatible that can do traffic. As a bonus ,it does red-light and speed-cams as well.
 
EnerG said:
That's not 100% correct. Android Auto does do traffic if you use the Waze app.
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No, Android auto doesn't do traffic. Android auto is nothing but an interface between your car and your phone. Traffic will come through the app that is running on the phone and then displayed in your car.


EnerG said:
Then you can use either Google Maps or install Waze which is also owned by Google. Waze is the only NAV app that I aware of that is Android Auto compatible that can do traffic. As a bonus ,it does red-light and speed-cams as well.
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Google maps and Waze are both using real time traffic! Waze additionally has red light cameras and speed traps which are manually added by drivers (speed traps).

Although, if you only use your phone without Android auto, you can report speed traps on Google maps as well. There is no reporting option through Android auto.

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Let's not split hairs. If you want the best live traffic data you need Android Auto. I think we can agree it is just a projection vehicle, but it is still needed in the equation.

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Esprit1st said:
No, you can't do that.

Just to clarify: XM radio and hd radio are two different sources of traffic and they don't have anything to do with each other. You have to subscribe to Sirius xm, but hd radio is free.

Google maps is your map software, Android auto doesn't do traffic, it's just the way how your phone is "projected" into your car. [emoji6][emoji106]

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I see now where HD radio is displayed. Thanks for clarifying that. I'm very familiar with Android, etc. I meant Google Maps and Android Auto together provide what I need for free. What I was hoping/wishing was that the Kona could access my phone's data plan to continue providing traffic info to the Kona navigation software, and hence continue using it on the HUD. I should have been clearer.
 
NP27 said:
I see now where HD radio is displayed. Thanks for clarifying that. I'm very familiar with Android, etc. I meant Google Maps and Android Auto together provide what I need for free. What I was hoping/wishing was that the Kona could access my phone's data plan to continue providing traffic info to the Kona navigation software, and hence continue using it on the HUD. I should have been clearer.
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Yeah, that would be awesome. I wish it would work that way, too.
EnerG said:
Let's not split hairs. If you want the best live traffic data you need Android Auto. I think we can agree it is just a projection vehicle, but it is still needed in the equation.

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Not trying to split hairs. In my opinion it is important to understand what does what and what is required in order to get certain things running. In my IT career I have seen to many people spend money on things they didn't need just because they thought it was needed or somebody sold a person on things they didn't understand the technicalities of.

That's why I'm trying to clear things up. And it doesn't help anybody if there is misconceptions out there.

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ehatch said:
ALL Kona EVs should have LTE/,mobile so we can do updates "faster,"or Hyundai can actually do OTA.
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Well, here in the US at least. I wonder if at this point they COULD do ota updates if they actually wanted to.

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