Corgidog1

Without apple car play on my 2015, I print out the directions and use my phone as a back up. I don’t like the Navi on my car.

RMS73

In this order;
Garmin
Google Maps
Waze

I like the bigger screen on the Garmin
I like the fact I can move around the screen in Goggle maps
I dislike the cartoonish screen of Waze

vader86

Almost never use the factory navigation, I almost always have Waze running for the police notifications.

redman76

I have factory NAV but use Google mostly and Waze occasionally.

miami08VETTE

This is why I upgraded to OE Nav. I have found myself in North Georgia Mountain areas with no cell service! Plus the OE Nav is not bad at all... IMHO, YMMV...

TxLefty

Factory nav backed up by Waze for police and real time traffic.

Scruff Vette

Google Maps on Android Auto. I tried WAZE and like the heads up for police location, but... the screen looks like it was made for a 5 year old. The only thing missing is a little waving avatar "Hi". Worse it took me on obviously longer routes to my destination several times. No idea why. Also if WAZE is installed on my phone (Pixel 4a 5G) it will override Google Maps when using Android Auto with no way to turn it off and it seems to constantly remain active on my phone out of the car with notifications I don't care about. Went through all the settings but could not get it to act the way I want. Decided the police warnings weren't worth all the other BS and uninstalled it.

Matt66

When using factory NAV can you make it show up on the HUD or just the display screen

legacypgmr

Haven't found anything but my question isn't worth starting a new thread.

The pic below is of a '19 1LT.

Question is, is there any way of telling from the display screen whether or not the car has ON BOARD Nav (not On Star) ?

Is the directional indicator indicative ? i.e. If it's green the car HAS ON BOARD NAV but the amber, as in the pic, tells you it DOESN'T have (OB) NAV ?

TIA

fsvoboda

Google Maps.

I've not got OEM nav, and haven't gotten around to downloading Waze.

So it's mostly a lazy decision.

SladeX

Google maps alerted me to 3 radar traps yesterday, so glad I had it running.

Matt66

you will have a NAV icon if like mine i have NAV icon and onstar i cancelled onstar then my nav did not work i purchased a new HMI from infotainment and now everything is unlocked and working real simple to do takes about hour.

KGrant

This will tell you what you do and don't have VIN decoder link click here ---------->>>>>>Chevrolet VIN Decoder | Lookup History, Specs, Recall Info and more!

Also, from your home screen you would have a green icon that says "Nav" which means you have navigation. See below:





Did I just buy a 2016 Z06 that doesn't have PDR? - CorvetteForum - Chevrolet Corvette Forum Discussion

BooSSted

OEM look is definitely dated even on these relatively newer cars. I primarily use Google as it does have LEO/speed trap alerts just as Waze. Google actually owns waze, im surprised they keep both formats rolling, they should just combine the two for best of both worlds.

TyBoo

My C7 is a 2014 so it doesn't have AA or Carplay, so I usually just use the OEM Nav. It works pretty well once you figure out its quirks.

Or, I can stop for gas at any service station, and while they fill the tank, check the oil and clean the windshield I can go inside and get a free map.

macher

Apple maps

befree2spin

Thanks for sharing that. I'm going to upgrade mine!

KGrant

@BooSSted

Waze was the leader in that niche space and this is why Google bought Waze for $1.2 billion in 2013

Unlike Google Maps, Waze has created a culture of user engagement. Waze generates many of its maps by using GPS to track "the movements of its nearly 50 million users," according to Bits. ... Google may be buying Waze to spread this culture of user engagement to its other servicesGoogle announced Tuesday that it has acquired Israeli mapping service, Waze, without disclosing what had been reported as its $1.3 billion price tag. But it is not exactly clear why.

Google already offers some of what Waze provides. For example, Google's Android-installed mapping program includes reliable information about traffic congestion and Android users provide Google with updates on average traveling times on the roads.

I think the answer could be a combination of four factors.

1. Waze's user engagement

Unlike Google Maps, Waze has created a culture of user engagement. Waze generates many of its maps by using GPS to track "the movements of its nearly 50 million users," according to Bits. A third of Waze users share "information about slowdowns, speed traps and road closures, allowing Waze to update suggested routes in real time [and its] most dedicated fans can also edit the maps directly to improve their accuracy," writes Bits.

As Bret McVey, a graphic designer in Omaha who made 280,000 changes to Waze’s maps in the last year told Bits, "They created this culture where you can really help others." That culture rewards Waze users with points and badges and gives the top 500 map editors direct access to Waze employees to close the gap between reality and what Waze depicts.

Google may be buying Waze to spread this culture of user engagement to its other services.

2. Keep Waze from Facebook, Apple

As I wrote on June 9, if Google owned Waze, then competitors would not have access to its technology and users. Moreover, since the $1.3 billion cash purchase price is a small fraction of Google's $50 billion cash stash, that reason alone is compelling.

3. Waze adds features that Google Maps lacks

Google Maps lacks key features that are useful to Waze users. According to Globes, "Waze has options to report accidents, police presence, speed cameras and blocked roads, all things that Google does not have."

4. Use Waze as an alternative to Google Maps

Although reports claim that Google will enable Waze's CEO and most of its people to stay in Israel and operate independently for three years, it is possible that Google will keep it running thereafter.

That's because Google might follow a strategy that Microsoft used when it acquired Skype for $8.5 billion in 2011. According to Globes, "Microsoft, which had a rival product called Messenger closed it not long afterwards and currently offers Skype as its solutions for both Internet conversations and immediate messages."

Of these four reasons -- I think the first would be the most valuable since it would boost the long-term value of Google's customer ties. But getting a company the size of Google to adopt the management practices of a small start-up like Waze would be difficult to achieve.

miami08VETTE

C7 is from 2014 which means it was being developed a few years prior. The Infotainment System and Nav, etc are going to have a dated look and feel.

legacypgmr

I don't see where the VIN decoder shows options; only car make/model/"LT". Maybe I missed it ?

I don't HAVE a home screen. I'm trying to discern whether or not an advertised car has NAV. I was thinking the "NAV" button colored amber meant on board NAV was NOT there.

I found the other thread and see that it says there the screen has either a NAV button OR an ON STAR button, not both. Is that true ?