Google Maps directions in drivers console with Apple Carplay

[alastaid]

Hi, been seeing on the Facebook forums, some people have had an update (of the Google Maps app on IOS), and they are now getting the driving directions in the little screen behind the steering wheel. Just wondering if this is just our American cousins, has anyone got this in the UK? I did get a Google Maps update to version 25.35.0, but alas no directions in the drivers screen.

Thanks, Alastair

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[Mache_Nor]

Got it in Norway. Car version is. 21’ job 2 with SYNC 10.2, iOS is beta 26, and Google Maps is latest version from Apple Store. The directions started working 3 or 4 days ago when I updated Google Maps (thus unrelated to changes in car). Sadly it don’t precondition as all chargers navigated to are just destinations (flags instead of chargers in cluster), but it’s a start

 

[alastaid]

Thanks, what version of Google Maps are you showing, is it higher than 25.35.0 ?

 

[MuckyMach-e]

Hi, been seeing on the Facebook forums, some people have had an update (of the Google Maps app on IOS), and they are now getting the driving directions in the little screen behind the steering wheel. Just wondering if this is just our American cousins, has anyone got this in the UK? I did get a Google Maps update to version 25.35.0, but alas no directions in the drivers screen.

Thanks, Alastair

I noticed it working for me yesterday in the UK. Google Maps version 25.34.1.7965640130 and IOS version 18.6.2 on iPhone 15 Pro Max.

 

[Mache_Nor]

Thanks, what version of Google Maps are you showing, is it higher than 25.35.0 ?

I have same version as the one above me, 25.34.1, was updated 4 days ago.

 

[alastaid]

So that's weird, in theory I have a later version, do you have to do anything else in the setup to get it working?

 

[Teslaeata]

Hi, been seeing on the Facebook forums, some people have had an update (of the Google Maps app on IOS), and they are now getting the driving directions in the little screen behind the steering wheel. Just wondering if this is just our American cousins, has anyone got this in the UK? I did get a Google Maps update to version 25.35.0, but alas no directions in the drivers screen.

Thanks, Alastair

I’ve had this forever more reliably than it does now, more recently sometimes after the turn by turns have been appearing “normally” they disappear, I think after something else occurs, appears on screen or I do something but haven’t worked out what.

I call it shopping trolley syndrome, does what it wants, goes where it wants when it likes

 

[Mache_Nor]

So that's weird, in theory I have a later version, do you have to do anything else in the setup to get it working?

What car and sync version you have? And for me I did nothing, it just started working a couple of days ago when I used CarPlay. Can’t 100% verify wether it was the latest update to Google Maps that made the difference, as it’s been some time since I used it last.

 

[alastaid]

Its a 2022 GT, not sure what version, but it has been getting updates fairly regularly, not got Bluecruise yet, but got the youtube one ages ago. I suppose I was wondering if it was anything to do with the vehicle type in Apple maps, I removed mine in as I never liked the % battery left when arrived display, I preferred seeing the miles left to go, not sure if people who have it working have the vehicle entered in Apple maps, or perhaps it is just flaky.

 

[MachEVelli]

Any reports of this working with iOS26?

 

[Mache_Nor]

Any reports of this working with iOS26?

Works at my end, with iOS26 (23A5330a).

 

[MachEVelli]

Works at my end, with iOS26 (23A5330a).

Mine is working. I thought I was supposed to see something where the infrared cameras are. I noticed it working on Sunday during a day trip. Thought it was an update and I didn’t have ios26 yet.

 

[MuckyMach-e]

Its a 2022 GT, not sure what version, but it has been getting updates fairly regularly, not got Bluecruise yet, but got the youtube one ages ago. I suppose I was wondering if it was anything to do with the vehicle type in Apple maps, I removed mine in as I never liked the % battery left when arrived display, I preferred seeing the miles left to go, not sure if people who have it working have the vehicle entered in Apple maps, or perhaps it is just flaky.

I don’t think it’s anything to do with Apple Maps as the Google Maps app is self contained. I do have the vehicle type set to Electric in Google Map’s vehicle settings as well as Glanceable directions set to on in the navigation settings page within the app. Maybe something to do with Google Maps settings?

 

[alastaid]

I got excited for a sec there, glancable directions sounded hopeful, but alas I checked and it's turned on . Also I enabled the Alexa integration wondering if it was that, but again nothing.

 

[alastaid]

Looking back through this thread, is my car way out of date, hence why its not working? I looked in General->Versions and it reports SYNC 4 version 23352_VERSION Revision 1122. However, Mache_nor's car is on Sync 10.4, am I reading these incorrectly ie Sync version 4 vs Sync version 10 sounds a huge difference? I have recently had the update to allowing adaptive cruise to read the speed signals and adjust if you turn it on, I thought that was fairly recent?

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