I bought my new 21 BTS back at the end of June early July of 21 and I just received this email today. It just says it's a navigation update so is it safe to say that this is not the paid uconnect subscription after the free trial expires? I dont plan on renewing after the free trial expires Has anyone done this update?
I got the email too, but didn't bother with the update.
I use my navigation quite often and have had zero issues with it. I don't really see the point in updating the maps very often. If it was free like it has been on all my previous Rams, sure, but this is the first time I've been expected to pay for it. At the end of the day though, why bother? The roads haven't moved so the map still works. I guess maybe in a major metropolitan area you may have some new development or roadway reconfiguration, but I don't live/drive in metro areas so it doesn't matter. If I want to navigate from the Cuyahoga Valley National Park to the nearest Handles Ice Cream shop it will take me there. I'm not so inept that I can't figure out what to do if a traffic circle has been put in place of a 4 way intersection.
Long story short. There's no need to update the map after a year. Heck I bought lifetime maps for my dash mounted Garmin about 5-6 years ago. I use it in my work car nearly every day and I've only updated it 2-3 times. It still gets me around just fine, and so far the only discrepancy I've noticed between updates is stuff like a traffic circle or the addition of a turn lane. Certainly not something I'm going to pay to update in my truck.