Using Nav/Uconnect while driving.

[ponypride]

They support Waze tbrough the phone car play options, both android and apple.

Great feature.

With CarPlay does Waze maps appear on the screen? I just upgraded to iOS 12.

 

[Electrical]

If u have uconnect without NAV do you just use Siri to get your location? Do these units support Waze?

Hey PP. Yes Waze is supported and the map should appear on your screen. Your phone is gonna know your location just like it normally should.

Apple should have a list of supported apps somewhere; the list seems to grow everyday.

A lot of audio apps are supported and maybe that is another good solution for those who don't like the Uconnect library.

Both apps like Spotify and Pandora and also the music players that play music stored in your phone. When connected with Carplay, you can control them with the steering wheel buttons.

I let my Sirius trial expire and didn't re-new because Android/Carplay introduce enough options that I didn't miss it.

 

[steveved]

I find it amusing that RAM would rather you or your passenger play with their phone while driving, then let you adjust Nav on your truck's screen. In my 2015 Silverado, the Nav would not let you enter a destination if you were the only one in the truck. But, if it detected a passenger, it would work. The Uconnect system in my 2019 RAM is way better than in my previous Silverado EXCEPT for in this one area.

If the truck can squawk at your passenger to put on their seatbelt, then the truck obviously knows the passenger is there. So, why not unlock the Nav stuff when a passenger is present? This defies logic.

But, you can use waze or google maps on your phone. It is like they are encouraging you to use your phone while driving.

 

[Longhorn5G]

If the truck can squawk at your passenger to put on their seatbelt, then the truck obviously knows the passenger is there. So, why not unlock the Nav stuff when a passenger is present? This defies logic.

Its possible the programmers and powers that be are married to people similar to what I get to deal with in my life, and then they prepare things around that.

For instance, the engineers probably know that even if my Ram allowed the Nav keyboard to be used while I was driving because it knew I had my passenger, my passenger would attempt to figure it out. That attempt will take forever, and will include her hitting irrelevant buttons, etc. I then would have to take over while driving... to correct what she made worse, and then start from square one again.

So maybe they figured the role would just as well be as if that passenger wasnt there.

 

[Rayzram]

They support Waze tbrough the phone car play options, both android and apple.

Great feature.

Waze works very well, got that tip from here a while back. The inability to change or add a destination while moving was frustrating in our Jeep and Pacifica, so this to me is better then the factory navigation.