BringGo Master Thread
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Chevrolet Customer Care
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Hi Guys,
Just checked my GM resources and was told that the Bringo App would be available for Sonic next quarter, around about the end of February. If I get any additional information will be sure to post.
Vanessa
GM Customer Service
Just checked my GM resources and was told that the Bringo App would be available for Sonic next quarter, around about the end of February. If I get any additional information will be sure to post.
Vanessa
GM Customer Service
Blue hedgehog
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Just got my 13 sonic ltz with mylink on 12-22 and no bringgo or gogo whatever they want to call it today
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Blue hedgehog
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Just got my 13 sonic ltz with mylink on 12-22 and no bringgo or gogo whatever they want to call it today
AdorableKaren
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Me too, what is it?
laborsmith
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The Spark and the Sonic use the same flavor of MyLink so what is said in this link about the Spark applies to the Sonic: Chevrolet Spark MyLink to Turn On TuneIn
I started a thread in this section about SIRI, so ifanyone is interested it should be easy to find.
Tune-In seems to be a competitor of Stitcher.
Laborsmith
I started a thread in this section about SIRI, so ifanyone is interested it should be easy to find.
Tune-In seems to be a competitor of Stitcher.
Laborsmith
The BrinGo delay is a disappointment (it was scheduled for the fourth quarter). It was one of the big reasons that tilted me to a Sonic over a Fiesta or Accent. BrinGo is likely finished and ready to deploy, as Chevy has been equipping review cars with it for months. The delay is probably due to adding Siri integration to myLink. As any of us Android users know, anything iPhone comes first, thus the delay in the Mylink upgrade. It saves Chevy an extra warranty payment to dealers; now they only have to reimburse dealers for one Mylink upgrade rather than one in Dec. and another in Feb. The big downfall in Mylink is that it can't be upgraded over the air through OnStar or via the user through USB. If that were the case, we'd probably all have BrinGo already, TuneIn whenever it was ready, and Siri whenever. It's too bad they went with a last gen model of dealer upgrades to MyLink, rather than a quicker direct smartphone upgrade model. But I guess that's what to be expected from an old line car maker struggling to keep up with the digital age. Also, Chevy's communication on this has been totally non-existent.
fieldhouse
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I've read similar statements several times...just what doesn't work with Siri on MyLink? I've mentioned before that the only feature listed in the GM announcement is turn-by-turn directions. And turn-by-turn works flawlessly with the new Google Maps app on the iPhone. It even interrupts USB playback (and I'm assuming any other audio sources) with directions over bluetooth audio. If it works with Google Maps but doesn't with Apple's map app then that's an app problem and there's no need to update MyLink.
Do we know this for sure? I remember reading a couple threads about getting bluetooth upgraded via Onstar...
From what I've seen it's much more likely that Android integration is the holdup. Engis Technologies, the company behind the stellar navigation app Gogo3D (sarcasm intended), doesn't look like they have any apps in the Play store. Add to that the fragmentation in Android's capabilities across the different carriers and hardware manufacturers and delivering an Android app starts looking like a really big challenge. Especially to a developer that's used to playing inside the walled IOS garden.
Tell me about it. They announced the map app in March and expected it to be available "in the fall". Maybe they meant fall 2013?
I did my every-couple-of-weeks Bringo search on Google and came up with this post and video on drivingthenation. It's the "GM Lead Connected Customer Specialist" for the western region demonstrating Bringo. It was posted Jan 27, 2013, and he refers to it in the present tense, not 'available soon.' Looks pretty good. Unclear from the video is if it does verbal turn-by-turn. I can hear something faintly in the background, but not sure if it's Bringo talking or some other noise. Without verbal turn-by-turn, it won't take the place of the navigation on my Galkaxy s3.
Still amazing, though, that there isn't any direct info from GM on this. They first demo'd this in March, 2012. This doesn't bode well for GM making Mylink a robust platform for smartphone connectivity if it takes almost a year for them to release just one app they promoted.
Still amazing, though, that there isn't any direct info from GM on this. They first demo'd this in March, 2012. This doesn't bode well for GM making Mylink a robust platform for smartphone connectivity if it takes almost a year for them to release just one app they promoted.
laborsmith
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Per my memory Bring Go was always scheduled to be available late January early February. I do not recall any indication it would be earlier. It is possible I missed something. Possible but not likely.
I have no idea what is involved in anything related to car radio; I do not even have a smartphone and have been at war with OnStar for about five years, but I do read and sometimes I even understand what I have read.
How about we do this: if Bring Go remains unavailable come March, lets do an online petition for all SOF members who have a smartphone to sign asking Chevy to get with the program?
Laborsmith
I have no idea what is involved in anything related to car radio; I do not even have a smartphone and have been at war with OnStar for about five years, but I do read and sometimes I even understand what I have read.
How about we do this: if Bring Go remains unavailable come March, lets do an online petition for all SOF members who have a smartphone to sign asking Chevy to get with the program?
Laborsmith
On the other hand, maybe the Bringo delay isn't just GM being old school and not being able to get something like this to market quickly. Maybe, just maybe, they realize it has to be as good as Google Navigation or what's available on an iPhone and are delaying the release until they get it right. The press coverage of early demos ALL talked about how it doesn't have verbal turn-by-turn, so you have to look at the screen. Lack of verbal turn-by-turn is so Garmin circa 2000, and something that the tech blogosphere may zero in to rip Bringo to shreds once its released. Here's hoping they put verbal turn-by-turn in. Otherwise, I'll still probably rely on Google Navigation, which I can also SPEAK to for directions, without having to pull over and type an address in.
Or maybe the problem is with EnGis, the supplier. Go to their website and the latest news update they have posted for ANY of their products is April 2012, and the last event they have posted is something in Japan last September. Not exactly the pr profile of a robust technology company pumping out new products.
Or maybe the problem is with EnGis, the supplier. Go to their website and the latest news update they have posted for ANY of their products is April 2012, and the last event they have posted is something in Japan last September. Not exactly the pr profile of a robust technology company pumping out new products.
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Chevrolet Customer Care
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rgdave,
After checking my GM resources, I was informed that Bringo is still in development for the 2013 Sonic. No release date provided at this time. I recommend customers visit the Owner’s Center at my.chevrolet.com and register to receive news, and updated information as it becomes available regarding Bringo and MyLink.
I will be sure to post on the forum if any new information is released.
Vanessa
GM Customer Service
laborsmith
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Also, the BringGo site indicates the volume of music from any source is lowered so as not to interfere with the driver being able to hear the verbal directions.
Laborsmith
Laborsmith
http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/che.../en/2012/Aug/Spark_Kit/0702_connectivity.html
Originally it was going to be ready Q4 2012. Then it moved to early 2013. When I talked to the MyLink support people two weeks ago it was "no announced availability".
