Does anyone know when???
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laborsmith
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On platforms that already have MyLink, OnStar is not needed for MyLink to function. I see no reason the Sonic MyLink should be different.
As to the nav option asked about, I have not seen a date certain. It is an app (whatever that means) that has to be downloaded to a smartphone which then has to be connected to MyLink to work.
I believe the general idea was that the nav would be available when the 2013 Sonic (and months after the Spark) became generally available. That has yet to happen around here and I am about 35 miles from Orion Assembly.
Laborsmith
The GOGO nav option now has a different name, but right now I can not recall it. I would be worried about my memory loss except its been this way for four decades. - L
As to the nav option asked about, I have not seen a date certain. It is an app (whatever that means) that has to be downloaded to a smartphone which then has to be connected to MyLink to work.
I believe the general idea was that the nav would be available when the 2013 Sonic (and months after the Spark) became generally available. That has yet to happen around here and I am about 35 miles from Orion Assembly.
Laborsmith
The GOGO nav option now has a different name, but right now I can not recall it. I would be worried about my memory loss except its been this way for four decades. - L
laborsmith
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yep, but bear in mind I go back to when LSD was legal. In fact several friends and I "celebrated" the day LSD became illegal by dropping.
There's another day I can not fully recall. To almost quote Robin Williams, those who claim to remember the sixties never lived them.
But my favorite quote: The need is for speed. I said that.
Laborsmith
There's another day I can not fully recall. To almost quote Robin Williams, those who claim to remember the sixties never lived them.
But my favorite quote: The need is for speed. I said that.
Laborsmith
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Dem acid trips
CoHPhasor
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GogoLink is now to be called *sigh* BringGo.
(What moron decided on that one?)
The app *should be available in a few months and much to my dismay, the MyLink unit will have to be reflashed at the dealership for you to get it.
(It means that even IF we were to figure out how to write a MyLink app we would have to figure out how to flash it to any MyLink we wanted to use it on.)
Needing OnStar is true, but there is a caveat.
By "Needing OnStar", we mean the OnStar unit has to be installed, you don't need the service itself.
Basically, the Mic, and possibly BT are routed through OnStar hardware. (GD!)
As an example, in the RPO codes you'll notice the car can be ordered with "OnStar delete", it's a fleet only option, and it notes the loss of MyLink if you order it that way.
BringGo itself is free, but to actually USE it you'll have to get the app on a smartphone/tablet and it is ~$50.
BringGo will use the data plan of your phone to acquire any resteraunt(etc) information near you but the maps and direction capability will be downloaded on your phone and usable even when you don't have signals.
Why do I *really* hate that getting BringGo has to be a dealer reflash?
It's likely that any UPDATES to BringGo that need to reside on the MyLink itself would have to be a dealer reflash making it less likely any bugs will ever be fixed.
NOTE: It IS possible they'll try to correct MyLink-side problems through updates on the phone-side but I believe that's a can of worms.
(What moron decided on that one?)
The app *should be available in a few months and much to my dismay, the MyLink unit will have to be reflashed at the dealership for you to get it.
(It means that even IF we were to figure out how to write a MyLink app we would have to figure out how to flash it to any MyLink we wanted to use it on.)
Needing OnStar is true, but there is a caveat.
By "Needing OnStar", we mean the OnStar unit has to be installed, you don't need the service itself.
Basically, the Mic, and possibly BT are routed through OnStar hardware. (GD!)
As an example, in the RPO codes you'll notice the car can be ordered with "OnStar delete", it's a fleet only option, and it notes the loss of MyLink if you order it that way.
BringGo itself is free, but to actually USE it you'll have to get the app on a smartphone/tablet and it is ~$50.
BringGo will use the data plan of your phone to acquire any resteraunt(etc) information near you but the maps and direction capability will be downloaded on your phone and usable even when you don't have signals.
Why do I *really* hate that getting BringGo has to be a dealer reflash?
It's likely that any UPDATES to BringGo that need to reside on the MyLink itself would have to be a dealer reflash making it less likely any bugs will ever be fixed.
NOTE: It IS possible they'll try to correct MyLink-side problems through updates on the phone-side but I believe that's a can of worms.
Thanks for that
I have been driving the dealer crazy over here so they finally got around to
finding me the car I want. They pick it up at another dealer tomorrow and I
pick it up later in the day or on Thursday.
FYI Silver, 1.4 auto with My link of course. Nothing else, work car for me!
I guess I will know fast enough if the GOGO Link is there or not.
I looked though the App Store on my IPhone but there is nothing there. I did see a rather extensive presence for Chevy but none on the GOGO Link. I did see Chevy Korea calls Chevy customers "Valued" WOW, what a concept! Haha
Anyway, nothing on the App store that I can find at this moment. Might be buried somehow.
Stay tuned...
I have been driving the dealer crazy over here so they finally got around to
finding me the car I want. They pick it up at another dealer tomorrow and I
pick it up later in the day or on Thursday.
FYI Silver, 1.4 auto with My link of course. Nothing else, work car for me!
I guess I will know fast enough if the GOGO Link is there or not.
I looked though the App Store on my IPhone but there is nothing there. I did see a rather extensive presence for Chevy but none on the GOGO Link. I did see Chevy Korea calls Chevy customers "Valued" WOW, what a concept! Haha
Anyway, nothing on the App store that I can find at this moment. Might be buried somehow.
Stay tuned...
Ok, I am stumped, how did you find all of this out?
Also, do the dealers normally charge for reflashing this sort of thing? If so, I am going to make them write it in my contract that they will reflash included when the application is ready for install to the car.
And as I write this I have an ear to ear grin. I am one of those stubborn holdouts that refused to convert my Iphone to limited data! I have the flat rate month plan. AT&T is going to be pissed off when they find folks like me streaming pandora and map data all day as I drive around town to the tune of 25K miles a year! FINALLY, I will get some value out of this D**n phone!!
Maybe, just maybe, my 2013 will come with the icon on the display and all I need to do is get it on my phone.
Thanks for the update,
Ed
Yea I purchased my 2013 sonic a few weeks ago and there is not a nav option on the smartphone section on the radio, and I also did not see any gogo link or gogo nav or gogo anything on the iPhone App Store that looks promising, other than that I love the car, just gotta figure out how to get the GPS nav to work
laborsmith
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Per reports, the BringGo nav option will be available in the fourth quarter.
I do not have a smart phone so apps is a mystery to me but it would seem one would need to go to the App Store for it, but after October 1 as it looks like it will not be on the shelf for purchase until then.
$50 is the price I have seen in the press releases.
Laborsmith
I do not have a smart phone so apps is a mystery to me but it would seem one would need to go to the App Store for it, but after October 1 as it looks like it will not be on the shelf for purchase until then.
$50 is the price I have seen in the press releases.
Laborsmith
Chevrolet Customer Care
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Hi Rowe929,
If you would like, please send me the last 8-digits of your VIN so I can check my resources to see what I can find out.
Thank you,
Vanessa
GM Customer Service
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laborsmith
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Based on my research, the BringGo nav app will not be available to download to a smartphone until the fourth quarter. Hopefully Vanessa will be able to confirm and update with a more certain date.
Laborsmith
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SonicQueen
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BringGo is an app that is being developed by a company named ENGIS that will be compatible with the MyLink radio starting with the '13MY Sonic & Spark (no other Chevy MyLink systems are compatible with it and no Sonic or Spark without MyLink can run the app.) Early built '13 Sonics & Sparks will need to have their MyLink software updated in order to run BringGo -- it will be a no-charge trip to the dealership to get the software update. Once the software is available it will be put into production cars.
You also will need a compatible Smartphone (not all will work) with a minimum 3GB storage available. The BringGo app resides on your phone, not on the MyLink radio. Any updates to the nav app will be made on your phone not to the car.
Specific timing this model year is not yet known.
You also will need a compatible Smartphone (not all will work) with a minimum 3GB storage available. The BringGo app resides on your phone, not on the MyLink radio. Any updates to the nav app will be made on your phone not to the car.
Specific timing this model year is not yet known.
laborsmith
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Last I read after January 1.
I posted the link in the ICE section.
Laborsmith
I posted the link in the ICE section.
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laborsmith
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I have too many posts. That said, I can not find the link I referenced. All I can remember is it was to a tech site such as C-NET.
Here is an interesting write-up but not the one we are looking for: 2013 Chevrolet Spark: Is A Smartphone App The Future Of Navigation?
I will re-post the link here when I remember how to find it.
Laborsmith
Here is an interesting write-up but not the one we are looking for: 2013 Chevrolet Spark: Is A Smartphone App The Future Of Navigation?
I will re-post the link here when I remember how to find it.
Laborsmith
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I'm not clear on why this would be desirable, or why effort is being expended on it, if it works as I see described.
I have a smart phone, it has a nav app on it, and it works perfectly. Why would I need a car-specific one, much less one that costs $50 and requires Onstar and Mylink, but still requires my smart phone?
Note that I'm not dissin' Gogo or whatever it's called, I'm just asking for clarification, because I'm sure I'm missing exactly where the cool lies on this.
I have a smart phone, it has a nav app on it, and it works perfectly. Why would I need a car-specific one, much less one that costs $50 and requires Onstar and Mylink, but still requires my smart phone?
Note that I'm not dissin' Gogo or whatever it's called, I'm just asking for clarification, because I'm sure I'm missing exactly where the cool lies on this.
