No More NavTraffic - what to do?
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'21 AMG GLE63S, '17 BMW 340iGT
No More NavTraffic - what to do?
Sirius/XM has gotten rid of NavTraffic for California and many other parts of the USA where traffic data display and routing in consideration of traffic were VERY helpful. This is not Mercedes-Benz's fault, but it has hut many customers, so they should develop and sell some sort of way to again have the traffic data. I not that competitor Tesla still has traffic data.
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I didn't know SiriusXM shut down their traffic service, but with the proliferation of smartphones with corresponding navigation apps, CarPlay and Android Auto and even factory navigation using online traffic data these days, it's not surprising. What year and model are you inquiring about, though. Your 2021 GLE has MBUX with online traffic data and CarPlay/AA, so it's not using SiriusXM and you have plenty of options. CarPlay/AA being one of them and the other one being the online traffic data service for the factory nav. The latter requires a paid subscription after the initial trial.
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'21 AMG GLE63S, '17 BMW 340iGT
I have connected my Android phone, and there are two problems: 1) The map screen becomes quite small; and, 2) It uses data, and nobody has true unlimited cell service, so would be costly fir people who drive asmuch as I do.
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This aside, you can still get online traffic for the built-in navigation as well if you worry about your phone's data usage or the small screen issue. As said, the newer cars don't even use SiriusXM anymore. They use HERE Traffic via the data connection. You just need to have active Mercedes me services. I keep my services active. It's currently a single package at a cost of $150/year for everything. You can renew online https://shop.mbusa.com/en-us/connect/. My first 3 years were included with the purchase of the car. I think yours only includes 1 year for free. If I remember correctly, they changed it for MY21 and newer from 3 years to 1 year free service.
Last edited by superswiss; Jan 10, 2024 at 09:25 PM.
