If you’ve been following GM Authority, you may have heard about the planned integration of the Chevrolet MyLink infotainment system with the BringGo navigation application. Well, the integration between the two apps is now possible — meaning that you can have affordable and full-featured navigation in your 2013 Spark or Sonic.
The integration with the BringGo app results in the displaying of the maps and menus from the smartphone on the actual MyLink touchscreen, allowing for safe and convenient access to maps and navigation; in addition, BringGo functionality includes voice navigation, live traffic alerts, instant access to emergency locations, access to thousands of Points of Interest (POI), and — of course — the ability to determine the current location.
BringGo is roughly $50, substantially less expensive and more feature-rich than a standalone GPS unit… and the fact that compact vehicles from competing makes don’t offer such a tightly-integrated solution as BringGo and MyLink — not Hyundai, Mini, Kia, Ford, or Mazda — makes the deal that much sweeter. But there’s more where that came from: those who simply wish to try out the MyLink-BrinGo integration without spending the full fifty bucks are in luck, since a 30-day trial app is available for a mere 99 cents.
The following video provides a more in-depth overview of the MyLink-BringGo integration:
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Great app. Integrated NAV options are way too expensive, especially for lower priced models. $50 instead of $1,000 plus is a great idea. Really should expand this to across the line especially Cruze, Malibu, Equinox.
I’ve been using Google Maps on my Samsung GS III ( Note 2 would be
even bigger screen ) in my ’95 pickup, and our 2007 hybrid ( with nav )
for my navigation needs. Even without a “unlimited” data plan I find it
works better than the aged nav in one car, and the nonexistent one in
the other. Plus, dig those satellite images and the Google StreetView
photo of the destination just before you arrive! Best thing about smart-
phone nav is that it’s voice-activated and doesn’t shut down for safety
once the car is moving like my OEM units do. This way my co-pilot
( in this case, usually my wife ) can adjust or change the nav while
moving. One finger typing some destination into a nav is just sad.
Now I just speak it – and BLAM – there you are!
Blingo makes sense for lower-end cars, but today’s smartphone
screens are big enough for most. Here’s a tip: I use an Otterbox
knockoff rubberized phone cover – this enables the phone to sit on
the console, armrest or cupholder without sliding when you brake.
I don’t use a suction cup windshield device for the phone – in my
truck I just pull out the ashtray and my device just rests snugly. If
this doesn’t work, just use an above-mentioned holder.
It just doesn’t make sense to dish out $1-2,000 for an OEM nav device
that’ll be obsolete in 3 years. Smartphone apps have voice-
control and you have a phone already. Apps just make so much
more sense in many ways. This makes Garmins and Magellans a
thing of the past.
I just bought a 2013 Verano. Why wouldn’t this work for my vehicle?
I’m a 2013 Sonic owner, and so far, Bringgo is nothing but a fiasco, at east for Android smartphone users. (And iPhone users haven’t had a walk in the park, either.) There are VERY FEW compatible phones – just 19 on the Bringgo list for North America, including 2 iPhones and just 4 Android phones released later than 2011. No Nexus 4, No Verizon or Galaxy Samsung S3, and on and on. Bringgo’s response is that there are too many phones on the market to ensure compatibility/ Give me a break, the S3? Bringgo and Chevy support on this issue is a joke. Just check out the Bringgo thread on the Sonic Owners Forum (http://goo.gl/TdjYF) . It is now over 350 replies and growing, and while you’re there, check out the Mylink thread as well, with dozens of complaints about Chevy’s handling of the recent Mylink software upgrade.
I just bought a Chev Equinox LT1 with MY LINK I was told it would support Bringo up grade for nav by I Phone 5
Is this true?
Bob Thompson
I totally agree with you, what a great little car except for the Pathetic Bringgo.. What a waste of 8″.. I spoke to Chevy/Gm Entertainment- Intel and their advice was for me not to subscribe in the hope that someone will sort the “Fiasco” out…
Read more: http://gmauthority.com/blog/2013/03/a-brief-tour-of-chevrolet-mylink-and-bringgo-navigation-app/#ixzz2ZLM44Uqs
Bringgo really is sad. Even with a compatible phone your odds are about 50/50 it won’t work right. Why didn’t they tie into google maps instead of this steaming pile.
Bringgo does not have an app for our new phone, a samsung galaxy S4 from Verizon. Here we thought we’d have the latest and the greatest for the car along with the phone.
Now I have a new car and new phone and they won’t speak to each other, sux. I was able to load it to my old samsung exhibit 2 but it won’t talk to mylink either. And to beat it all we fully paid for the app, dumb.
Chevrolet could have done a better job of explaining the do’s and don’t of the systems. Buyer beware, check the Bringgo site for applicable phones before you plan on using the navigation app.
Why would you make BringGo work for Cruze in Europe and disallow it in the US & Canada?
We need BringGo to work for Cruze all over US & Canada, too!!!