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Which year is better 2013 or 2014???? Or it doesn't matter???

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Old 01-17-17, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by grayson73
What is "Enform" useful for? You have to pay a monthly subscription, right?
No subscription. http://drivers.lexus.com/lexusdriver...orm/App-Suite/
Old 01-17-17, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by JDR76
No, Enform app is free for life.

Not to be confused with Enform Remote, which was added in 2015. Enform Remote is a fee based subscription remote start system.

Enform includes things like Pandora, Destination Search, Saved Destinations (allowing you to send addresses from your phone to nav), Open Table, etc. I use mine every day.
Is the Enform app worth it? I have read a few posts in which people had problems with their bluetooth because of Enform. Is it much different then just using your phone for music, open table, etc.? Can you explain in more detail how you use everyday?

Right now I use my bluetooth/phone for Spotify and don't really use the navigation much. I prefer to keep my screen off.
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Originally Posted by DJP333
Is the Enform app worth it? I have read a few posts in which people had problems with their bluetooth because of Enform. Is it much different then just using your phone for music, open table, etc.? .....
I have been using the app with Pandora. No issues with my Android. I prefer it to using my phone interface bacause I can use the mouse in the car and the screen which is higher up, closer to the road/windshield.
Old 01-17-17, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by DJP333
Is the Enform app worth it? I have read a few posts in which people had problems with their bluetooth because of Enform. Is it much different then just using your phone for music, open table, etc.? Can you explain in more detail how you use everyday?

Right now I use my bluetooth/phone for Spotify and don't really use the navigation much. I prefer to keep my screen off.
I think it's a personal preference. Like I said, I use mine everyday.

I like using Pandora through Enform because I can completely control it through the car's interface, not my phone. My phone stays in my pocket. On my nav radio screen I can pull up new stations, change stations, etc. I like that.

I also find entering addresses through the app is the easiest way to put them in. For example, the other night my wife and I were going to a party at a house we'd never been to before. Before we left I put the address in through the Enform app on my phone, and it was in the car, ready for me when we backed out of the garage.
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I have the 2013. I bought a luxury edition CPO about 6 months ago. I have Enform and I use it everyday for Pandora and iHeartRadio. It turns on automatically when I get in the car because I really don't like radio stations much. Using Pandora kinda reminds me of using satellite radio, but it's free. iHeartRadio has podcasts too. I connected all the apps in Enform, but I rarely use them except the music ones. I've never had problems with bluetooth connection to my android phone.

I don't really think about power mirrors or power trunk that much, but I do wonder how the 8 speed transmission feels in the 2014, only because the high revs on the 6 speed make a little more noise than I would like. I wonder if the 8 speed is smoother and quieter for normal driving. Can you really feel the difference?

The luxury edition does make it easier to forget about things I might be missing out on in the 2014 or 2015. I'm not sure if a luxury 2014 is harder to find than a luxury 2013, but check it out. Good luck in the decision making.
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OK, so I downloaded Enform today will be playing around with Pandora, iHeart radio and Slacker radio over the next few days. Am a music lover so this looks promising! And agreed, I like the fact that it is all controllable and viewable on the cars interface. Am pretty found of my Spotify, and it also connects automatically and is semi-controllable from the steering wheel, so will see if the Enform app is better in the car. Near the end of my drive today the Slacker app freaked out a bit.
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