New software update
Instructor
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From: California
On a completely NOT technical matter, Lexus can pretty much guaranty that hardly any of it's current users of their (delayed) subscription services will see 'sign ups' at owners expense as they begin to expire soon, with this kind of current handling of OTA updates. Toyota maybe, Hyundai / Kia and others, but a so called luxury brand deciding to enter into into this subscription services business model without what appears to be little preparation or study on what's needed, seems to have shot themselves in the proverbial foot on the successful future of this particular income stream.
Tesla run its own datacenters and compute, and that is how they vertically integrate their software infrastructure and offerings, and roll out updates literally by the day. Not that I would buy a Tesla, but that's for reasons unrelated to their software prowess.
Racer
Joined: Apr 2015
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From: Ontario
That's exactly something I agree with. Lexus is essentially proving to be a rather sorry excuse of a member of the software sophistication club. Probably indeed run like a mom and pop business in terms of their software offerings. And we are the proverbial guinea pigs of their pathetic adventure - lucky to have an update.
Tesla run its own datacenters and compute, and that is how they vertically integrate their software infrastructure and offerings, and roll out updates literally by the day. Not that I would buy a Tesla, but that's for reasons unrelated to their software prowess.
Tesla run its own datacenters and compute, and that is how they vertically integrate their software infrastructure and offerings, and roll out updates literally by the day. Not that I would buy a Tesla, but that's for reasons unrelated to their software prowess.
Guest
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As mentioned…to receive that Tesla ‘benefit’ requires owning a Tesla. I’ll pass. I have the recent Lexus software update. A lot of this grumbling strikes me as a first world issue (doesn’t even qualify as a problem). Patience. Deep breath. This will all work out in due course.
Instructor
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From: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Here’s Toyota’s news release:
https://pressroom.lexus.com/toyota-m...er-experience/
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INTRODUCES NEXT-GENERATION MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM TO DELIVER BEST IN-CAR USER EXPERIENCE
JUNE 11, 2021https://pressroom.lexus.com/toyota-m...er-experience/
Pit Crew
Joined: Apr 2011
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From: GA
I got an update on my 2024 NX250h. When I first checked for a softy update it said there wasn't one but then less than 5 seconds later it was available. One for Navigation and one for Voice Recognition. Has anyone seen any visual differences since the update?
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Received it today
Rookie
Joined: Oct 2022
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From: Kentucky
Got notified yesterday that software update was available. I have tried three times to update. It appears to download the update and then after about 1 minute after the download bar has completely filled it tells me update cannot be completed with error code 103 I believe. Anyone else have this issue? I have a 2022 350h.
Instructor
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From: California
As mentioned…to receive that Tesla ‘benefit’ requires owning a Tesla. I’ll pass. I have the recent Lexus software update. A lot of this grumbling strikes me as a first world issue (doesn’t even qualify as a problem). Patience. Deep breath. This will all work out in due course.
Hence the "grumbling" (which is really musing, going by "everyone is entitled to their opinion" philosophy) - to put things into perspective. No need for deep breath.
Racer
Joined: Apr 2015
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From: Ontario
Got notified yesterday that software update was available. I have tried three times to update. It appears to download the update and then after about 1 minute after the download bar has completely filled it tells me update cannot be completed with error code 103 I believe. Anyone else have this issue? I have a 2022 350h.
Driver School Candidate
Joined: Oct 2014
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From: Ca
My 2022 NX 450+ also still on 2050 Still waiting for them to fix the Amazon issue got car July 2022 Giving voice commands for Lexus to play amazon playlist worked great till November 2022 THEN Stopped after MANY visits to Dealer, and contact with Lexus Headquarters was told a software update would fix the issue in the future WELL now April 2024 still no fix. Guess the good thing is everything else works great. Unfortunately the Amazon issue was a feature we used frequently
Last edited by rlee131; Jul 8, 2024 at 07:22 AM. Reason: spelling
Pit Crew
Joined: Oct 2022
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From: CA
I do not have Lexus Interface and I got a software update on July 1st. It went from 2050 to 2150. So far no issues and I am hoping it solved my problem with the PIN pop up requests. I use Carplay for my navigation which works fine for me.