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Is there a way for Siri to give me navigation directions instead of Lexus?

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Old 07-18-17, 09:28 PM
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I have a 2015 RX350. I would prefer to have Siri give me turn by turn instructions instead of Lexus. Is this possible without disconnecting my Apple I Phone from the Lexus computer screen? The answering of telephone calls seems to be working perfectly and I don't want to lose that feature.

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Originally Posted by joetahoe
I have a 2015 RX350. I would prefer to have Siri give me turn by turn instructions instead of Lexus. Is this possible without disconnecting my Apple I Phone from the Lexus computer screen? The answering of telephone calls seems to be working perfectly and I don't want to lose that feature.
I've used Siri on occasions to to give me driving directions instead of my NAV.
I just used "Hey Siri" instead of the NAV. This was on a iPhone 7 Plus
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I'm an Android user but wouldn't you just make sure the phone's audio was coming through the sound system and then use it like you normally would?
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yes, i think you have to have the car on bluetooth audio (or USB if you have the phone plugged in). I think that works anyway.
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I hate Siri!
I find the nav works pretty good on the RX, I did get a free upgrade to the lates maps in June, if only it had traffic it would be great

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Old 07-20-17, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Airbalance
I hate Siri!
I find the nav works pretty good on the RX, I did get a free upgrade to the lates maps in June, if only it had traffic it would be great
I am pretty certain that it has traffic ... I keep getting slowdown due to accident message.

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Yes, I have an Android phone too.

I have Waze running (even if I did not input a destination on Waze) and set the audio on Waze to warning only to warn me a about cops or whatever out there. Obviously if I had input a destination and I wanted to hear turn by turn instructions, then I set the audio to ON. At the same time, you can have BLUETOOTH music playing and will mute when Waze starts to talk.

The above is independent of the Lexus NAVI which you can set up too. But then you will get two sets of voices talking and very distracting.



Originally Posted by Randyp1234
I'm an Android user but wouldn't you just make sure the phone's audio was coming through the sound system and then use it like you normally would?
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Originally Posted by salimshah
I am pretty certain that it has traffic ... I keep getting slowdown due to accident message.

Salim
To get traffic in Canada, you need XM, you probably get it for $10 a month for 3 months than $16 a month plus $14.2 % Royalty fee 😱 than it is another $7 a month to traffic
it is funny , XM does not offer the traffic in the 3 month free trial
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Originally Posted by salimshah
I am pretty certain that it has traffic ... I keep getting slowdown due to accident message.

Salim
I think you have traffic if you subscribe to the satellite radio service.

Randy
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