Navigation using google maps?

[dommm]

Hi All

I am a proud new (to me) owner of a 2022 RX350 & am hoping to get some guidance on how to use google maps on the SUV screen. So here is my situation, I do not have a data plan on my cell phone. I do have Android Auto on my cell phone. I have downloaded some google maps using wifi onto my cell phone using the offline method. Has anyone here been able to sync their cellphone to the SUV screen & use the preloaded google maps for navigation? If yes would you please as best you can, give me step by step instructions on how you did this? I take possession on Monday & am hoping to get this done while sitting at the dealership parking lot. Thanks

[RX400h]

Have you tried this?
How to connect Google maps to car's Bluetooth:. 5 Steps (With Pictures) (sirhow.com)

[dommm]

41 minutes ago, RX400h said:

Have you tried this?
How to connect Google maps to car's Bluetooth:. 5 Steps (With Pictures) (sirhow.com)

Thanks RX400h, I don't pick it up until Monday but I will go through your link & studdy. 

[Lexus-CT]

Do not use the built-in navigation. It is crab.

Takes 10 times longer to enter address than google maps on phone.

Smartphone GPS is far more up to date.

For free.

Where Lexus charge and arm and white of the eyes just to update it.

[dommm]

2 minutes ago, Lexus-CT said:

Do not use the built-in navigation. It is crab.

Takes 10 times longer to enter address than google maps on phone.

Smartphone GPS is far more up to date.

For free.

Where Lexus charge and arm and white of the eyes just to update it.

Thanks for the reply Lexus-CT. I don't need to worry on using the Lexus nav because there is not one in this SUV. I must use either Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. I would never have guessed a newer model Lexus to not be equipped with a nav system but here we are. 

[Lexus-CT]

2 hours ago, dommm said:

Thanks for the reply Lexus-CT. I don't need to worry on using the Lexus nav because there is not one in this SUV. I must use either Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. I would never have guessed a newer model Lexus to not be equipped with a nav system but here we are. 

Maybe Lexus has found out that the built-in from Lexus is not nearly as good as what smartphones deliver for free. The CT has Lexus navigation, but not worth using.

[dommm]

6 minutes ago, Lexus-CT said:

Maybe Lexus has found out that the built-in from Lexus is not nearly as good as what smartphones deliver. The CT has Lexus navigation, but not worth using.

My previous car was a 2016 Lexus ES350 & I know where you are coming from regarding their nav system. 

[alwaysquestions]

We are looking at Lexus RX 350 2022 model. You have to physically plug in your smart phone for google maps navigation. How do you charge your phone while using maps?? This is not wireless.

[Screwball]

In my 2021 RX350, I must plug my iPhone into one of the USB ports inside the console armrest. This then triggers Apple CarPlay and I can use the maps while the phone charges through the USB cable. It's pretty simple but does require a USB cable long enough to reach from the armrest USB port to wherever you place your phone - I place mine in the phone storage slot which allows the phone to sit vertically in the console in front of the shifter arm.

Edited October 9 by Screwball