The regular maps of the SUV’s MMI have been replaced. Now there is a completely new UI that is sleeker and offers more detailed views.
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Service Action: The ICE update
I was informed by Chrome Motors senior CoTek – Prasad that there is the latest ICE update for silver-box and a bunch of things with it are made available for all XUV7OO variants. I was out of town on a monsoon drive and hence did not have the opportunity to visit ASC for this update. Today for about 75 mins, I was able to get in Chrome motors, get the updates applied and out of there. This is rolled out as a service action – no charges to car owners. This is not a priority / must-have update: so you don’t need to rush to ASC. It can be done as part of your routine visit to ASC for service / repair etc.
There are some interesting features in this update apart from general stability fixes. The most notable though is MMI maps updates. MMI now has replaced the regular maps with Mappls. A completely new UI, sleeker and more detailed views, guidance, various options and a crowd-sourced potholes report are some highlights I noticed. Things so far working fine – have to drive a little longer and see how stable this is.
The real-time traffic update is now enabled in Mappls – much more helpful (may not be as good as Google). This will definitely make Apple CarPlay disconnections bearable now The MMI has been my offline / last resort of a kind maps. I duly note the lat-long prior to every long trip as via points and use MMI as a fallback when gMaps fail. The MMI generally navigate through the roads that are appropriate for a car – unlike Google Maps which takes me via the narrow village roads.
Below are some screen grabs from the ICE I took during my drive back from ASC, the Chrome Motors @ Mysore Road:
The ICE version:
The Mappls in action:
The maps when on the MID console:
Please note that this update will need you to almost reconfigure everything on your ICE – including your user profile, Car and phone settings/ BT pairing, Maps Home and Work locations, etc. You do not need anything to be done with Adrenox App – it will continue to work as before. Mappls claims to offer the latest routes, traffic updates OTA – over the air. So ideally as long as your Adrenox subscription is active, the latest map data should not be a concern!
My SA Zubair at Chrome is another great human being – caring for customers, doing things ahead of time, and not making us wait for billing and formalities – he tries to save every minute of his customers. He doesn’t shy away from giving you a patient ear if you have any complaints or issues to report. And he is still composed to ask you for a cup of coffee and smile at you naturally. This team of Edrish (floor in-charge who has a fabulous team to work under him on cars, mechanically), CoTek – Prasad and SA Zubair – these guys take care of my car.
Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to explore this new version of ICE and some more rains!
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