8" MyLink Android Auto update coming

entreri · October 3, 2015

Actually this will probably make it easier for the aftermarket to push these operating systems to our head units. I would suggest that a market will open up for this.

Cann0nF0dd3r · October 5, 2015

Seeing as how the Mylink software is open source in theory anybody that is creative enough could make an app to allow CarPlay and/or Android Auto on the 14/15s.

txchevy4ever · October 5, 2015

XM's network is garbage compared to Sirius. I have a 2015 Tundra as well as a 2015 Silverado with factory XM and it's no different now than it was 10 years ago. Drive near a big tree or patch of bush and your XM is gone...... Sirius on the other hand works no issue ( have a 2013 F150 with factory Sirius). It's not just GM with issues with XM reception..... it's XM in general.

That's interesting... my wife's Ford is Sirius, and her's never works. I've had XM through my last 3 GM's (my 2000 tahoe I had a separate XM unit), and I can't recall ever losing signal except in multi level parking garages.

Badass69 · October 5, 2015

That's interesting... my wife's Ford is Sirius, and her's never works. I've had XM through my last 3 GM's (my 2000 tahoe I had a separate XM unit), and I can't recall ever losing signal except in multi level parking garages.

I have never met anyone here happy with xm ever. Sirius has always been fine... and I have had it for 12 years now lol.

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txchevy4ever · October 5, 2015

I have never met anyone here happy with xm ever. Sirius has always been fine... and I have had it for 12 years now lol.

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Same experience here with Sirius. I wonder if it's related to your location relative to the sats orbit.

benjaminforeal · October 5, 2015

Sirius and XM merged together back in 2007/2008

http://investor.sirius.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=230306

P-Funk · October 5, 2015

I have had XM for the past 10 years and have no issues with it. Only ever goes out when I'm in a parking garage or under other big concrete structures (like under the middle of a large overpass).

Dub1796 · October 10, 2015

Same experience here with Sirius. I wonder if it's related to your location relative to the sats orbit.

Sirius is better for Canadians, specifically western Canada, bc the satellites travel east to west in a figure 8 pattern. XM is better for eastern Canada bc the the satellites travel north to south through Canada and the US. Im from BC, Canada and i hate my xm. Its a free subscription and that is the reason i deal with the constant cutting in and out

Dub1796 · October 10, 2015

Sirius and XM merged together back in 2007/2008

http://investor.sirius.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=230306

They merged only their names. Both companies still use their respective satellites. When registering with xm, the radio id code contains numbers and letters. Whereas sirius only has numbers for the radio id.

I worked with sirius for 5 years and this was the explanation i was given

Brian Flores · February 14, 2016

Well Chevy has disappointed me ever since I drove the truck home from the dealer. It had scratches on it (No big deal) had a rats nest in the engine block, and a spring poking out of the seat. They fixed this and broke the rear panel on the seat, and after all that they left 2 spark plugs disconnected and my poor truck was never the same after that. Now it shifts gears like if the transmission was slipping. So it doesn't really surprise me that they wouldn't update the '14s. Now there is a work around. If you can buy a 2016 Mylink system module and install it in the '14 then you can get the update for Droid auto and Car play. There are videos of people doing this and it works. The hardware is all the same from year to year. The screen and harness' fit like gloves. So I'm going to buy this or find a totaled '16 at a yard and get the module out. I would go this far to get rid of the useless 8" screen my truck came with. It doesn't even have Navi. I'm not happy with it at all.

SierraMyst · February 14, 2016

Well Chevy has disappointed me ever since I drove the truck home from the dealer. It had scratches on it (No big deal) had a rats nest in the engine block, and a spring poking out of the seat. They fixed this and broke the rear panel on the seat, and after all that they left 2 spark plugs disconnected and my poor truck was never the same after that. Now it shifts gears like if the transmission was slipping. So it doesn't really surprise me that they wouldn't update the '14s. Now there is a work around. If you can buy a 2016 Mylink system module and install it in the '14 then you can get the update for Droid auto and Car play. There are videos of people doing this and it works. The hardware is all the same from year to year. The screen and harness' fit like gloves. So I'm going to buy this or find a totaled '16 at a yard and get the module out. I would go this far to get rid of the useless 8" screen my truck came with. It doesn't even have Navi. I'm not happy with it at all.

Sounds like a plan. Should be easy enough.

AaronIROCZ · February 14, 2016

Well Chevy has disappointed me ever since I drove the truck home from the dealer. It had scratches on it (No big deal) had a rats nest in the engine block, and a spring poking out of the seat. They fixed this and broke the rear panel on the seat, and after all that they left 2 spark plugs disconnected and my poor truck was never the same after that. Now it shifts gears like if the transmission was slipping. So it doesn't really surprise me that they wouldn't update the '14s. Now there is a work around. If you can buy a 2016 Mylink system module and install it in the '14 then you can get the update for Droid auto and Car play. There are videos of people doing this and it works. The hardware is all the same from year to year. The screen and harness' fit like gloves. So I'm going to buy this or find a totaled '16 at a yard and get the module out. I would go this far to get rid of the useless 8" screen my truck came with. It doesn't even have Navi. I'm not happy with it at all.

You can't swap modules from different trucks, GM prevented this by vin coding all modules to one truck, so once it is installed new or at the factory, it learns the vin and now will only work in that truck. There is a company that provides new hardware and vin codes it to your truck and then programs it to work in your truck, something the dealership can NOT do since your vin is a 2014/2015 and their system will not program it. The company is MVI inc and here is a link. http://gm-navigation.com/gm/chevrolet-navs/2014-chevrolet-silverado-factory-navigation-system-114.html

Brian Flores · February 14, 2016

Oh ok. Well it was just a thought. I was actually talking about MVI when I said you can buy a module to get these features on the '14. I thought you could just swap it from another truck but now I know you cannot do this. Thanks for your input. I really want to get rid of the one I have being its a useless 8" screen in a nice truck... But yes MVI is where I'll be going to buy the module I want.

risk235 · February 14, 2016

You can't swap modules from different trucks, GM prevented this by vin coding all modules to one truck, so once it is installed new or at the factory, it learns the vin and now will only work in that truck. There is a company that provides new hardware and vin codes it to your truck and then programs it to work in your truck, something the dealership can NOT do since your vin is a 2014/2015 and their system will not program it. The company is MVI inc and here is a link. http://gm-navigation.com/gm/chevrolet-navs/2014-chevrolet-silverado-factory-navigation-system-114.html

It might be cheaper getting a salvage module and having MVI program it to your VIN versus buying a new one from MVI