Mediocre Navigation, Dubious App
My previous review made Scout GPS sound like the crappiest navigation app possible without actively planning the user’s demise. In light of recent developments, my attitude has shifted for the better ...however slightly.
My initial complaint was that it seemed so highway-phobic as to be useless for anything but the closest trips. The answer to that problem was in the route settings, where a control labeled “Highways” and was turned on and should’ve been labeled “Avoid Highways“ and should’ve been turned off. Given the control below is actually labeled “Avoid Tolls,” the mistake seems a logical and obvious one to make.
And so it goes. That one correction is helpful, but it shows how much polish this app still needs. And, once I had that cleared up, it gave much clearer directions, albeit still almost comically wrong in spots, like that one-way street it wants me to take the wrong way. There also doesn’t seem to be a good, fast way to report these problems, either.
The fact that this app is required to get navigation from the Toyota Entune system really just adds insult to injury; the app itself may be free, but I got it to make use of a VERY expensive peripheral. It doesn’t show live positioning when it’s up, it frequently has connectivity issues, and there’s no way to change settings like “(Avoid) Highways” or “Avoid Tolls” or “(Avoid) Carpool Lanes” while it’s connected.
Advantage: Siri and Maps, amazingly. Seriously, have you tried ‘em lately?
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Scout GPS Link, v1.0.45