Gas Prices Not Available

[varunaX]

Is app in the infotainment working for anyone? I only get 'information unavailable"

I never really noticed or used this, but now that gas is rising, it could be useful. I do have HD radio stations in the city.

 

[Tellthemride]

Worked fine for me when I checked yesterday. Are you waiting up to 5 minutes after starting the car for the HD data to fully load? I find that some of the HD data (ie traffic, doppler, gas) doesn’t load immediately after starting the car. Usually the doppler one takes the longest to load.

 

[LiquidUte]

Where does the car get its information from? Satellite link?

 

[Tellthemride]

Where does the car get its information from? Satellite link?

For the LX and S, the 8” infotainment uses Sirius Travel Link to get data for weather, sports, stocks, fuel prices, and movie showtimes.

For the EX and SX trims, the 10.25” infotainment uses HD Radio to get data for traffic, doppler radar, and fuel prices. Also for weather forecast on older software versions than v14.0. Otherwise weather forecast data is from Foreca/Viasala via cellular data.

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[LiquidUte]

For the LX and S, the 8” infotainment uses Sirius Travel Link to get data for weather, sports, stocks, fuel prices, and movie showtimes.

For the EX and SX trims, the 10.25” infotainment uses HD Radio to get data for traffic, doppler radar, and fuel prices. Also for weather forecast on older software versions than v14.0. Otherwise weather forecast data is from Foreca/Viasala via cellular data.

Thanks. That's interesting, so does any of this require a subscription? If I go out of cell range does the forecast data stop updating? It must right?

 

[LiquidUte]

Thanks. That's interesting, so does any of this require a subscription? If I go out of cell range does the forecast data stop updating? It must right?

And if I wanted to theoretically commit a crime, even if I left my cell phone at home, my car is still tracked it sounds like. All that location, behavior, speed information is definitely valuable to someone. Going to get tin-foil hat here for a second, but convincing us to let them track us by advertising it as a "feature" is quite shrewd. Not like I don't already take my cell phone everywhere.

 

[Tellthemride]

Thanks. That's interesting, so does any of this require a subscription? If I go out of cell range does the forecast data stop updating? It must right?

Most likely Sirius Travel Link requires a paid subscription. Maybe a LX or S owner can confirm this.

HD Radio is always free, but you need to have radio towers that support HD broadcast in your locality.

Foreca required a paid UVO subscription to work for me. (some have reported it still worked after their subscription ended.) Vaisala is working for me even without a paid subscription. Interestingly Vaisala acquired Foreca.

And if I wanted to theoretically commit a crime, even if I left my cell phone at home, my car is still tracked it sounds like. All that location, behavior, speed information is definitely valuable to someone. Going to get tin-foil hat here for a second, but convincing us to let them track us by advertising it as a "feature" is quite shrewd. Not like I don't already take my cell phone everywhere.

Kia is totally collecting data from the cell/gps module in the car. I would like to think if you don’t activate UVO services they would not track you, but once you buy the car, I bet they start tracking anyway. The ultimate goal is likely to sell your data to ad agencies who can determine your intereststs based on your habits/frequent locations.

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