Toyota Link

[Symo Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Symo]

Downloaded the app and found it to be working, on the new 2014 Prado you can get, nearest fuel station and prices, google search, weather including the BOM radar, and toyota help.

It uses the bluetooth on your phone to connect to the internet through 3G and is quite handy. It said in the owners manual and when I took delivery that the service wasn't available but it sure is.

Anyone else had a go?

[Beach Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beach]

So now TMC can see what you are up to with your vehicle every time you log on. Very clever.

[rjg1973 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close rjg1973]

So now TMC can see what you are up to with your vehicle every time you log on. Very clever.

And find another reason no to honour warranty claims becouse of how you are using it.

[AussieAndy Find all posts View Profile Close AussieAndy]

Tin foil hats on boys......
If they don't want to honour your warranty they just won't, look under your car and see if you can see any scrape marks, that's enough for them to deny warranty if they want.

[Symo Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Symo]

All Toyotas have pre crash recordings now anyway, so they know what you've been up to by downloading that in a claim. It stated very clearly in the manual too, as a subtle hint that they will know if you f'd up or not.

The Toyota link feature is similar to iOS in the car which going to be standard in all cars one day. I particularly like the BOM radar, makes knowing if where I am heading to is currently raining or not. Sure, can look it up on my phone anyway, but now I can do it while driving with taking my eyes off the road.

[disco2300 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close disco2300]

Thanks for this information.
I am new to Pradopoint, I have a 2014 Kakadu on order and just had a look at the service.
Here is where to find out about the service, what it can do and how it works.
https://www.toyota.com.au/owners/toyotalink

[antpower Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close antpower]

Does anyone know if this is related to Apple's "carplay" that has just been released? Looks similar but fear it is not the same offering as carplay.

[Bushbasher Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Bushbasher]

Another reason why I drive my low tech 120.

[REN470 Member Find all posts View Profile Close REN470]

And find another reason no to honour warranty claims becouse of how you are using it.

Interesting comment about Toyota warranty. I've had 6 Toyota 4WD's and never had an issue getting warranty for something legit? I might be a dummy but if I cause something to break I don't try and claim it either.

[Whitey1 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Whitey1]

All Toyotas have pre crash recordings now anyway, so they know what you've been up to by downloading that in a claim. It stated very clearly in the manual too, as a subtle hint that they will know if you f'd up or not.

The Toyota link feature is similar to iOS in the car which going to be standard in all cars one day. I particularly like the BOM radar, makes knowing if where I am heading to is currently raining or not. Sure, can look it up on my phone anyway, but now I can do it while driving with taking my eyes off the road.

How can you look at it without taking your eyes off the road? You got heads up display or something?

[Symo Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Symo]

How can you look at it without taking your eyes off the road? You got heads up display or something?

Same way you change the volume or check you speed with a glance? Or at the lights? Touching your phone is illegal and mines in a cradle on the passenger side of the transmission so its not within reach or viewable, the massive colour screen at the TOP of the dashboard is.

Thought that would have been obvious...

[MarkS Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close MarkS]

I downloaded Toyota link a few days ago, it is a handy app to have. We'll worth the time. It would be great if in the next upgrade it had an option to mirror your phone image i.e. navigation. Now that would be handy.

[Symo Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Symo]

I downloaded Toyota link a few days ago, it is a handy app to have. We'll worth the time. It would be great if in the next upgrade it had an option to mirror your phone image i.e. navigation. Now that would be handy.

That is what Apple Carplay is about, but its most likely a top down feature, that it will come in new models only and start at the luxury end since it requires a proper touch colour screen.

I would like to think it is retro fitted with software, but it all depends on what features are required to make it all work. The new Toyota system looks promising but we won't know for some time.

I think Toyota could make most of the same features easily enough, but need to find a way to more seamlessly engage the phone then having the owner open the app first.

[lippa Member Find all posts View Profile Close lippa]

My dealer tells me you can put GPS on this system.
It's downloaded by a third party and around the $1600
Mark.

I'm waiting to hear back from the installer.

Regards

Bryan

[Rick150 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Rick150]

Yes heard of this also. Its through -

www.jcafleetservices.com.au