That should be useful for anyone who uses the Kia Nav system.
Personally, I have found the Nav system in my 2023 EV Hybrid to be worse than useless. It can and does turn a 4.5 hour drive into over 7 hours. I have found it so totally unreliable that I took the Garmin from my pickup truck and put it on the dash of the Kia. In the event I want to navigate somewhere and I do not know every turn, that is what I will use without fail.
I recently tried to use the Kia Nav system and it wants me to"Reconfigure." I choose that option and nothing. It tells me to contact Kia Connect and gives me a phone number. I may call it someday.
The voice activation ceased working after one year because I declined to send Kia the subscription price for Kia Connect. It has now been more than 2 years since I bought the car. Has Kia now disabled the Nav system altogether? What else will they disable on the car if I choose not to give in to their blackmail?
I have had the Garmin GPS for at least 6 or 8 years. It is vastly more reliable in finding routes and it still works for voice nav input without me paying a subscription.
