One of the much-discussed issues with the built-in satnav is the lack of traffic data. I have noticed traffic data being mentioned in the advertising of new Honda cars, my car is less than 6 months old but there is no traffic data although there are parameters to switch it on or off in the satnav system. I note that in the Honda configurator for new cars, in the satnav specification it says:
Honda Connect Navigation System will be replaced by Alpine/HERE map data (with live traffic)
This could mean several things:
1) At some point cars will be shipped with revised hardware based on this system
2) There will be a software update (at some point) to enable use of this data on at least more recent Honda Connect devices
3) Once the data is available to Honda cars it will just be a case of switching traffic data on
Having read up a bit more about HERE maps/traffic they are transmitted via free to air DAB signal so no mobile phone connection is required.
Does anyone have further info on this, eg when it's likely to be available?
