Thanks for sharing

 

From other posts on satnav updates is seems Mini used to allow free updates during warranty (not sure if this is years or count of updates ) then the code is required.

I went down the route of buying a lifetime code and now just find free update downloads. My car started on 2015 maps and is now running 2020-3 maps having had a few updates in between.

 

I wonder when the manufacturers will eventually ditch in-built SatNav and expect people to use their phones via appleplay etc?

 

Depends if they can feedback things like speed to the 3rd party satnav. The only upside of a built in nav is that it can keep registering motion (from the cars sensors) when radio signals are lost. Doesn't happen as much as it used to but there are probably still some phone and GPS signal blackspots which would make a phone based system lose your location.

The A1 from Newcastle up towards Edinburgh has very poor DAB and phone data signals so if you were using a GPS that relied on these alone you could lose position tracking.