JSracer

on your phone, or the car? Phone app has it listed. Android here.
On my phone, it is the 1st box, top left. Cant misss it. Find what you are looking for, then save.
Then in the vehicle, enform, saved destination or something, update list or download, sorry don't recall the exact wording, but it will make sense.

The car also has destination search, under destination on the nav part, i think its called web search.? Haven't tried this way, it might work. Sorry, just got my car less than 2 weeks ago.
Hope this helps

Nail34

Thank You JSracer, It seems I still have enform active and thanks for the save destinations clue, however it's just so much easier to use the cell phone and have the directions over the car audio system.
If I have time while driving, the app suite works for me. Looks like I need to become more familiar with the nav app when enform ends, I do not plan to renew the enform subscription.

JSracer

I think enform app is free? The remote costs money, and the live directions helper people cost money too.
I could be wrong though,

I like having audio source choices, that complicates using my phone. Guess i also think the hud is cool for directions, but that might fadexoverctime.

Enok

I'm looking to lease a new RX 350 and wondering if it's worth spending the extra 2.1K$ for getting the navigation package. Reading the forum here and online, it seems like most folks hate the infotainment system on Lexus.
Given that the navi package just adds a bigger screen is it really worth 2K ? I see that it also comes with 12 speakers for audio..are these speakers that much better than the standard 9 speakers?
Current owners please advice? If it had supported carplay or android auto then the upgrade would have been worth it. But I'm not sure now.

dotbowels

If Lexus had Apple Car Play I wouldn’t have gotten. I think RX will finally have in 20 or 21.

golferjack

No, it is not worth it, but the navigation is more convenient than Garmin or the phone. It is not as up to date, but we get by. Toyotas Enform/Entune is awful for music. It is cumbersome to use and has too many limitations to be of any real value. I have hooked up my old IPOD and for the most part it works OK. I did have a USB stick with music, but the Enform file limitations are unworkable. I see that Camrys now have Apple Play, so maybe someday all Toyotas will have Apple and Android. I hope that day comes before I am in the dirt.

DyaDya

How do you "program your destinations on app then sync". i remember looking into this and even asking my dealer for help and getting nowhere. Like it was "something that used to exist" i think they said. If it can be done, please respond with fairly detailed instructions including the exact app since I believe there are several versions of apps. It would really be nice to be able to do that at times. I have an android phone if that makes any difference. Thanks!

Curmudgeon

These comments are a result of having a 2018 RX-350L with GPS.

I recently took a flight and rented a car. I was upgraded to a very nice Chrysler 300 with GPS. I had carried along my own Garmin GPS for convenience but since the rental car GPS had no extra charge, I thought I'd give it a try.

The Chrysler display is touch screen, multifunction (climate, audio, phone, GPS, etc.). Operation was essentially intuitive, with little in the way of a learning curve.

My wife plugged her iFone into a USB port and the screen immediately recognized the phone and provided an intuitive easy to use interface.

The map was easy to read, and the GPS was extremely easy to use.

Summary: after two days in the rental car I was much better at using the display than in using my RX-350 display for nearly two years! I vastly prefer the Chrysler approach, as the Lexus approach is appalling.

RaiderHawk

I bought my RX 350 early in the year and told the seller point blank that I did not want navigation. It costs too much, it's not worth the cost, and my iPhone does more and gives me more information than the Lexus navigation does. Additionally, the ridiculously high cost to update the navigation maps was not worth it to me. I did inquire about updating my wife's maps on her ES and he said the cost was $500.00. No thanks. Maybe someday but not now. I use my iPhone and my Gamin GPS devices which are posted on my windshield. They both do the job and do it well. Again, with more information that I can actually use than that of the Lexus navigation. Excellent points are made above to justify getting the navigation but it's not for me.

Cocal

2 years make a BIG difference in technology! It's not a fair comparison. One should compare same year vehicles to be fair.
Technology is one of the reasons for the big depreciation in tech heavy cars.

coolsaber

TBH if your buying a MY20, from my understanding Android Auto and CarPlay are standard so your getting the best and latest in nav software free with your phone. So it essentially boils down to whether or not you want the bigger screen and/or if you venture into remote parts of land where a car based system has a infinitely better gps reception system.

If your in a pre-MY20, then determine if the non nav system is compatible with the aftermarket android/carplay systems available and go from there. Again screen size is also a primary factory