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Entune now free forever???

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Audio and Electronics' started by Jonny Zero, Sep 6, 2013.

  1. Jonny Zero

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    Maybe old news to some of you, this is on Toyota's site:

    Is Entune® App Suite now free of charge? Will the service require any activation or recurring fees?
    Entune® App Suite service is now included into the price of those vehicles equipped with Entune® App Suite. There is no activation fee or monthly recurring fee required for Entune® App Suite.

    Does it mean the data service, via XM, for traffic, weather, fuel prices etc, will now be free forever too???
     
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    In case you didn't know, your Entune equipped car only comes with a 2 or 3 year subscription to the (useless IMO) service.

    Got this email from Toyota today:

    Entune App Suite Service Is
    Now Subscription-Free!
    Dear [me],

    We hope you are enjoying your Toyota and your Toyota Entune® App Suite service. Entune App Suite was designed to make your driving experience more enjoyable by providing in-vehicle access to popular mobile applications like BingTM, Pandora® and iHeartRadio.

    We are pleased that so many of our valued customers are enjoying Entune App Suite. As a result, Toyota is proud to announce that Entune App Suite service is now included with your vehicle, at no additional or annual charge, compliments of Toyota.[1] Please note that expiration dates identified on some websites and printed materials have yet to be updated. Be assured, your service will not be affected.

    If you have not had the chance to activate your Entune App Suite, please take this opportunity to visit myentune.com or use the convenient mobile App (available for download on iPhone® [2] or AndroidTM [3] smartphone devices) to register and take advantage of this complimentary service.

    Thank you for being a loyal Toyota customer, and we hope you continue to enjoy your Toyota Entune App Suite service.

    Sincerely,
    Toyota Entune Customer Support
     
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    Sweet, just got my email as well.
     
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    Kind of reminds me of a passage from Huckleberry Finn where Huck was describing a religious service...
    "it was free... and it was worth it!"
     
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    Got the same email. The part I keyed in on was:

    See below for the complimentary and subscription services available on your Toyota:

    Complimentary Services
    Toyota Entune App Suite:
    BingTM
    iHeartRadio
    MovieTickets.com
    OpenTable®
    Pandora®

    Paid Subscription
    Toyota Entune Data Services:
    Fuel Prices
    Sports
    Stocks
    Traffic
    Weather



    Since you must use a smartphone to use entune so in assuming no one at Toyota has heard of Waze, espn.com, finance.yahoo.com, or weather.com.
     
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    On this thread I copied a segment from the email I received which clarify your question.
    Entune is now complimentary
     
  7. Jonny Zero

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    Hmm. It is nice to have traffic integrated with the Nav, and for the Nav to warn me about severe weather nearby.
     
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    I am still a little confused. On my HDD unit, the data is delivered by XM. Do some units get traffic data via the cellular link?
     
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    Mine does. 2013 with the small screen (I'm not sure if I'm a HDD or not).

    If I try traffic with my phone's bluetooth disabled, it says unable to connect to smartphone.

    However, I'm firmly in the Waze/Googlemaps camp for NAV.
     
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    Received the email this morning
     
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    For the Entune in the Base PiP, what's new is free? We can get the Navigation traffic without the use of smartphone data plan?
     
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    How do you know what is free?
    I did not get any mail regarding free entune. How do you find out?
     
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    I got a letter in the mail. Some people seem to have gotten emails.
     
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    I didn't receive either an email or letter yet about the "complimentary" entune, but from reading the threads, I signed up.
     
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    You didn't receive an email because you weren't signed up. I think they went out the people already registered.
     
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    The display Audio with Navi/Entune uses phone+entune app to get data from Inrix.