Toyota's Scout Navigation App vs. Android Auto and Apple Car Play

Camry makes navigation an unsolvable problem. Scout is absolutely the worst!!!!! Toyota will deserve and will have business loss!!!!!

We purchased 2 2018 Camry SE Hybrids a week ago and yes Scout GPS is horrible, if it even works. The fact that you have to have the app open & plugged into the USB to show the map is rediculous. My wife's iPhone 7 in her car will connect to show the map about 50% of the time. My iPhone 6 has NEVER been able to connect in my car to show maps.

Plus side, I spoke with my friend at Toyota and he said they are going to be releasing Apple Car Play through an OTA update to all vehicles with Entune 3.0. He estimated it will be released by either the end of 2017 or early 2018. I did not ask about Android, but would assume it will be released as well.

I’ve had four Toyota’s so far. Loved every one of them, including the latest, a Highlander AWD. But Toyota have lost me as a customer due to the lack of support for Car Play, and their dreadful software which is so bad it beggars belief. My next car will be a BMW or a Volvo. And once I’ve made that shift, and become accustomed to a different kind of car, what’s going to induce me to go back to Toyota, I wonder?

We bought a 2018 Camry hybrid 2018 on December 29. The dealer told us Scout navigation is the wave of the future. If that’s true, we will all be lost in a very short time. We love the car, but hate, hate, hate the cheesy Scout navigation app. It freezes, then won’t reload constantly. If you’re thinking of buying a Toyota, I would keep looking. We’ve been loyal Toyota owners for many years. We’re done.

I purchased a 2018 Toyota Camry. I absolutely hate the Toyota Entune App and Scout. The app never works. Every other day I receive an error message. To get rid of the message I'd have to uninstall the Entune App on my phone, then reinstall it. It works for a few days then the same thing again. I also do not like the Scout app. I'd rather the maps app on my phone or waves. I'm really disappointed with Toyota. For the cost of these vehicles we deserve to have apps that work and are compatible with our devices to remain hands free whether it's droid or apple. Toyota needs to do better.

Scout is awful, and I can't believe Toyota would choose to go with such a lousy product! The navigation system in our 2018 Camry is pretty much useless. It freezes, it tells us to turn on non-existence streets, it gives a short distance warning before we are to cross all traffic lanes and leave the expressway, etc, etc. We've been loyal customers of Toyota for the past twenty years. This is the last Toyota we'll purchase unless Toyota fixes this navigation system. I wish we would have never purchased this 2018 Camry!

If you buy a Toyota make sure you have a paper map with you. Toyota navigation sucks. Toyota could not have possibly tested scout navigation or they decided sell the vechicle and screw the customer with a useless navigation system. Scout will stop working or will say can not connect with the system try again latter. That does you a lot of good if in traffic and have no navigation cause it stopped working. Save yourself a lot of aggravation and buy a Garmin or some other navigation system

Toyota is beating a dead horse if they think that scout gps has any good qualities. Toyota owners should unite and tell Toyota we are done and that Toyota has lost us as future Toyota buyers. There must be lawyers who are toyota owners who are upset with Toyota and start a class action suit to get toyotas attention?

How come Toyota or Telenav will not reply to any of the comments that are printed above?

I have had my car 4 months and Scout is an absolute disaster. There is a new app in the past few days but definitely not an improvement. I was on Rt 6 in IL. but the map told me I was on Southwest Hwy. WRONG! The app is unreliable and cannot be trusted! This is not the first time Scout has made mistakes. This is not my first Toyota but definitely the last!

My 2019 Avalon XSE has apple CarPlay. I admit, it makes the car so much more enjoyable because I can continue a song list or podcast from house to car, and apple maps already controls my driving in other car and motorcycle-so integration with familiar platform is key. Love it. And love my Avalon.

Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. Hate this app and won’t buy another Toyota as long as this is their nav system.

Finally getting rid of Scout and they are installing Apple Play and Alexa will be in my car tomorrow!! So excited. Goodbye to the worst GPS I ever had and should of never been in a Toyota

I just paid cash for my toyota Corolla xse, all warranties etc, to find out scout isn't compatible with my android, TOYOTA needs to fix this situation, seeing reviews that suck on both iPhones and android. Was my second purchase of new cars from same dealership, and I found out about this as we were pairing my phone to the car, getting this information AFTER the check was signed and paid in full.

I wholly agree with all the other negative comments about Scout GPS. I've used Garmin for years, and I find to be far superior, both audibly and visually. The Garmin clearly shows what lane(s) I should be in, well before I need to be in those lanes. It also announces in detail, and well in advance, where and when I should exit onto a new roadway. There's no comparison in the detailed maps of the Garmin vs. Scout, which I find to be quite primitive.Toyota definitely missed the mark on this one and should rethink their decision with moving to Scout.

I purchased a 2019 Camry as I had loved my past two Camrys but never again. The GPS system is garbage. In fact it is dangerous. When you need to add new routing you cannot do it while driving as it is too complicated. I guess this is why no other company chose this type of a set up. I have resorted to a simple Garmin GPS that is light years ahead of Scout for $300.00! Thanks Toyota.

We recently bought a 2019 RAV4 XLE. Without knowing we accepted the basic instruction given to us by our salesman. After making several trips and constantly having problems with the Scout GPS, we have decided we will never buy another Toyota if it is installed. The system constantly breaks connection, loses the previously set course, and make you completely restart the system. I feel the loss of navigation, on a 12 lane highway in Atlanta, GA a major safety risk. I was told by the Toyota Customer Service, that Scout is not the only Navigation system that Toyota has, but it is the cheapest. There is supposedly a Premium Navigation that is available, but the dealerships are option for the cheaper Scout system. Most likely my last Toyota ever!!

2018 Camry XLS. I put my Garmin above the dash for speed and direction. Use it for maps when i need them. Tried to load Android App and every approach is a dead end. Considered Scout but reviews condemned it. Toyota needs a retrofit for Android App or a link from android phone to the display screen to show Google maps.

Abysmal decisions by Toyota. Long time Toyota customer but it is failing its customers. Worse is the Toyota management showing distain for its Customers.

I am glad I read all the negative comments on the Scout systems. We just bought the new Corolla Hatchback and have not set up anything ...........and plan to use the old GPS or plug in our phones. Toyota that is sad did not expect failure like this from you.