I have seen quite a few posts that indicate nothing in the car is affected without connected services. This is mostly accurate, but with several exceptions that I wanted to point out with possible workarounds to help all that are navigating this issue.
The car's more advanced voice recognition appears to be tied in with connected services. Therefore, the car's built-in SMS voice to text recognition to respond to text messages while driving is disabled (or requests to call someone from your contacts). Additionally, the voice recognition to provide voice commands to the built in navigation also do not work without connected services. Essentially, some of the more advanced voice controls cease to operate without connected services.
The workaround is to use
Android Auto or
Car Play. I am using the Motorola wireless solution with
Android Auto to automatically connect to the car wirelessly and it seems to work well. This is more convenient to plugging in your phone each time and you will find the voice responsiveness to be better than the built-in car capabilities anyway. You can long press the talk button on the steering column to invoke your Siri or Google assistant to sent SMS, set navigation (with or without addresses), etc. regardless if you have the screen up or on any other page on your screen.
Incidently, I am paying around $500 to $600 to get the remote car starter installed that includes setting the rear defrost and front seat warmers via mobile app or three press on the OEM remote. I am losing several features and gaining a few. Not the best, but I estimate a break even solution to what the car offered from the factory. Your mileage may vary.
2019 Genesis G80 Sport
