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now in many ways the biggest challenge to in-car navigation these days is your smartphone will you use what's in the dash or just pull out what's in your pocket fiddle with it and drive into me in the process I'm Brian Cooley with my top 5 car navigation features it will keep you using what's built into your dash number 5 is traffic it's actually a tripleheader your system should have traffic duhhh automatically reroute you around traffic problems when you're under guidance and third even alert you to major traffic ahead when you're not under guidance I'm actually less concerned with the traffic data source because they all seem pretty good these days number four is it fast some incarnate systems move like there's a little man inside reading a map a little man you want to strangle look for lightning-fast operation to reduce distraction and your frustration this will hinge on both things like touch screen response as well as internal processing number three natural voice the best nav systems today let you dictate an address by voice as one string like being able to say 235 second Street San Francisco instead of separate tedious operations like 235 then 2nd Street then push the button again and say San Francisco like you're talking to a moron number 2 does it work while it's moving we'd all like to think drivers are conscientious enough to pull over to enter a destination we all know they're not gonna do that they're gonna reach for their smartphone if they have to which is even worse rolling destination entry also acknowledges that your passenger could be the one entering the address wall under way and of course this also ties back to good voice command before we get to our number one car nav feature here are a few I can live without 3d buildings I'm not a bird rooftops mean nothing to me photorealism I like Street View but satellite view slows down the current systems more than it's worth and most points of interest they usually have no context or rating I'm not gonna pick a restaurant from my car the exception here is for gas stations and ATMs because they're generic my number one favorite in-car navigation feature is connectivity connected car navigation system especially powered by Google fundamentally transforms it into that same great experience you have online not that weird stilted one you have in most cars now a few cars offer this today more will do so every model year demand it to stay on top of the latest in navigation all the other technologies in cars today go to see net on cars calm I'm Brian Cooley thanks for watching