Certain features on our vehicles allow you to benefit from significant driving comfort! Indeed, having a GPS built in in your car enables you to stay focused entirely on the road while driving to an unknown place without any complications. Nevertheless the road network is constantly developing, it is therefore important to update the GPS of your Kia Forte , and this is precisely what we will discover today. To do so, first we will review the different attributes of the integrated GPS for cars, and secondly, how to update the GPS of a Kia Forte .

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How does onboard GPS function in a Kia Forte

In this part we will learn how the GPS of a Kia Forte works and what are the different kind of GPS.

The features of an integrated GPS?

A built-in GPS gives many benefits that a mobile phone GPS or Tomtom-type GPS will not have the ability to give you. Down below is a list of the advantages of these devices:

  • The fact that it is built in straight into the dashboard of your Kia Forte makes it hopeless to steal the GPS from your car.
  • Connected to your car’s radio antenna, the GPS will have better reception than any kind of GPS you could use.
  • It is very often, depending on the year, linked to steering wheel voice commands, which enables you to use it without taking your hands off the wheel and therefore to drive more safely.
  • The screen is in most cases much larger than a GPS on a smartphone or a nomadic type, so the information is more readable.
  • Connected to your sound system, it can be coupled to music and just appear when you replace direction, which limits the risk of you going off course as much as possible.

The different kind of GPS for Kia Forte

After having seen the positive aspects and before explaining to you how to update the GPS of your Kia Forte , we will quickly explain the different types of integrated GPS that exist for a Kia Forte, here they are:

  • The traditional GPS: We call traditional GPS the models that equip recent cars, they are related to a whole multimedia system and are equipped with a touch screen.
  • The old GPS: These GPS were the first generations, the screen is only used for navigation and they are updated with a USB stick or SD card. These systems, although simple to use and have a lower screen quality, you’ll feel like you’re watching a TV from the 90’s.
  • GPS Android Auto or Apple CarPlay: Finally, last type of GPS, on the latest vehicles it is possible to have a system integrating Android or Apple, these systems are autonomous and you use the native applications of one of the two operating systems. They are very responsive and comfortable to use.

How do I update the GPS on a Kia Forte?

We will now move on to the part you are most interested in, how to update the GPS of your Kia Forte? To do this, we will see for each type of GPS how the process of updating the cartography, the signalling and the software is done.

Updating old GPS on Kia Forte

The old GPS systems found on the Kia Forte until the years 2000/2005, these GPS use a specific software for the brand and the method to update this GPS on a Kia Forte is to go to the car dealership who will take care of it, for a 50 euros in most cases.

Updating the GPS of Kia Forte by SD or USB

This type of GPS is most basic on cars that are about ten years old. Most of the car companies have called upon the company “HERE navigation” and you will have to go to their site to download the map update of your GPS, then copy it to a USB key or SD card depending on the connectors available on your model and do the update straight through the menu of your integrated GPS.

Automatic GPS update

Most recent Kia Forte’s with Android Auto or Apple CarPlay will update automatically, so there is no need for you to make any updates. You can continue to use your GPS with comfort knowing that the map and speed limits are up to date.

To get more tips on the Kia Forte, take a look at the Kia Forte category.