Toyota

I have enjoyed the app immensely the past year with my free subscription. Now I have to pay a monthly fee to continue. I literally only want the remote subscription, but they force you to combine it with either a navigation app or a music lovers app, both of which you don't need if you use Android Auto or Apple to connect to your vehicle. There should be an option for only the remote, be realistic with your consumers needs, this isn't an inexpensive service you are providing. Do better.

The app itself works pretty well, though I still get some notifications I turned off. So why the 2 stars? My free trial of Remote Connect ended. I'll pay for it, it's convenient. But I can't. I HAVE TO pay twice as much for a bundle of Remote Connect and something else I don't want. So instead of Toyota getting me to pay 100 bucks a year for something I actually want, I'm going to buy a 30 dollar airtag and just live without the other features. Dumb.

Remote climate control start just broke. Right when we're in a heat wave. In October. Darn climate change. The app used to be able to locate the car too, years ago. Other than seeing the odometer reading, I'm not sure there's any functionality left. The dealer that I use for service prefer to schedule using their own website, so that aspect of the app isn't useful either.

The app had always been pretty lackluster but at least I could lock/unlock the car from my phone. Now I've come to find out that the few remote options I had were part of a trial and now behind a monthly pay wall. It's ridiculous that I should have to pay a monthly fee for a handful of remote controls, those sort of features should be a given! Way to dime and nickel your customers, Toyota.

Don't believe any photos or promotional materials that show on-board navigation. You can KIND OF have on board navigation if you can connect Apple Play. However if you use any other type of smartphone, the in-car display console is an expensive mostly useless piece of plastic. You can run music & phone calls through, but that's about it. Since about a year or 2 ago they decided to stop supporting all other on board apps.