I have recently bought a 2016 CX-3 with outdated maps. My last car had a head unit that allowed me to use Android Auto so I could use Waze or Google maps from my phone to display on the screen. Unfortunately I believe that Android Auto is not compatible with the present setup in my CX-3. Amazon sells a retrofit kit and I'm interested to know whether anyone has used one of these units and what success did they have. I could upgrade my present maps (which I believe are a TomTom system) but they will soon be out of date. Is there any other option I have? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

 

You can upgrade to Android auto & apple carplay. Mazda charges between $500 & $550.

You can buy the hardware yourself and install it yourself. ( you will need to visit Mazda for the software update first )

 

Thanks for that. Can you please elaborate on what the software update involves. What software? or do you mean firmware? Cheers

 

CMU software aka firmware.

If you book in with Mazda & tell them the screen keeps freezing & randomly re-boots then there is a Tech bulletin that covers the cost of the software update. ( free for life)

 

Excellent. Thank you.