[Flarpswitch]

My Subarus are making me crazy. I got dragged into this because Starlink was telling me that my navigation subscription expired. WTF? I have a 2019 Ascent and a 2022 BRZ, both connected to my iPhone for Apple CarPlay. Then there are the Starlink apps that are pretty much useless, so I deleted the app hoping it will go away. It, this subscription notification keeps bugging me. I began to think it was a holdover from the Magellan Nav app from my 2017 BRZ. Some how I ended up with two concurrent subscriptions to that app which caused it to be schizophrenic not knowing which license to use on a given day. Nearly as bad as the nav system in my RV, that Magellan app is useless. I finally figured out that the subscription notification is about the Tom Tom Nav native to the Ascent head unit that must have expired after four years. I have been using Apple CarPlay for Wayze, Apple Maps and Google Maps, so I guess I’ll kick Tom Tom to the curb along with Sirius XM. In the process of this discovery, I saw that there was a software update on the Ascent and the BRZ. I forgot that I had previously connected them to my WiFi at the house and my cell phone as well. I figured what the hell, I’ll just do it right away. I have Gigabit Speed Fiber, so that should not be a bottleneck. Both cars did the software update straight away without incident. Previously I have done updates to the Ascent by USB drives and once connected to my cell phone while I drove to the airport an hour away. It isn’t apparent to me what improvements were made, so I will just take it for granted that something was not right and now it’s good. Taking the Starlink apps out of the equation, the head units in my Ascent and BRZ work well connected to my iPhone either by Bluetooth or preferred USB. I also have the full meal deal for both cars on the My Subaru app and that gets the job done nicely.