Uconnect Live & TomTom question

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Hi,

I bought an October 2015 500 the other day which had the factory option of Tom Tom Nav & DAB. It also has Uconnect Live. Before I go though the process of downloadsing apps & creating accounts I'm wondering what people actually use it for. And how they set it up.

(I've tried serching threads on here but can't find the answer)

Q1; can Uconnrect Live work across two phones?

I have a phone, so does my wife. Does that mean I would need to have 2 separate apps? And if so, can I link both apps to the same account?

Q2; what do you use it for?

The most useful thing I can see is Deezer. Although I alredy have a family Spotify premium account and a not sure I'd want to pay for another music service.

So what other things do people find useful?

Q3; Is my TomTom already live?

I used it for the first time the other day and it said something along the lines of "fastest route despite a 4 minute delay. So does that mean it's getting real-time updates and, if so, is that how it always works? Or am I benfitting from a service the previus owner has paid for?

 

[AC43]

OK; so I've started to play. I've created a Uconnect account and downloaded the app on my phone. The account is now live.

I then tried to create a Deezer account from within my account on the Uconnect app on my phone....and can't get it to work.

Might see if I can create a TuneIn account instead.

 

[AC43]

OK; the supplying dealer thinks that that unit has TomTom Live by default. To say that I'm happy about it is an understatement. When I'm in my Merc I end up using Waze or Google Maps on my phone rather than the rather dumb COMAND nav - mainly becuse they are both live and the Merc system isn't. To have live nav in the dash of the 500 is brilliant.

Secondly, he thinks that I can link the Uconnect app on both phones to the same account.

Thirdly, I've now created and linked Deezer and TuneIn accounts to my Uconnect account.

Getting there.....

 

[AC43]

God this car keeps better; after fiddling around to get Deezer & TuneIn up and running I stumbled across the fact that it actually does have Android Auto and I can stream Spotify into it via the dash/steering wheel controls.

Result!

 

[AC43]

All done; I've got the same Uconnect account running from both phones and so can now access Spotify, Deezer & TuneIn via media streaming.