[stinkytaco]

But will you three years from now? I get what you are saying, but you are comparing a 2016 nav system to a phone. If you've got a nav system that's a few years old it's a headache (and possibly costly) to update, might be missing features in newer nav systems or might simply be broken and outrageous to fix (a problem that could also apply to an Android Auto head unit, to be fair, but at least you have a backup then).

[AIMunchkin]

In my case, I'm still quite happy with the Nav system in my wife's 2009 Rav 4 actually. It works as intended to this day. It's missing some fanciness, but I'm just not about the fancy.

[city41]

The issue is updating the system with new maps. My car's nav system is now about two years old and I find about 1 in every 20 addresses or so it doesn't recognize.

Overall I do feel built in nav systems offer the best experience, I just wish car manufacturers could figure out a better update process.

[AIMunchkin]

100% agreed, given that newer cars now have 4G connectivity, one ought to be able to subscribe for a modest fee to download it.