Australia Prius v - Do they have voice command?

The website certainly makes no mention of voice control anywhere for the v, nor does the PDF brochure.

After you've taken delivery of the car you should be able to create an account on Toyota Ownership (for me I had to wait a few weeks for them to send me some random customer number that appears nowhere else on any of my documentation, but it seems they have since seen the stupidity of this and the page now suggests you'll only need information on the delivery card in your service book). Once you sign up for this site, somewhere in there you'll get a link for the PDF for your vehicle. It's not as nice as the US site where you can get to any manual easily (and no, the URL is non-obvious so I can't guess my way to any manual other than for my own model).

Note this only is for the main vehicle user manual - it does not include the service book or the audio system manual (which for the c is bigger than the car's manual).

The site keeps track of your Toyota Service Advantage services and lets you keep your details updated so you get any notice of any recalls, but it otherwise is pretty unexciting.

 

if the voice commands are the same as what I have in my 2010 prius iv... be ready to be upset... not very logical, takes forever just to make a phone call, and don't even try to use it with the nav... mind boggling frustrating and annoying.

 

In my c I only use it for making phone calls and it is fairly painful... partly the steps are so slow and in the end I only remembered the sequence for this crucial requirement.

For example, to start off, I press the handsfree button then have to wait for

Voice command please.... DING

It's as if it's quitely counting to itself "2, 3, 4..." between the "please" and the "DING".

"Handsfree"

....Handsfree.... DING

"Call Joe Bloggs"

....Call... Joe Blogs.......Home.... DING

I never want the home number.

"Mobile"

....Call... Joe Blogs.... Mobile...........Is this correct?.... Please say "yes" to proceed...... DING

"Yes"

.... Calling..... Joe Blogs..... Mobile.....................................[ring tone]



I agree that voice control in the GPS system is worse than useless. Wait for a red light or pull over. Voice control for music if and only if you have an iPod plugged in is okay if and only if you want to play all the songs by a particular artist in alphabetical order. Otherwise forget it.

 

I got one of the last of the GPS speed interlock bypass. I hope to install very soon. its not that I use the GPS much, but when I need it. It will be nice to not have to stop, or have my passenger be able to do the searching while moving...

I was using the voice command to search for a restaurant... OMG I just wanted to drive headlong into a telephone pole. it was so counter intuitive and it kept telling me that it did not recognize the commands (which i was reading off the screen) windows rolled up and english is my first language... My daughter was with me and she had the info pulled up on her cell phone before i punched the screen. But then you still can't enter the address via voice......Argh...

 

Might depend on your phone... the iPhone Bluetooth compatibility is half-hearted and you can't use Siri without touching it, which is a no-no in NSW.

 

The Aussie base model v doesn't have it and I was a little surprised actually. My commuter vehicle is a 2012 yaris which has the very clumsy system as highlighted above.

 

The c has no hardware bluetooth buttons in Australia - the answer/hangup buttons exist only on the touchscreen, which you can't "hold down".