Hello and welcome to this Lexus enform tech help video
in this video
We hope to give you a better understanding of the system by taking a very detailed look at the newest version of Lexus enform
found in nearly all new Lexus products
We'll be covering all the features, but feel free to skip around to the parts that are of particular interest to you
Let's get started. So this is the latest version of the Lexus enform system
Right now in this specific model, we have the twelve point three inch display. This is the biggest screen that it's paired with
However, it is basically the same on models with a smaller seven-inch display or eight inch display
the only difference here is that on the models with a big display you have
split-screen ability so we can pull up a second panel here that we can customize to have different things like our audio our
navigation
Trip information as well as climate controls and if you don't want that, then you can just collapse it like that
And one of the features of this latest version is that the menu pops up over whatever display you're on
So as you can see we can press that
the mini button down here on the trackpad and our shortcut buttons pop up down here along the bottom and
There's a little animation that follows where my finger is at
So it gives me more of a visual cue cue as well as a haptic feedback that's coming through the trackpad
So we'll start out over here with our first thing which is destination so you can just hover over destination
We can click on that or we can swipe up to go into something specific like our contacts our recent or to do a search
So we'll just click generally here. So we come up here we have our menu
So we can click search
And we can start typing here
Now one of the things like the supports to make this easier because it would be a little hard to bounce around to individual letters
Is we actually have a handwriting mode so we can click
Handwriting and we can start to just draw out the letters here on the touchpad
There are several sections within here one of them we have is an emergency
so we can
quickly find a list of police stations
Dealerships in case of a mechanical problem fire station or hospital some dealership we can just click on that
they'll show us all the places that can service our Lexus and you can just quickly click onto that and navigate straight to
You know your nearest Lexus dealership
In additionally you have your traditional points of interest so you can just search for different things by a category
So we can say near here
dining and
We want Chinese food so we can see that. The only thing you're us is Panda Express
Now hopping back to the menu the next section over we have the audio
once again
You can swipe up if you want to specifically go straight into one of these sources or you can just generally hit the audio
So once we go into here right now
We're paired to these standard Bluetooth audio so we can play pause and skip tracks straight from here
We can also balance up here to the source and this is where we can change between all of these available sources
AM/FM/XM. We also USB bluetooth and you do have the apps of pandora
iheartradio
slacker and NPR
And go into the song list here
Once that loads up you will see basically the queue of all the songs that are getting ready to play
So you can quickly this is what's in the playlist so we can quickly
Skip to a certain song if you want to within your Bluetooth audio, so that's pretty nice
You can also click the sound this is where you make sound adjustments we have the mark levinson
So we have plenty of adjustments we can make you can raise the bass here
You can change the sound level Iser and you can also turn on your 3d in 2d sound
Now the next section we have is your phone in a similar way
you've got your menu over on the left side as well as your
Information on this side. So this is our contacts which I bought Ematic lis synced over from our smart phone
you can just scroll through these or
You can press the search bar and search in the same way like your navigation, which I already pointed out
Now you can say favorites and you also have your history
You can't also traditionally dial numbers if you need to do that depending on your type of phone you do have text message support
So when your message is load up, you can click on these messages to have them read aloud to you
Well, I'm coming now, saw Missy
and
Then you can reply to them with a list of pre-made quick messages
Just like that you can't actually customize these messages
When you are are in park, obviously and moving beyond phone you come to our first section of apps
These apps here are the ones that come with your inform application
So basically they work with a bluetooth pairing to your phone and they give you access to these features
That would be the pandora iheartradio slacker NPR and Yelp
Additionally through your XM satellite radio
Subscription you've got another set of applications
they're kind of blacked out right now because we don't have the app paired to the system currently, but that's another set of
Another set of apps like your stocks your sports of stuff you've seen on different cars
However, beyond these apps the most important app is the next section over which is called projection until you plug in
a
Smartphone and then it turns into apple carplay
So when you just click into this and then our 12 inch display is transformed into apple carplay
Now this works the same way in this lexus as it does in any other model
So you've got your applications laid out right here. You can click into things like your google maps
So we can actually have as you can see this satellite view map very cool looking
However you cannot
pinch to zoom on the trackpad like you can in the regular system so you will have to use these little
arrows to zoom in and out
As far as when we're filming this video, which is April 2019
Apple carplay is included with the system on most Lexus models
However, there's no word on adding Android auto at this time
You also have Amazon Alexa voice commands built-in as well
And then to get back to you or traditional Lexus system
Why have to do is go over to Lexus and then click down and this will bring you back to the regular system
Heading out over the next thing is called info
This basically just has some car stats
So as you can see, we've got our mpg fuel range. You can check for nearby traffic incidents powered by XM radio
You got weather
And you can even see a wet weather map
As you can see it's a beautiful sunny day. So there's nothing I was really showing up except way up here
Now some Lexus models not all of them will also have some climate settings up here
Right now we're in the LS. So this has quite a few different climates that is settings located up here
So when you do have these you can just hover over the features and then swipe to make adjustments up or down
Now that brings us over here to our setup. So this is where you'll find a lot of different functions to customize the whole system
So starting out with our general
This is where you'll be able to change some different things that may that is will customize it to your liking
So we can click into display. This is where you can change the brightness right now
We have the brightness on maximum and in the contrast of middle
You can't also turn the screen off if you don't want distracting you
Additionally Lexus does give you the ability to change your color schemes
So if you want to change from the blue you can change just something more subdued like this kind of brown gray
Look another thing you may want to look at is
Turning on and off your sound effects. So the
Little ding when you hover over something you can turn that off
So you turn off the pointer sound as well as the selection of sound
So that you can just as you can see you now we can move around in silence
Additionally, you can change the feedback force for the haptic feedback on the touchpad if you want that stronger, so you feel it more
Then as you scroll down a little bit further
You can also change the speed of the cursor some people prefer to move fast. Some people needed to move a little slower
So they can keep up with where it's going
Moving to your next setting section called audio got a few different features
We can click into radio and we can manage things like our number of presets we've got a cell on the maximum 36
You can also save some different genres as your favorite
types on both your FM and your satellite radio
Moving on down we have our voice commands
This just allows you to change various features
related to those
So you can change the volume of the voice to be a little bit louder if you need it to be a little bit louder
You can also change the voice recognition prompts. So basically this is how much the system explains itself to you
So when you first get a new Lexus, you may need it to set it on high
To talk you through the voice commands, but as you get used to it
You can put it on low so you don't have to listen to the voice all the time
Additionally, if you find that the system is having trouble recognizing you you can click this button called trained voice recognition
You'll ask you to talk through several different phrases and get used to your different accents
That way the system can better understand what you want it to do
One thing I do want to point out if you have a scrolling list in the in-form system here
You don't have to click the little arrows
You can actually click on to this middle part and then you can freely scroll up and down just by swiping
Going on down the list we have our vehicle settings. So the first section up here is our maintenance
This allows us to actually
Customize when we have done had an oil change and stuff like that and it counts down to tell you when you need service
And then straight from here when we do get that reminder. We can go ahead and call the dealership
Can click into the vehicle customization settings
This allows you to change your settings for your door locks
To shift when you go for instance go out of park or lock the doors when you go out of park
How long until the car automatically read locks itself just various things like that. You have those same things for your lights as well
drive mode customization is
if you have a vehicle that has a
Individual mode for your drive modes, which solely just allows you to customize
Specific things so then the individual mode we could perhaps say we want the powertrain and the powerful mode
But at the same time we want the chassis in the comfort mode so we can get that mixture of Sport and luxury
Moving on further down we have your navigation settings. This is where you can simply set your home add some favorites
You also have the ability to say areas to avoid
For instance if we're driving on a road that has a lot of traffic
We could say I don't want to be in this area and the navigation will never route you through this area anymore. I
Can also hit some more detailed settings here
This is basically just gonna show you what types of warnings that you can get
street names
You can also be set to show up certain Pio eyes on the screen
So if you went all restaurants for instance to show up as you drive past them on the navigation screen
You can set it up to be like that
And you can also have the route adapt to current traffic
The next section is Wi-Fi
Most Lexus models do come standard with a built-in Wi-Fi hotspot
It is powered by Verizon and you do have a trial period after that you will
Have to you know, subscribe and pay for that
But when you activate it right here is where you'll be able to find the name of your Wi-Fi hotspot
you can get instructions on how to connect and then you can click right here at your password and
When you click these show characters that will show you what you can type in so that you can actually sign
into the Wi-Fi hotspot from your device
Next up we have our traffic
This basically just controls
When to give you warnings about traffic
Now we'll go into the subscription services available through inform
First we have safety connect, which is included free for ten years on most models
this includes features such as stolen vehicle locator enhanced roadside assistance and
automatic collision notification
Which can call emergency services and provide GPS coordinates if you're ever involved in a crash
Lexus also offers an app called inform remote available on both Android and iOS
It allows you to remotely see and control various aspects of the car like locking and unlocking the doors as well as remote start
It also integrates with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant apps for home control via your voice
this is free for one year and is $80 per year after that as
Far as navigation the new dynamic navigation system is connected online
So will remotely update as well as update the route based on current conditions
Additionally, you can call a destination assist where a live person can help you find the place that you want to navigate to and send
that to your car's GPS
the dynamic navigation updates are free for three years and
Destination assist is free for one year with the same $80 per year charge after that
Lastly most new Lexus models now come equipped with Wi-Fi
This is free for the first year or four gigabytes, which have comes first
After that, you'll have to sign up for a plan through Verizon after that
You have to sign up for a plan through Verizon and that price does change depending on whatever they set it at
Well that pretty much concludes this really detailed look at the Lexus enform system
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