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Garmin Express 7.28.0.0 is now available

I use IPadOS 18.7.3 which was released around December 12th 2025. I just went into Settings to check for a possible update and the only thing presented is version 26.2. It doesn’t even inform the user what version is being used, just immediately goes to downloading 26.2 unless you have auto updates OFF.

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

My wife and I are RVing right now and we have been in Gulf Shores the past week. For internet, I have been using an Inseego MiFi X Pro 5G M3000. I noticed that when I bring up Google maps, my location was not shown. I found out that the M3000 has an internal GPS, but it was turned off. I enabled it and Google maps once again shows my current location.

And it felt good.

I found a wallet on the sidewalk.

I was going to turn it into the police, but my wife said just knock on the door, and leave it (the address was the street behind us and a ways up the road).

It was a 20 yo kid's wallet--no money, DL,bank card, debit card, health care.

The Consumer Electronics Show 2026 is next week. Garmin is listed as an exhibitor.

https://www.ces.tech

https://exhibitors.ces.tech/8_0/exhibitor/exhibitor-details....

Content at https://www.slashgear.com/2064639/bmw-new-screw-patent-make-....

Crazy that you may need some form of special tool to replace a license plate and that device can be used elsewhere in the vehicle.

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One would think that in life, there is no free lunch.

There usually is some sort of inverse relationship, or compromise.

For the sleuths out there, we are used to our Vantrue. No complaints, true 4K, older Starvis sensor, have a front/rear setup in my daily driver that is off the road right now.

Flash forward when our vehicle was destroyed in May 2025, another Vantrue was destroyed.

…interesting article.

https://www.slashgear.com/2060338/car-battery-brands-with-be...

So this is not a new topic of course but it was an interesting read regarding newer technologies to combat the issue. Towards the end of the article were the suggested alternatives to the current design.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/12/gps-i...

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

Not including smartphones or GPS enabled devices, I own 23 GPSr's, mostly Garmin. Many of them harken back to the days when I bought & sold on eBay.

I regularly use 8 newer devices for automotive, handheld & marine use, and update them once per year. A couple I keep for antique value, like the GPS II+ and GPS III units from the 1990's.

I just had an ad come up for "A Better Route Planner". It appears to be geared to EVs, but I would expect that it will work for any vehicle.

It is also geared to be used in conjunction with Apple Car Play or Android Auto.

Has anyone here tried it & if so, what are your thoughts?

Can you export files as csv or GPX, for installation on a Garmin, etc.?

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela