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why does the 2023 corolla have wifi? (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/cars

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So pretty much the title. I recently got a 2023 corolla and loving it, but what I don't understand is why it's got wifi. I've driven a 2012 Yaris prior to this and that was pretty much a "dumb" car.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Toyota's been rolling out connectivity in their cars and that includes a cellular modem. It transmits data like location, speed, other metrics to Toyota (opinion: ew, seems like it can be disabled at the cost of the microphone, or by calling them) and since they're putting that in, it might as well become a selling point on the spec sheet.

New cars are vacuuming up data these days, I am concerned by that personally. Yes I know I have a phone, etc. etc.