The upgraded 2016 Toyota Touch 2 with Go multimedia system offers significant new features over the outgoing version, including tile-based menu designs, improved functionality, and a simplified connection to the MyToyota customer portal.
Some of the key advantages are explained below.
Touch 2 with Go: naming and navigation
From the 2016 model year, the range of multimedia systems has been simplified to two options: Toyota Touch 2, and Toyota Touch 2 with Go.
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Vehicles with 2016 Toyota Touch 2 with Go as standard, or with Go selected as an option, now benefit from free annual map care updates for three years as well as three years of connected services. High-spec Excel grade models (excluding Yaris) include the extra functions of 3D maps, voice recognition, and text-to-speech within the navigation system.
Touch 2 with Go: new features
The 2016 Toyota Touch 2 with Go has 10 new features, accessed via a new tile-based menu design (see below) which offers greater clarity and improved operation. It also improves functionality by reducing the number of steps required to complete each operation.
The navigation menu and sub-menus have been simplified, and a new split-screen view allows users to see more functions at a glance, combining the navigation map with access to settings and app information (see below). In addition, the navigation screen can be customised so owners can create short-cut tile icons to frequently used operations.
One of the key new features is Auto-navigation (see below), a function that allows the driver to programme the navigation system with up to four regular destinations and a departure time window for each day of the week.
When the vehicle is switched on within that departure time the navigation automatically activates, plotting the most congestion-free route to the chosen destination on that particular day. In order to make this proposal, information is drawn from TomTom real-time traffic information.
Further navigation enhancements include the ability to check Street View images and what the weather is like at your destination. As you approach the destination, the system will also inform the driver of available parking spaces nearby.
Vehicles with built-in voice recognition now benefit from Siri eyes-free software, which delivers vocal control of Apple iPhone functions. The driver merely needs to press and hold the voice recognition button on the steering wheel to talk to Siri on his iPhone (Android version not available).
Touch 2 with Go: registering with MyToyota
The 2016 Toyota Touch 2 with Go software update now allows owners to establish a mobile data connection with the device and create a MyToyota customer account from inside the car, thereby avoiding any difficulties programming the unit’s individual ID number.
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After pressing the [SETUP] button the device will take you through a straightforward step-by-step process to create the account. The setup menu also includes a ‘Let’s Get Started’ QR code which will open an online quick start guide on the user’s mobile device. Alternatively, these processes can be seen by visiting my.toyota.eu/getstarted
Touch 2 with Go: When will each model get it?
The new 2016 Toyota Touch 2 with Go began to be installed in cars produced from 1 January 2016 and will be installed in all current models produced from 1 June. Brand new models such as the Toyota C-HR will have this latest generation system from the start of production.
The table below shows the introduction schedule of Touch 2 with Go during the manufacture of each current production model in 2016.
| MODEL | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN |
| Yaris | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Auris | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Verso | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Avensis | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Prius | ✓ | |||||
| Prius+ | ✓ | |||||
| RAV4 | ✓ | |||||
| Land Cruiser | ✓ | |||||
| Hilux | ✓ | |||||
| GT86 | ✓ |
NB: Aygo uses an alternative multimedia system
Learn more: Official Toyota Touch 2 page
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Can anyone confirm if they have mirror link working on version MM16? I have an S6 and it doesn’t work on version MM13. I am not happy I have to pay £109 to upgrade, so if the mirror link doesn’t work then there is no point. I can buy an aftermarket system with mirror link cheaper than the upgrade.
Hello – I’m coming late to this discussion but I only just came across this blog. I took delivery of a new Prius Excel in October 2016 and it appears from your chart that I should have the 2016 software installed but I haven’t.
To be honest the dealership doesn’t appear to be too familiar with this type of issue so before I get in touch with them is it possible to check that I should have had the new software installed?
Many thanks
Hi Geoffrey,
Would you be able to provide us with your VIN or registration number? We can get our technical team to check this for you. Many thanks in advance.
Hello Ella
Thanks for the reply.
Ny car reg is ******
VIN: ************
Software version: 4.5.0 WH
Map ID: 2015 v2
Many thanks for your help
Hi Geoff,
Thanks for providing your information. We will speak with our technical team and get back to you when we hear from them. Many thanks.
Hi Ella
Any word from the technical team yet?
Thanks for your help.
Hi Geoffrey,
The answer is that you should be eligible for a free upgrade from the dealership. We would suggest speaking with them to explain your situation. Many thanks.
Hi Ella – doesn’t seem to be a Reply option on your latest comment 13.3
Anyway, for your interest, I did as you suggested and visited my dealer (the one who had supplied the car) – they had never heard of this update, I had to show them your blog. They did try to update via my “My Toyota” but only found the software version that I already have installed. They did not know how or where to get the update. Do you have any suggestions, please?
Thanks
Hi Ella
I wonder whether your investigations provided any new information – one week on and my local dealer is still unable to obtain this update.
Is it this specific dealer or is this a general problem (or, heaven forbid, a problem just with my car)? Can I advise them how to get the update?
I appreciate your continuing help.
Regards
Geoff Turner
Hi Geoff,
We’ve had another chat with our technical team this morning and they’ve advised that you can follow the below steps and download the update yourself. See below:
1. Go to: https://www.toyota.co.uk/tme#/my-toyota/.
2. Create a My Toyota account.
3. Register your vehicle.
4. Head to the e-store.
5. Download the newest map update.
If this fails to work, please come back to us. Would you also be able to provide us with the name of your local Toyota Centre? We will try and follow this up with them.
Many thanks in advance.
Hi Ella
I thought you may be interested in the end of the saga. I took details of the version that you provided to the dealer who asked me to call back in a couple of days; I called and they had found the update and downloaded it onto a USB stick – unfortunately it would not load onto the system in the car; I had to re-book an appointment for them to fit a new Sat-nav “module” into the car – they assumed a new unit would have the latest software version but it didn’t – they then tried the USB stick again and it worked! I finally have the new version on the car so many thanks for your help.
It would, of course, have been so much easier if the dealer had known about the update and put it on as part of the PDI.
Again – thanks.
Hi Geoffrey,
We’re pleased to hear it’s all sorted for you. We hope you don’t have any issues like this in the future. Enjoy your Toyota.
Hi Geoff,
As per our system, we can see that your vehicle has 4.5.0 WH and the newest update is 6.8.2H. There should be a free update to MM16. We will investigate and come back to you. Many thanks.
Hi Ella,
We recently bought a March 2016 Yaris Hybrid. It appears to be on MM13 – the unit shows version 4.5.0WL. I tried downloading the map update and it tells me it is loading a software update, but just gets stuck on the “Please Wait” screen. How long should the update take, or should we go to a dealer?
Car reg is GX16 UCC.
Thanks
Hi
I have a Prius WJ16HNL. It has the MM13 interface, software version 4.5.OWL, map ID 2015 v2. Should I have to pay for a map upgrade, and what is the procedure please?
Hi Joyce,
We’d have to recommend heading to a local dealer with this issue. They should be able to help!
Hi John,
Unfortunately this car was registered 02/03/2016, which means you will have to pay for a software update.
If the vehicle was registered on 01/04/2016 or after, this would mean you already have/are entitled to MM16 multimedia. If you update the system, you will however receive 3 years of Map Care (free updates in this period).
We would advise you to contact your local Toyota Centre to carry out the software update, although you are able to do this yourself via My Toyota. The following link may assist – http://www.toyota-mapupdates.eu/Shop/Index.
We hope this helps!
Hello, I have a 2016 Rav 4 (**** ***). Should I be eligible for the free upgrade? When I log onto the system it tries to charge me GBP109, for 2016 software for a 2016 car!! Also, the “free map of Europe” won’t upload into my car. It just says please wait for over an hour. Can you help please? Thanks.
Hi Fergus,
Thanks for getting in touch. Unfortunately, your car was registered just after the cut off date for free upgrades. However, if you could provide us with your software version number (including L/H) we can triple check this. If you have MapCare then this would be free.
Hello Ella,
My software version is 4.4.1WL, and the MAP ID is 2014 V3. So, even if it is before the cutoff version, surely 2014 maps on a 2016 car is not right? For a car costing nearly 30k? Anything you can do, even as a goodwilll gesture will be appreciated.
Thanks!
Hi Fergus,
Due to your software version being a Low version and not High you are unfortunately not entitled to free map updates. We would have to advise contacting customer relations to report your complaints. They should be able to help you further! You can contact them here: https://www.toyota.co.uk/contact-us.
Hi Ella,
Thanks for your reply. I tried contacting customer relations using your link – twice. But I did not get a reply, not even an acknowledgment. I am not impressed.
Regards,
Fergus
Hi Fergus,
We’re so sorry about that. We’ll take note of your email address now and chase this up. Many thanks.
Thank you kindly, Ella.
You’re welcome, Fergus.
where can one find and get the Auris Navigation and Multimedia System Owners Manual
Hi Christopher,
You should find a Navigation and Owners Manual here: https://www.toyota.co.uk/tme#/my-toyota/eManual.