Volvo C40 & XC40 tips & tricks (for Google Volvos)

The use of voice control is perfect! 👍 During reviews of the C40/XC40 the complaint is often that one needs to deep dive in all kind of menus via the screen. But seems that a lot of reviewers forgot the voice control option as part of the review. No deep diving into menus needed! Great job to show us!

always enjoy watching your updates. Thank you.

Thom, please consider maintaining an up-to-date list of Google Assistant's capabilities, organized by function (i.e., car controls, navigation, information requests, etc.) . That would be greatly appreciated by many Volvo owners.

Driver: Hey Google I am freezing: Volvo: Me too

You can also ask google assistant to find closest types of restaurants, etc. Hey Google, what are some Italian restaurants near me? It'll give a list. You can then tell it to guide you to whichever one. You can ask it to tell you what movies are playing locally or a specific movie you want to see. Hey Google- what time does Saw X play near me - It'll give you a list of times. Or if you have a specific theater just name the theater. Hey google, when is Dicks the Musical playing at Veterans 24? If you know where you're going but you want navigation on to give you an estimate of range or just track traffic and let it use shortest routes around problems, you can tell google to turn off voice navigation and then turn it back on again as well. Just a few other things I've found that are really useful.

Will watch more later thanks

Interesting video! Just... I had to put my phone in the kitchen wile watching. My Google went nuts every time you shouted "hey Google"

Bravo Thom pour toutes vos vidéos et un grand merci. Cette vidéo spontanée est très agréable à voir. C’est vrai qu’on ne connaît absolument pas toutes les fonctionnalités de Google Assistant et on ne sait pas vraiment ce qu’il permet de commander…

Heeey Thom, the voice command also works in dutch language in my S60 MY2024

Nice, thx Thom! 👍🏼 Wasn‘t aware about turning off OPD via voice! I have same setup, I prefer OPD and my wife hates it 😅 Will try if it works in German. One more voice tip: switch satellite view on/off

Thanks Tom for another interesting video. I didn't know yet that some spoken google instructions won't work when language setting is Dutch, unfortunately. Just got my MY24 XC40 couple of days ago. Before I experience it myself pretty soon, maybe someone already knows. I have a private phone which is Android. It is already connected to the car. I also have a work phone which is an iPhone, which I will cable-connect to the car for attending MS Teams meetings - something Android carplay is still missing. I do assume it will work via the car speakers etc. Now I wonder if my Android will still be connected to play music from my phone via bluetooth or if can still receive calls on that phone on car speaker, etc, when my iPhone is cable connected.

You can also turn on/off the air recirculation

Great tips, thanks. Just picked up my MY24 XC 40 twin here in Australia and loving it. Do you know what the ‘Lock with reduced guard’ actually does on the app?

Dank je Thom! Leuke en informatieve video! Ik heb een paar nuttige tips gehoord! Ik heb zelf een 2023 C40 Recharge Twin en wist nog niet van de Guidance light en van het swipen van de 4 horizontale balken op het main screen. En de Vivaldi browser kende ik ook nog niet. En ik heb Google toch weer in het Engels gezet. Hij verstaat veel zaken beter. Ook handig dat je de one-pedal drive met je stem aan en uit kunt zetten. Ik heb hetzelfde met mijn partner. Die houdt er niet van als ze niet zelf rijdt.

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Thanks again Thom for this informative video. Do you know, if the voice control for OPD is going to be implemented by a software update in other languages than English?

Thanks for this. I’m researching cars and was curious how good this is in practice. Seems much better than Tesla. Is there a good source of apps available on Android Automotive? My understanding is that it’s more limited than Android Auto.

Weer een fijne video. Deze keer wel een beetje vervelend want ik kijk steeds op mijn Android toestel. En natuurlijk als iPhone gebruikt denk je er niet aan om "Hey Google" weg te bieden. Moest de video dus zo'n 20 keer terug starten 😂😂😂😂

Hold door handle for a couple seconds to lock. Took me a few months to learn that trick. Only lock that way now.

Thom, do you know where you can drop feature requests for the software? For example, I, can’t understand why my sunroof (XC40 recharge ultimate) doesn’t close automatically when parked when it rains. There is a rain sensor that detects rain……..