[GaryK4]

I should be moving into the villages shortly. My phone has the villages app. with GPS cart paths and car directions. Are there any brands. that support the villages act on the display? I would like to use something larger than my phone. if possible.

[ltcdfancher]

I would think that one could mount a small tablet in the dash. You’d need a tablet with cellular service, of course. Not a bad idea! The tablet might be a target for pilferage, however.

[Papa_lecki]

You don’t need it. It will take you a month until you won’t need your GPS for 95% of your trips.
Certainly don’t pay to get a GPS installed in your cart.

Get this, puts the phone on your steering wheel, and doesn’t disrupt golf scoring.

Amazon.com

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

You don’t need it. It will take you a month until you won’t need your GPS for 95% of your trips.
Certainly don’t pay to get a GPS installed in your cart.

Get this, puts the phone on your steering wheel, and doesn’t disrupt golf scoring.

Amazon.com

I found the same thing on Temu for under $8.50

I bought a 1/2 dozen of them and gave them to my golfing buddies...

[Papa_lecki]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

I found the same thing on Temu for under $8.50

I bought a 1/2 dozen of them and gave them to my golfing buddies...

How do I become a golfing buddy?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

OP the GPS app has audio directions in addition to the map and visual guide. If you don't have hearing aids, or have them but can't pair them with your phone via bluetooth, then get a bluetooth earbud and pair it with the phone. That way you get the directions TOLD to you, directly into your ear while you're driving. It means less worry about noise from your golf cart or someone else's golf cart while you're trying to pay attention to both directions and the road.

[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by GaryK4

I should be moving into the villages shortly. My phone has the villages app. with GPS cart paths and car directions. Are there any brands. that support the villages act on the display? I would like to use something larger than my phone. if possible.

There are 2 Villages apps, one free one paid subscription. Since these are PHONE apps you will need to ask each of the developers if they support anything other than phones. There appear to be some tablets that connect via the telephone system, so you may get lucky and the apps will work on these.

[PoolBrews]

The newest Evolution golf carts - the D5 Plus - now offers both Apple Carplay and Android Auto on the automotive style display. This would allow you to show your GPS from your phone on the built in display just like you do in your car. The D5 Ranger is a forward facing 4 seat model and is $9,595, and they also have a D5 Ranger 2+2 at $8,695.

[Maker]

Originally Posted by PoolBrews

The newest Evolution golf carts - the D5 Plus - now offers both Apple Carplay and Android Auto on the automotive style display. This would allow you to show your GPS from your phone on the built in display just like you do in your car. The D5 Ranger is a forward facing 4 seat model and is $9,595, and they also have a D5 Ranger 2+2 at $8,695.

Same features with the Venom carts from AdventureEV. Huge screen that can easily be seen in daylight, AND when wearing polarized sunglasses.

[Spartan86]

Originally Posted by PoolBrews

The newest Evolution golf carts - the D5 Plus - now offers both Apple Carplay and Android Auto on the automotive style display. This would allow you to show your GPS from your phone on the built in display just like you do in your car. The D5 Ranger is a forward facing 4 seat model and is $9,595, and they also have a D5 Ranger 2+2 at $8,695.

I don’t believe The Villages GPS app supports CarPlay if you wanted to use that app, which is pretty good.

[TedfromGA]

Apple car play uses apple maps, or waze, or google maps. I use google maps. How does that work for a golf cart? If you put google maps in the bicycle mode instead of the default car mode, google maps will use the golf cart lanes 90% of the time. In my 7 years experience it is much better that the "viliages" version. I also agree once you've driven your golf cart for a few months the need for gps guidenance is very low. As an aside - while you are new - as you drive in your golf cart on the golf cart trails and you find you can't get your cart to your destination without going on a main road (eg no golf cart markings) or the need to drive into one of the roundabouts - DON'T you are asking to be hit by a car/truck.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

How do I become a golfing buddy?

Look the other way when I use my "foot wedge"...

[FloridaGuy66]

Originally Posted by PoolBrews

The newest Evolution golf carts - the D5 Plus - now offers both Apple Carplay and Android Auto on the automotive style display. This would allow you to show your GPS from your phone on the built in display just like you do in your car.

This is misinformation, the Villages app does not support Apple Carplay or Android Auto.

[MSchad]

Originally Posted by PoolBrews

The newest Evolution golf carts - the D5 Plus - now offers both Apple Carplay and Android Auto on the automotive style display. This would allow you to show your GPS from your phone on the built in display just like you do in your car. The D5 Ranger is a forward facing 4 seat model and is $9,595, and they also have a D5 Ranger 2+2 at $8,695.

The Villages GPS Apps are not CarPlay compatible thus can not be used on Evolution Plus models. Other GPS like Apple Maps, Google Maps and Waze can be but do not have the cart paths.

[HJBeck]

Happened to see that being sold at Costco on several versions of golf carts they were selling. The tablet screens were built in so theft is not an issue (except that the entire golf cart can still be stolen, just like any other). The only option not pre-installed on their carts was the side rain protection covers. Their two seaters were selling for roughly $7,000. Not sure how much after market rain protection would add to the cost.