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IOK Radio Updates - Complete List

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2022 - 2025 Silverado / Sierra 1500

2024 - 2025 Silverado / Sierra 2500 / 3500 / HD

2022 - 2024 Tahoe / Suburban / Yukon / Yukon XL



Y175 Most Notable Improvements:

Important: Improvements will vary by model, build configuration, system, and sales region. Not all vehicles have all features.

Most notable improvements contained in this release may include:

Audio:

  • The audio might cut out for a couple of seconds

Camera:

  • The front camera button may cause a black screen that requires a 10-minute sleep cycle to recover

Connectivity:

  • 4G connection is dropping

Navigation:

  • After searching for a location in the embedded Google Maps app the customer might see a "Waiting for location..." message instead of pulling up directions

OnStar:

  • When the Hood Open chime is playing, there is no OnStar audio

Phone:

  • There may be a crackling noise while on a Bluetooth or third-party app call

  • While on a phone call the person on the other end might hear an echo

  • When trying to pair a phone the message "Device can't be added while driving" may come up even with vehicle in Park

Radio:

  • When playing music from a USB drive there may be no meta data shown in the audio app and the cluster will show "No Content”

  • In Guest mode it might take a long time to play USB music, showing a "No media available" message before getting data

Stability:

  • The radio may reset

SXM:

  • When changing Favorites with the steering wheel switch, the new Favorite button may not highlight. If going to another page of Favorites, the page may not change. In both cases the station does change.

Voice Recognition:

  • Google Assistant may not work for an ignition cycle

Export only:

  • If a DAB announcement comes in while in CarPlay, the CarPlay audio does not automatically resume playing after the announcement is done


Y172 Most Notable Improvements:

Important: Improvements will vary by model, build configuration, system, and sales region. Not all vehicles have all features.

Most notable improvements contained in this release may include:

Audio:

  • Audio app may crash and change source on own

  • Audio loss when changing drive mode

  • No audio after phone call

  • No audio and audio app blank

  • No audio and volume knob doesn't respond

  • No audio on start

  • No turn signals audio

  • Start up audio delayed

  • With an Android phone paired there is no audio

Cluster:

  • Album Art flashes on XM station change

  • When the radio is off there may be a Power icon showing on the audio page. "Audio Off" to let the driver know the radio is off is missing

Connectivity:

  • 4G connection is dropping

Display:

  • Audio card crashes and will not recover

  • Audio card may freeze

  • Black Screen

  • Black Screen after accepting TCPS

  • Black screen when launching Trailering App

  • Black screen when switching profile during a call on a password lock screen

  • Blank screen after accepting TCPS

  • Card view Clock app in wrong position on ignition start

  • Card view disappears after changing profile

  • Card view is blank when profile creation interrupted

  • Home screen glitching

  • Loading message for Maps and audio cards

  • Maps and Trailering might be missing from the right-side apps view

  • The display may look like a picture negative when switched to day mode

  • The Home screen may not have any app icons

HVAC:

  • The blower speed turns down at startup by itself

Navigation:

  • Google Maps blinking

  • Icons incorrect

  • Location changing randomly

  • Maps blank in porch view

  • Maps freezing in card view

  • Navigation page will not load on cluster

  • Turn-By-Turn may not work

Phone:

  • Android Auto screen is cut off and the touch display does not work

  • Answer button on the screen does not work

  • Apple Music skipping songs

  • CarPlay will not connect or is slow to connect

  • Customer can't open the CarPlay app through the home screen icon

  • During a call the audio may stay on the handset instead of being heard through the vehicle

  • Echo during phone call

  • The CarPlay screen might flicker

Profiles:

  • Correct password not working when changing from driver profile to new profile

  • No incorrect password pop-up when entering incorrect password

  • Settings app and new profile do not respond after switching to new profile

  • Stuck on loading message on profile change

Programming:

  • Customer may see a message to "restart the system to complete the update”

  • Download stuck at 67%

  • Flash/Flicker when selecting x button or back button on faceplate

  • The OTA update may fail

  • The USB update may fail

Radio:

  • Keyboard will not come up after change language button is pressed

  • The favorites button on the steering wheel controls may not work

SXM:

  • Customer sees "No Signal" message

  • Customer sees "XM Loading" message

  • XM audio pausing for a second when an icon is pressed on any screen

Trailing App:

  • Trailer app not launching from card view for first time user

  • White screen displays after clicking done in trailering-towing assist screen

  • Your trailering profiles may not sync with the cloud

USB:

  • USB data not functioning

Voice Recognition:

  • Alexa not stopping on SWC end button press

  • Google Assistant asks for device when commanded to play music

  • Google Assistant extra-long delayed response time

  • No Voice Recognition functions

Stability:

  • Card View takes a long time to load apps

  • Radio doesn't turn on

  • Radio Stays on for a minute after cancelling RAP

  • Reboot

  • System freezes

  • When changing Trailer Maintenance data to 100% the system may crash

  • When exiting camera, the app tray and status bar may disappear, and the transition is not smooth

Non-GMNA fixes:

  • The radio may switch from DAB to FM after an announcement.


Y171 Most Notable Improvements

Important: Improvements will vary by model, build configuration, system, and sales region. Not all vehicles have all features.

Most notable improvements contained in this release may include:

  • Customer may have intermittent drops in audio.

  • When starting the vehicle, the blower motor speed may drop unexpectedly.

  • A customer may not be able to save Favorites or keep a phone paired to the vehicle because it is in the Guest profile with no way to get to the Driver profile.

  • CarPlay might play through the phone instead of the vehicle.

  • There may be no radio audio after a phone call ends.

  • The customer might have no radio audio.

  • Text message playback might play through the phone instead of the vehicle.

  • In the trailering app the brake gain does not save.

  • The customer might have a black screen when using Hulu.

  • The HUD might show audio metadata for too short of a time, or not at all, when changing stations.

  • Google play security patches.


Y169 Most Notable Improvements

Important: Improvements will vary by model, build configuration, system, and sales region. Not all vehicles have all features.

Volume might ramp up to full after using the SWC to increase volume

The system displays "Park Assist with Braking" instead of "Park Assist"

Customer might not be able to hear Google Assistant When there is an incoming call the notification comes up at the same time as the incoming call screen

When changing PTM from Off to On the setting does not apply

The Wi-Fi Hotspot screen will not load

SXM shows the wrong channel

After cycling the speed limit recognition option, if you switch display mode the message will come up "menu unavailable while driving"

No audio with radio volume set to about 40%

If the system is locked with a PIN the cluster maybe blank or show "Application Unavailable"

Customer might see an "Android Auto Could Not Connect" message even though there is no concern

The trailering app may show the wrong make of truck

When pressing the OK button on the "Focus your attention on driving" screen the screen may come back up

When switch from an AM favorite to the SXM Welcome screen the favorite may stay highlighted

When turning the vehicle off and opening the door there could be a Bluetooth disconnected screen that comes up with the "Cancel" option truncated

If the "Back" button is pressed twice in a row it might not take you back to the expected page

SXM favorites greyed out and unavailable

Vehicle might report an unknown fuel type

E-Ray while using electric power might not be updating the dyno pages

Not all DAB Announcements Categories are available

After switching Users or doing an ignition cycle the Previous Trip data may reset

Bluetooth and Android Auto may not automatically connect

HUD might return to default pages after an ignition cycle

"Hummer Improving text layout when switching from Terrain to Offroad drive mode"

Stability improvement

While setting up trailer tire pressure sensors the wrong screen might show

Wi-Fi icon may be greyed out

When changing the language to Arabic the back button did not change

Changing the Startup or Shutdown volume is inconsistent

During an OTA the radio could continue to retry causing a battery drain

When switching to the Driver profile the Android Auto may disconnect

When saving an SXM favorite there may not be a short title

SXM may not show metadata

Norse translation for “Cut/Copy/Paste"

During an OTA the "Install" button may have to be pressed twice

If the customer cancels out of an OTA, the system might not go back to the expected screen

"Hummer Translation update for preconditioning screen"

"Hummer Offroad app may crash"

"Hummer When going into the Pitch and Roll page the screen might go black"

No SXM audio

"Hummer The OnStar Emergency calling screen may not show during certain emergency events"

"E-Ray The value shown on the dyno slider might not match the data in the graphs"

While using Alexa during the quick tour the right side of the screen may show "speaking"

When the data plan expires for the customer, there is no notice when trying to use Alexa

When the trailer tire temperature is high the trailer tire pressure screen on the cluster will flash frequently

When trying to use Google Voice Typing the screen may go back to the previous page

Improving scroll bar graphics in OTA screen

Alexa may not work for playing Spotify music

The customer was able to start using Alexa while in an OnStar call

When trying to add or remove Teen Driver keys the app may crash

CarPlay may get stuck on the incoming call screen

While in CarPlay if you try to use Google Assistant to switch to SXM the screen may go black

When the BCM loses connection with the trailer tire pressure sensors the values for the tires show as dashes

Translation and non-NA fixes

Not all DAB Announcements Categories are available

When changing the language to Arabic the back button did not change

Norse translation for Cut/Copy/Paste"


Y168 Most Notable Improvements:

Important: Improvements will vary by model, build configuration, system, and sales region. Not all vehicles have all features.

Most notable improvements contained in this release may include:

Radio

  • When trying to use Google Assistant with Android Auto and in offline mode, the card view may come up for a second.

  • When pressing the "View terms & data settings" button the keyboard will flash.

  • When switching languages, a "switch to trailer" message might appear.

  • Volume may be stuck on max.

  • Tow Haul reminder may show up more than once during an ignition cycle.

  • The SXM Subscribe button is not greyed out while driving.

  • The trailering app may show a camera option even if the trailer has no camera.

  • The Off-road app may be in day mode while the vehicle is in night mode.

  • The customer is unable to open the Camera app in Accessory mode.

  • The customer may see an "Add New User" pop-up.

  • The customer might see a "Cannot Schedule Update" message come up then disappear.

  • The Engine Shift setting may flicker.

  • The keyboard may be stuck on the screen when leaving the account page.

  • The Maps card view might be missing the button to expand to full screen.

  • Text may not change to night mode properly.

  • The "Back" button may not work from the Trusted Device page.

  • The “Back” button may not work after ending a call.

  • SXM Favorites and On Demand unavailable.

  • SXM may show "Loading" and have no audio.

  • SXM On Demand content may not be displayed.

  • If the customer is trying to move a favorite channel while switching sources at the same time, the audio app may crash.

  • If voice recognition is launched while on the password screen, the screen will close.

  • If you try to enter Drive Mode while the vehicle is off, the app will not launch.

  • In the Trailering app the tire sensor setup may not work.

  • Intermittently there may be no audio from one or multiple speakers.

  • On the Recent page there may be a keyboard shown.

  • If the Back button is pressed during a call the call timer may disappear from the status bar.

  • Dyno page values do not match graph.

  • If the audio is muted, pressing the Previous or Next buttons will unmute.

  • After switching from a new user to Driver on the Auto-lock user page the back button may not work.

  • Buckle to Drive is available for Fleet Driver.

  • CarPlay may show the message "pair a phone" when a phone is already paired.

  • Channel tiles will show the channel name instead of the short description.

  • Chime volume changes may not work properly.

  • Customer may not be able to use the SWC Favorite switch for an ignition cycle.

  • Customer may see a message to pair a phone to make a call, even though a phone is connected.

  • Favorites may not work.

  • A message stating "Cannot manage favorites while driving" may show a second time without driver input.

  • "Trailer Brake Gain Not Recalled" message erroneously displayed.

  • “Auto unlock User Profile” may get turned on automatically after entering the wrong password and backing out of the page.

  • After a phone call ends there may be no audio from the radio.

Phone

  • When tapping the Phone app in the app tray, the tray might disappear.

  • When on a Teams call using Android Auto there may not be a notification of an incoming call.

  • When connected to Wired Android Auto the Phone screen may not have the "Switch Phone" option.

  • There may not be a connection failure message if Bluetooth is turned off on the customers device while the Wireless Android Auto connection is being established.

  • During an OnStar emergency call if you turn TTY off then back on and press the call timer the screen may go black.

  • During an OnStar emergency call the keyboard might show up if swiping on a notification.

IPC

  • When switching from Google Maps to CarPlay the cluster Navigation page may not indicate the change.

  • When there is an inbound call from an unknown number, the call timer on the cluster may flicker.

OTA

  • While checking for available over the air update, if there is an error the back button may take you to the wrong screen.

  • During an Over the air update, if the customer presses the reschedule button they may get a black screen.

Translation

  • Arabic formatting change for "Proper Use Warning" message.

  • Arabic formatting change for Teen Driver.

  • Arabic translation issue for OnStar call timer.

  • Arabic translation issue for road names and remaining distance.

  • Korean translation issue of "Files" in storage screen.

  • Norsk translation issue for "Device is starting" message.

  • Norsk translation issue for "Feature not available while driving" message.

  • Norsk translation issue for "Field cannot be blank" message.

  • Norsk translation issue for "Tap here to authorize this feature" in the Auto-Unlock User Profile screen.

  • Norsk translation issue for Google voice typing.

  • Norsk translation issue for WiFi password changes.


Y167 Most Notable Improvements

Important: Improvements will vary by model, build configuration, system, and sales region. Not all vehicles have all features.

Most notable improvements contained in this release may include:

  1. Radio:

    • AM or FM station stuck for an ignition cycle

    • No rear view camera

    • After performing a factory reset the physical Home button might not work

    • Intermittent XM unavailable message

    • Intermittent no audio at startup

    • The volume bar pop-up screen might not show when adjusting the volume

    • Voice recognition might not work

    • When trying to sign in with a GM account the sign in through Mobil App does not work

    • Latitude gauge goes up and down

    • Tune knob might not change channels

    • Customer is unable to add XM favorites

    • Voice volumes will not change, only audio volume does

    • The Now Playing screen might not show the station number of the channel playing

    • When changing Favorite pages, the > button does not highlight when pressed

    • When trying to log in with a MyGMC account, there is no error if the email format is incorrect

    • In the towing app the wrong vehicle type is shown

    • Intermittently there will be no audio

    • Buckle to Drive might always be on

    • Intermittent rebooting with Device is Starting message

    • XM favorite channels jump when using the SWC

    • Improve readability of MyBrand application

    • XM can only play one channel, the rest show Unavailable in the browse list

    • XM favorites are greyed out

    • Invisible Trailer View Not Functioning

    • When adding a new user there may be multiple blank screen

  2. Phone:

    • CarPlay might stop after ending a call

    • When switching audio from Bluetooth to USB the Bluetooth audio might continue

    • The Add Phone button might not work

    • When making a call, the Search Contacts screen might come up instead of the keypad

    • Android Auto screen slow at launch

    • The First to Connect setting might not save after an ignition cycle

    • CarPlay would not launch

    • Contacts still show after clearing phone numbers

    • After shutting the vehicle off the Handset button for moving an active call is not highlighted

    • Phone calls might have audio echo on the other end of the call (not in vehicle)

    • Phone projection may not connect

    • CarPlay might be slow to launch

  3. IPC:

    • The incorrect language might show on the DIC

    • Dyno Page graph not updating while idling

    • V-mode shown in Drive mode of non-Cadillac vehicles

    • In the Drive Mode pages there is Z-mode when it shouldn't be

    • The sound for the turn signals is out of sync with the cluster indicators

    • Intermittently "Turn your vehicle on" shows on ICS even with vehicle on

  4. OTA:

    • An Over-The-Air update might take a power cycle to complete

    • There is a black screen if the back button is pressed while performing an update





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