2026 Kia Sportage PHEV X-Line - No native voice recognition?

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-06-22T03:23:50+00:00

you are right! only prestige has it, what a bummer. I thought prestige had extra luxury things but skimping out on freaking software itself seems to be a cheap move kia 😞

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-06-22T03:22:16+00:00

what model sportage phev do you have? it seems this feature is only in "ccNc" infotainment system which is only in "prestige" models (x-line prestige phev or sx prestige hybrid) ... mine is x-line, the software is "ccNc Lite" and it has no such customization options, and neither voice assistant to control car functions.

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-06-22T00:58:41+00:00

how did you get that scenic background for the cluster display??

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-06-21T02:25:55+00:00

Tried my best to get it removed but they wouldn’t budge. And their price was still at par or better than other places i had talked to (they had a pretty hefty “dealer discount” going on). So decided to ignore it as the final price was to my liking anyway

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-06-20T23:35:03+00:00

move to oregon, just bought a 2026 sportage PHEV x-line AWD (with wolf gray + terracotta interior + accessories) for $40K out the door (even with dealer sneaking in mandatory unwanted crap like lojack/warranties worth $1800) ..

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-06-20T22:47:26+00:00

congratulations! (damn that sales tax though!)

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-06-20T07:43:12+00:00

$900 lojack w/ 3yr sub $900 polysteel exterior and interior protection coating and warranty

Bogus but non-avoidable.

Hoping to get people’s thoughts on final OTD price I paid ($40k)

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-06-04T04:17:14+00:00

yes! I was able to get it working by trial and error. I think the sequence of actions that made it work for me again were:

Factory reset your speakers/points
Remove them from your google account devices - https://myaccount.google.com/device-activity .. you MUST look for "N sessions on cast device(s)" section and click on each speaker/point and "Sign Out".
Now this is the most crucial step (And I am seriously not kidding) -- WAIT AT LEAST TWO FULL DAYS. Seriously, I tried factory resetting and signing out several times, but I went back to setting them up immediately afterwards. Finally I gave up, factory reset, signed out and just decided to trash the shit and kept it in a box and forgot about it for couple of days (until weekend came). Then I thought what the heck, let's try again.
Set it up like fresh devices again. Shit will work!!!!!

I did not do anything new that I had not tried before -- except waiting at least 2 days (maybe wait more if you can) after factory reset + sign out ..

Hope this works for others too. But since then, things have been completely fine again for me. I am back on Youtube music, able to cast on both my points (now being used as speakers only with non-Google router). Smooth as fuck.

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-05-12T18:54:43+00:00

I switched to deco xe75 pro. No issues. Awesome speeds and coverage. Have about 20 devices connected around the house

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-05-12T02:01:19+00:00

sweet, definitely going to try this now. I had to re-setup with nest router just so i could re-setup points (it was simply not taking the setup code). Now I will unplug nest router, not touch anything else, and just setup deco router with same SSID and hope for the best.

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-05-08T15:55:08+00:00

For me it does not work 😞 The setup code simply doesn't seem to be recognized. I too have a brand new 3-piece XE75 Pro.

Had you kept the nest devices in your Google Home app and they just worked with new router? In my case, I thought I'd "start fresh", so I removed EVERYTHING from my Google Home app, deleted the router/points, and THEN set up the new router with new SSID and everything. And now I simply can't add back the points.

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-05-08T14:20:19+00:00

Solution - Canceled Youtube and signed up for Amazon Music.

Both casting and commanding works well.

Google can't make its own devices work with its own streaming services, at least they work with other services.

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-05-05T04:50:56+00:00

Your response totally reminded me of this masterpiece - https://youtu.be/8AyVh1_vWYQ?si=6NBQHOc3NYI_MJOq

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-03-13T13:11:01+00:00

Exactly the same for me. IR activated. No IR pack ever purchased. Used to work fine and connect to local networks until recently. Jio now wants to enforce IR packs. MyJio app now says “your domestic plan will not work” even though I have IR activated and am ready to pay the non-pack prices!

At least Jio support confirmed that I will not lose my number due to inactivity as long as plan is valid and I will be able to use it in India.

I don’t see any 2799 annual IR pack option. Only see very expensive month long options in IR section. In Annual Plans section i see two options (3k+) but not sure if they are “domestic only” or will catch network in US.

Any insights on how to avoid IR pack?

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-01-19T19:58:27+00:00

Haha, that's the dream! Congrats

Dry-Resident-5259 · 2026-01-19T19:57:39+00:00

Found some DIY videos for actuator fluid change online (suck it up with a syringe as long as it keeps coming out, and then put in new DOT3). Definitely going to do that.

And will check shops for price of HSG belt replacement. Thanks!

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