Doesn't Work!!! Why remake the wheel?! Just support google auto already! I love my 2017 Forester but I'm really bummed about the lack of good software for the nice 7 inch touch screen. It would be great to see my phones map and navigation on the large screen.

Disappointing so far. Bluetooth works but is glitchy with staying connected or when switching users. Music display stays on same song while it plays other music... No way to get google maps or waze showing with mirrorlink so you get a 2016 premium vehicle that still needs a phone suction cupped to the windshield while the giant 7" screen shows the wrong song info...

Very disappointed I bought a 2016 Forester and none of the Starling features work on it . My 2004 Ford had more features working on it then my new car. I hope Subaru comes up with some kind updates. The car comes with some really lame apps and you cannot upload/download anything or mirror your phone.

Pandora can start the Pandora app on my phone via BT but starlink can't start starlink? Weak. I also hate that there is no mirror link. I want to display WAZE on the screen so I don't have to keep looking at my phone. I know that the capability is there. I'll have to go after market (probably android auto based) and take out the crappy starlink based system in my 16 WRX.

Second star only for great idea. Limited and odd app selection (news while driving,really? Give me the freaking Google maps!) Very slow and error prone. Need an extra time before driving to connect and load content, if works at all. Subaru, release an update and make it usable because right now it is an abominable shame. I'll be waiting

Lame beyond explanation Dog slow, takes forever to change songs, really just an amazing disappointment. Clearly no one at Subaru has ever used this, that, or their expectations for quality are far below the that of everyone else here. Honestly, when was the last time you saw a 1.7 star app from a legitimate vendor??? It's time for Subaru to dump this junk and support Android Auto.

Not all bad Totally agree with everybody about the starlink app on the head unit... Totally useless. But if you have this all installed on your phone along with the aha or Pandora app, you can use the Pandora and aha apps in the head unit seamlessly. Works better than having to switch to Bluetooth input.

What a joke Spent a small fortune on a fully loaded 2015 Crosstrek with the Nav and Eyesight options. I was looking forward to the mirrorlink only to find out feature is worthless for anyone with a phone with mirrolink 1.1 I've emailed corporate and received the canned response about hopefully it'll be fixed with an update in the near future.. A buddy just bought a 2016 Outback and guess what new navs have mirrorlink feature working.. Hey Subaru I'm still waiting on the firmware update to use my mirrorlink feature

Why in the LOVE of Subaru... How could they mess this up this badly? If the infotainment system isn't bad enough... this app is somewhat useless and lags ALL the time. Dont get me wrong, the 2016 Subaru Legacy Limited that I drive is great, but the technology and the app--why can't they just stick with Android Auto or Apple Auto, or at least make Mirror link work in the US??? Subaru, please listen to your fans.

Needs work! I'm afraid this app is useless with my 2016 Subaru Forester and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. I can get it to work for Weather, Calendar, News and Music but the interface is poorly designed. Might as well just use the phone and the Bluetooth audio connection. What would be great would be a way of simply mirroring the phone screen in landscape mode on the 7" navigation/infotainment touch screen.

Absolutely Horrible! This app does not pair or work properly with Starlink equipped Headunit. Like many I have a 2016 Subaru WRX, and completely unable to use this app. Someday it works and sometimes it doesn't. The app itself has not been updated since 2014. It promises things it cannot deliver. When I am able to get it to connect the functionality is poor and slow. Im better off replacing headunit, or using my phone. Do not bother using this app, or expecting it to work. MirrorLink is not supported either.

Falls way short.. Good concept, The car app won't recognized the phone being connected even with the blue tooth connection already established, but I shouldn't have to start up the app on my phone in order for it to function when I already have my phone synced with the car. Plus it runs way to slow, as well as the other apps for the car to start up

What a completely disappointing app. This had the potential to be so much better. It is slow, clunky, not very intuitive and just pointless. There are only a few apps yoy can download to use on Starlink, and they're a waste of time. For the weather you have to turn on your GPS & Bluetooth, start Starlink, hope it actually connects, then navigate to the weather -which is not even in real time! I wish Subaru, or whoever they paid to create this, would either rewrite the entire thing with actual user input, or better yet just install mirrorlink or something like it. Then at least it would it.

Missed the Mark Starlink is a sorry answer to the technology offered by other manufacturers. The Bluetooth features in my 2012 Impreza functioned much better than Starlink. Sluggish does not begin to describe the ineffective usability of the application. Totally defeats the purpose of the hands free attempt. Faster to do everything directly with the phone. If I had tried this out prior to the purchase, I would have bought a different brand.

If I produced similar quality work for my company, I would not only be fired, I'd be blacklisted, and deservedly so. The fact that it's so awful, and has not been even slightly improved since I leased my Subaru a year ago, feels like contempt. To offer nothing but this, and then to leave it completely ignored...no, even worse, to "update" it but fix nothing... it feels like they spit on my car and walked away, laughing. I've always wanted a Subaru. Now I want a Subaru with the technology and software I expected to come with a vehicle with high standards and reviews. I spend a lot of time in my car; and if I can't find a way to replace the system, then I'll replace the car. Where the heck are the 80 or so five-star reviews coming from? If someone has found a way to make this useful, interesting and an asset, then please, give me the secret.

Starlink version 1.0 Hi Subaru, I don't understand why your new cars 2016 and 2015 head units have starlink version 1.0 when all the new phones have 2.0. I think is easy to understand if we buy a new car we are not going to have a 3 years old phone. Please update the software to have 2.0 starlink

Why did they bother? Yup, all the negative reviews were right. The question is, why does Subaru even bother with this feature if they know it's useless for the end user? Poorly designed, very hard to navigate. I gave if a chance, but soon deleted it from my phone. Great car, horrible smart phone interface, nice try Subaru, but you failed in this department.

Subaru dropped the ball Horrible system. It's very slow, and there's no maps. I end up using the default blue tooth on the car. There should be a nationwide update to the systems on this. It's almost enough for me to recommend that people look at other cars.

Subaru actually paid to have this developed? This is a complete letdown. It's obvious that minimal effort is being put into this app's development. Starlink as a whole seems antiquated, and I've only had the new car for a little over a week.

Love my Subaru, hate this app What's the point? You should def get your people on making this app much more productive and user friendly-- Examples: maintenance reminders linked w/ onboard logs, Keyless entry, enable alarm system from a distance, car finder/parking locator, link in to Google maps or Waze for up to date traffic conditions would be awesome!!! The possibilities are endless

Worthless! I wish Subaru would take building an app to interface with your vehicle seriously. App has almost zero practical functionality! Feels like the made this just to say they have an app.

Really bad This app and the software in my 2015 Subaru Crosstreck is so very disapointing. It's like the dark ages of technology. Had I understood it's limits I would have bought a different car!

Waste of time Subaru I waited to buy a 2015 Outback because of the promise of the upgraded infotainment system. This app along with the infotainment system is really useless. Slow, glitchy and just so frustrating. Would rather have had the older system so I could just replace it with an aftermarket unit.

Is this a joke? I'm not sure how this application can be so bad. What's the point of Subaru's program hear? So many questions, so few answers. There's no apparent reason to install this application. Everything you want to accomplish can likely be done via Bluetooth.

Slow and glitchy Unbelievable that you spend so much money on a car in 2016, when technology is consistently advancing computer, tablet, and phone speeds. Yet, Subaru Starlink has the response time of a 1980s IBM desktop. Ridiculous

How is this any more convenient? Not sure what this app is for, everything here is equally accessible from the touch screen. I could get behind it if I could at least use it to connect to my car for remote starts outside of my 70' fob range. Mirrorlink? Carplay? I want to like this app, badly. I just can't find a reason to use it. The Car itself OTOH is very useful.

Hard to use, basically useless My dealer made it sound like this would change my car and driving experience. No...not at all. I can't see using this to improve anything in my life. If developers are reading this: other than revamping the entire app, why not add a GPS to it to screen on moniter? That would be helpful.

Such a horrible application and head unit system. There are no updates, useful tools or anything. There's such lag and connection issues is easier to use an aux cable. Most apps are such bugged junk such as aha, it needs major updates and improvements to compare to even head units and their applications of 5 years ago.

Garbage App Almost want to trade in my car for a newer model that final supports Android natively. This app is horrible: slow and buggy. Bluetooth and any other app works way better.

Love my 2016 Subaru, Hate This! Come on Subaru! Please give us something useful instead of this. Android Auto would be good. You have great cars so why let this app blemish your good reputation?

This app literally does nothing I don't understand this app. I just get a black and blue starlink screen when I open it. The system in the case isn't the best either. So laggy and as others have said, easier to just use your phone

Great concept, terrible execution! I concur with my fellow Subaru owners. This App is useless! Subaru you really missed the boat on this one. Yes it's hard to capture ever phones' operating system; however it doesn't appear that it works with any. I love my Subie, on my third one but I am not loving this disfunction App. :(

Nice concept but lags Also mirrorlink doesn't work, what a dissapointment. I've been troubleshooting, downloaded the apps that are mirrorlink certified. Only to find out my head unit has 1.0 and my phone has mirrorlink 1.1 which is not backwards compatible. There NEEDS to be a firmware update so that the head unit actually works with mirrorlink

Waste of time Very disappointing. I am glad I got the basic radio so I can pull the pos out and install a decent stereo with real apps and real voice commands

I would give this 0 stars if I could. This app renders the starlink feature on my car completely useless. After installing this app, my phone could not connect to the car's bluetooth, and I was completely unable to use pandora, or buetooth audio. This problem was not resolved by any device resets (phone or sterio). The problem went away immediately after uninstalling this worthless broken app. How can Subaru possibly use Starlink as a marketing point when they have not updated the App since October of 2014??!?! Stick to making cars, Subaru, Apps are clearly not your thing....

Subaru forgot how to japan...... God dammit subaru. You make an amazing car then forget how to technology. Please for god sakes fire your techs hire new ones. They are bringing great shame upon you and their families......

Useless app Even had some Corp. People of subaru try to get it to work on my 2016 legacy and they could not do it. Promised to get back to me. We will see

Disappointing UPDATE: The update I received today made no improvement to the functionality of this app other than a slight increase in speed (still slow though). Original review: This app is far behind the industry, which is disappointing coming from a company like Subaru. It is unacceptably slow, doesn't integrate with any popular applications (Google music, etc) and provides no functionality that makes me want to keep it on my phone.

Unbelievably Bad on my 2016 Crosstrek Really Subaru? I love my new Crosstrek but Starlink is a total joke. What's the purpose? The potential is there for it to be a great addition to the user experience but it's useless and hopelessly slow in it's current state. Please get some decent developers to unlock the potential and make this worthwhile to use.

useless app not sure what the point is of this app? music can be controlled easier via direct connection of your phone via bluetooth and weather is already provided on your head unit without needing this app. Subaru: get rid of this 'feature' and just offer Android Auto