Based on what you just described, it would not be worth it to you.
You need a subscription to do the wifi hotspot, but that is also an additional fee on top of the Uconnect fee. However, it does not use your phones data.

Just going off of memory from my free trial, it allows for the remote start and lock/unlock via the phone app, it gives you the ability to make emergency calls and contact Chrysler via the buttons on the rearview mirror, add the Wifi hotspot (extra $$)...and some other features with voice texting. I don't recall the rest.

 

GREAT QUESTION! I paid for this option too and I don't have a clue what it is or what it does. Someone posted "remote start from my phone app" ??? This works on a tradesman? Sign me up! How do I set this function up?

 

You subscribed to Uconnect without knowing what it does?

The best answer I can give you is to read your manual, but in short, you have to create an account with Uconnect, download the app to your phone and then you have to go through some kind of activation process on your touch screen. That's as much as I can remember....again, read your manual.

 

I didn't "sign up". It was an option on my truck when I bought it. Do I get a free trial subscription?

 

Ahh, I see.
I don't know what the current offerings are but on my 15 (purchased one year ago), it came with the 8.4A and it came with a 6-month free trial. I've heard the 8.4AN's have a 1-year free trial. I do not know what is offered on the systems below the 8.4A's.

You should sign up for your free trial soon, since if I recall correctly, you had to either sign up within 30 days....or at least your free trial would start 30 days after you took delivery and the clock would start ticking at that point, but again, only if you signed up.

 

Thanks for the info. I will be looking into this.

 

Uconnect isnt worth what their asking price is after the trial expires. It is $149.99 a year, here is the link that explains some of the features

Pricing and Availability of Uconnect® Access

 

U connect is really good if your always in your truck!

 

Wifi does not use your phone plan data. You buy a day, week or month and you get 3G data from Sprint's network. I don't recall seeing a data limit and I think you can buy the wifi access outside of the uconnect subscription. Steaming music through the uconnect access app, does use data from your plan. You'll still have the ability to use the streaming without the subscription.

Jeff

 

I just checked, you have to have a Uconnect subscription to add wifi.

 

I had the free trial when I bought my truck and unless you have WiFi limitations on your phone its not really worth it. Plus its only 3G service which is slower than most peoples cell phones already.

 

I'm assuming it is, but all of the above is for 8.4 only, right? Not 5.0?