Locations Services

"Locations Services Off" also referred to as Location Masking, is a feature in select 2019 and beyond Infotainment 3 systems that allows customers to enable or disable location services in their vehicle. This allows customers to control what data is being sent from their vehicle, and has important implications for other connected services.

The default setting is "Locations Services On", however, customers can enable or disable Locations Masking in two ways:

1. Press and hold the white button next to the blue OnStar® button in the overhead console.
2. In the Setting menu, select System>Privacy>Location Services>ON or OFF.

• Look for the white LOCATIONS SERVICES icon in the status bar on the Home Screen, next to the clock and outside temperature in the lower right corner of the screen.
• When Locations Services are On, there will be no circle around the icon.
• When the Locations Services are Off, the icon will be circled in red.

Certain functions that require the vehicle's location may not operate properly when Location Services are Off, including:

• Connected Navigation services, if equipped and active, will not work (the system will operate as a non-connected Navigation system)
• Speech recognition may not offer full functionality
• OnStar advisors will be unable to provide Turn-by-Turn Navigation services
• Customers may receive error messages in their myChevrolet, myBuick, myGMC, or myCadillac mobile app when trying to use Vehicle Locate.
• Some features of Smart Driver may be inoperable or not work properly, including the score being replaced by dashes