First Look: Polestar 4 Adds Google’s Live Lane Guidance — Is This the Best In-Car Navigation Yet?

Polestar is leaning into its promise of stress-free driving by becoming the first original equipment manufacturer to bring Google Maps’ live lane guidance straight into the 10.2 inch driver display in Polestar 4. If you have ever battled a tangle of highway merges or tried to guess the correct lane in heavy traffic, this is the kind of quiet tech that actually changes the way you feel behind the wheel.

The approach stays true to Polestar’s driver centric user experience philosophy. The feature uses advanced on-device artificial intelligence to understand where the vehicle is on the road, analyzing lane markings and road signs captured by one of the forward facing cameras. On the display, drivers see a clean visualization that shows all available lanes for the selected route and clearly highlights the lane the car is already in. When a change is coming up, Google Maps adds timely visual and audio nudges so you can glide over with confidence instead of making last-second moves.

This is not just another app window. It is deep integration. Because it lives in the driver display, guidance sits naturally within your line of sight and pairs with familiar Google Maps routing. The result is less mental math, fewer missed exits, and a calmer conversation between you and the car during tough commutes.

Polestar and Google have been building toward this since 2020, when Polestar 2 launched with Google built in. Now Polestar 4 will debut live lane guidance on highways, with rollout beginning in the United States and Sweden through over the air updates in the coming months. More markets and road types are on the roadmap, which means your car keeps getting better while it sits in the garage.

This is the kind of upgrade that does not shout for attention, but you notice it the first time it quietly saves you from an awkward cross-lane dash. It is an elegant blend of camera vision, onboard intelligence, and thoughtful interface work that respects your focus. If you enjoy technology that removes friction rather than adding it, this is a win.