TomTom Via 135

TomTom Via 135 review

Voice recognition is a technological dream that we all feel our devices should be capable of - even our sat navs. Are we ready for our in-car companions to listen to us while we're out and about? Movies and novels have had us talking to computers since the 60s, while recent advances with Apple's Siri, Google Now, Samsung's S Voice and more have had us trying to trick our phones with our speech. But can a voice input help when you can't take your hands off the wheel to change your destination? TomTom certainly hopes so in its latest entrant to the sat nav market, the voice-controlled TomTom Via 135.TomTom calls its voice recognition system Speak & Go, and this is the main selling point of the TomTom Via 135. Before we get on to the particulars of the voice recognition side of things, it's worth spending a little time looking at the rest of the package. The TomTom Via 135 is a 5-inch car satellite navigation device that offers up maps for the UK and Ireland and makes use of TomTom's IQ Routes technology, which makes it scarily accurate at predicting when you'll arrive at your destination.