Finally received the 2018.12 update today and installed it. Obviously I don't have the maps yet so I will have to wait for it to activate or download. With regards to MCU performance, there seems to be some improvement. Unfortunately, I didn't take any baseline time measurements before the upgrade so all my observations are based on seat-of-the-pants measurements. Certain actions seems to be snappier than before while others are about the same. It's possible the real gains occur once the maps are downloaded and activated. Here are some observations:
- Map Zooming: Zooming in and out seems to be faster and nearly instantaneous in certain cases. However, if a large amount of redrawing has to occur, the speed is the same as before. I'm guessing there is some caching going on here to improve resizing response.
- Route Mapping: Calculating the route to a destination appears to be considerably faster than before. I tried mapping routes to previous destinations within the last 2 weeks and the route calculation time seems to be cut in half.
- Soft Keyboard Response: Pulling up the keyboard in the navigation screen is snappier. Typing is more responsive as well. In the past, the letters would appear slowly as I typed which was really frustrating.
That's it for now. Let me know if I'm imagining all of the this.