BYD Seal tips, tricks and help

[Pib]

On 5/8/2025 at 8:36 AM, Andrew Dwyer said:

Seen quite a lot on FB Thai BYD groups about this as the GBox wasn’t permitted for vehicles apparently.

 

Seen a couple of posts about having this app uploaded at dealerships but haven’t seen any reviews about its performance.

 

I would assume that this doesn’t allow videos to be played in anything other than Park mode which i always felt rather controversial with GBox and suspect the major reason for it being blocked.

 

As is the Thai way i saw a lot of workarounds offered to “ unblock “ GBox, sideload other apps including this gpack and another called gspace without waiting for the Rever solution.

 

If i get the call i will go to the showroom but the novelty of GBox/gpack ( and even g spot ! ) has worn off for me now.

 

 

Today I had my Atto's 24 month/40,000Km checkup (actually I'm only at approx 19 months and a little over 39,000Km)....all free which Bt3,455 if I had to pay for it.   I also as "optional" maintenance had the A/C "evaporator" coil cleaned...the evap coil is the one in/under the dashboard and not the A/C condenser coil in front of the radiator....price for A/C evaporator cleaning was Bt1,701 out of my pocket. Expect the cost would be very, very similar for a Seal.

 

During the service checkup the BYD dealership uninstalled the inop Gbox and installed the replacement called GPack.   I have not played with Dpack yet.  Below are two snapshot showing GPack in its virgin state immediately after dealership install.   Once your press one of the Dpack icon it ask you to log into your Google acct (expect this a one time thing)...then you could install apps and use them. The BYD rep did mention you can play Youtube videos while driving.   That's all I know about DPack at this point in time....but it is now living in my Atto.

 

Screen showing GPack icon

 

Screen that appears after tapping above DPack icon.  I expect these are just suggested apps to install....give you an idea....load more as desired/required.

 

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

On 5/9/2025 at 8:18 PM, Pib said:

 

 

Today I had my Atto's 24 month/40,000Km checkup (actually I'm only at approx 19 months and a little over 39,000Km)....all free which Bt3,455 if I had to pay for it.   I also as "optional" maintenance had the A/C "evaporator" coil cleaned...the evap coil is the one in/under the dashboard and not the A/C condenser coil in front of the radiator....price for A/C evaporator cleaning was Bt1,701 out of my pocket. Expect the cost would be very, very similar for a Seal.

 

During the service checkup the BYD dealership uninstalled the inop Gbox and installed the replacement called GPack.   I have not played with Dpack yet.  Below are two snapshot showing GPack in its virgin state immediately after dealership install.   Once your press one of the Dpack icon it ask you to log into your Google acct (expect this a one time thing)...then you could install apps and use them. The BYD rep did mention you can play Youtube videos while driving.   That's all I know about DPack at this point in time....but it is now living in my Atto.

 

Screen showing GPack icon

 

Screen that appears after tapping above DPack icon.  I expect these are just suggested apps to install....give you an idea....load more as desired/required.

 

 

Anything to add on the gpack setup @Pib or is it comparable with gbox ?

 

Anything mention of a system update ?

 

Seeing talk about an update to enable the car to start when unlocking ( ala MG4 ? ) and a 4 digit code required before driving away ( both optional I think ) in the UK/Europe posts.

From what i can gather the code is a mandatory security step if auto start enabled, okay so makes driving away more time consuming than pressing start button but is a security step that has been requested by many.

 

Only seen on Seal groups as don’t follow the Atto groups anymore but don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be implemented on Atto also, you seen anything ?

 

Of course it could be country dependent and not destined for Thailand anyway.

 

And yes i would feel like Jason Statham in the Transporter movies dialling a security code in before speeding off ….. i already have the JS haircut !!

[Pib]

1 minute ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Anything to add on the gpack setup @Pib or is it comparable with gbox ?

 

No...I haven't got a chance to play with GPack....it's low on my list of things to do.