THERE’S no need to waste time punching addresses into your MINI’s sat-nav now that a new upgrade will let you plan your trip from your smartphone.

Available to download from mid-August, the MINI Streetwise app lets users plan ahead and have the route automatically hooked up to the car’s navigation system when they start the journey.

The app makes use of personal driving data together with the user’s own past trips and shows information such as journey duration and fuel consumption. It works out the current location and displays all destinations recorded to date and the best routes on the smartphone.

If several drives to the same destination have already been recorded, MINI Streetwise will calculate the user’s personal best route as the recommended option. Clicking on the destination pin calls up the estimated time of arrival together with alternative routes, including data such as distance, journey duration and fuel consumption.

Users can choose to have the places displayed on a map or as a list.

This same information can also be displayed in the centre console display once the smartphone has been connected to the MINI.

The upgrade also simplifies the display console showing location, fuel level, potential range and last journey recorded under the menu item “Status”. Clicking on the location opens a map view showing the route to the parked car.