Stra-da! It’s Panasonic’s new sat-nav

Pull over Garmin, get out of the road TomTom; Panasonic’s up behind you flashing its lights and honking its horn – and it means business. Debuting its Strada sat-navs in Europe, the Euro-mapped CN-GP50N is the first Panny to arrive on our shores. Sporting a huge 5in widescreen it’s got some nice touches under that polished black hood.First up are those 3D buildings popping up over London and other cities to punctuate the flat maze of streets ahead. Second, it has Lane Assist to let you know exactly which section of tarmac you should be filtering into before you end up sucked into the wrong traffic flow, never to return.All the usual top-spec additions are on there too, including Bluetooth, a media player, optional TMC traffic updates and it’ll take accept voice commands to save you tapping away while doing 100 feet per second down the motorway. Mmm, safety conscious.Essentials Panasonic CN-GP50N Price: €400 On sale: October Contact: Panasonic Related stories: Garmin Nuvi 700s lend a helping hand Sony Bluetooths its Nav-U TomTom 920 T conquers Europe and America

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home