Android 2024 to 2025 free updates available NOW
This page is for those who have purchased and installed our Android charts within the last 12 months, by download (or if included on a 2024 USB)
(Note: The name of your current chartset can be seen top left corner when you list charts by tapping the button with 2 arrows going in a circle in Marine Navigator app)
Android Charts 2024-2025 update: In all cases this is by download only, even if you received them originally on DVD/USB. This will ONLY update working 2024 versions to 2025. And it will only update the chart package you originally installed, on the machine it is currently working on. No re- registering required. Price : Free for 2024 chart purchasers
NO re-registration required.
1. Get your Android going and showing the charts as normal. Tap the chartlist button, (the 2 arrows going in a circle) and note the name of the chartset you have installed. Check that it matches one of the update download options below.
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2. Download the correct update DIRECT TO YOUR TARGET ANDROID DEVICE from the update link below, to match the chartset you have installed. Wait till it's fully downloaded and in your downloads folder CHECK IT IS ACTUALLY THERE, NOT IN SOME OTHER LOCATION LIKE "My Favourites" etc... Make sure Marine Navigator can "see" the update package when you choose "IMPORT" DO NOT IMPORT into Marine Navigator at this stage.
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3.. With your existing charts showing on the Android, tap the chartlist button (the 2 arrows going in a circle), see your list of charts, and then tap the blue folder (named something like vmhUK-IRL2023a) in the top left hand corner of the screen. You will get a list of any chart folders you have already got installed. . For a "clean" update install it's best to DELETE the original chartset..Long Press DELETE.
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Downloads:
Update 1. " vmhUK-IRL2024b" was available by download from Jan 2024 up till mid Jan 2025, (price £9.99 or £14.95). It was bundled with the Unified Charts UK/IRL 2024 by download or on USB. This will NOT update 2023 purchases (even if you updated them for free in 2024)..you need to re-purchase.
Download update direct to Android device (882 Mb-826 charts) Tap HERE
Chartsets with foreign coverage:
Update 2. " vmhUK-NC2024b " was available by download from Jan 2024 till mid Jan 2025, at £32 odd and bundled with Unified Charts UK-Near Continent 2024 by download or on USB. This will NOT update 2023 purchases (even if you updated them for free in 2024)..you need to re-purchase.
Download direct to Android device (1.18 Gb- 1010 charts) Tap Here
Update 3. " vmhALL2024b " was available by download from Jan 2024 till mid Jan 2025. This was also bundled with the Unified Charts "All" 2024 by download or on USB. This will NOT update 2023 purchases (even if you updated them for free in 2024)..you need to re-purchase. Important note: The "ALL" chartset will not be available again in 2025. If you have the 2024 edition this is the last chance to get a 2025 version of this chartset.
Download direct to Android device (1.56 Gb - 1330 charts) Tap Here
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4.Go back to Marine Navigator and "IMPORT" the update .zip folder you downloaded in step 1.
Once all the charts are imported close Marine Navigator, switch Android off, then on again. No chart re-activation required.
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5. When you start Marine Navigator you should see the pink bar rising up the chartlist button. Charts should be ready to use.
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Important note: The updated chartset will STILL have exactly the SAME NAME and year as the original. You can verify they have been updated 2024 to 2025 by looking at chart 0002-0, (that's the UK-Ireland chart shown in the image above). It will have 2025 Edition stamped on it clearly (approx location Birmingham, inland)
Notes: New UK, IRL, BE, NL, ES & PT charts are from ist Jan 2025. FR charts are from Dec 2024.