Looking for a good GPS - Touring, no off road. Considering Garmin Zumo XT - thoughts?

[Snoking1127]

I must be doing something wrong with my Garmin XT. When I import a route, either from Base Camp, Google Maps, or other sources, the XT will display the route but will not give turn by turn directions. Can someone explain the full procedure? Maybe I'm missing a step, or maybe I need to load it through the Garmin Drive App, which I haven't tried yet. I've had Garmin products for decades and this is the only one where I've never been able to get the turn by turn directions to work on an imported route.

Thanks in advance.

I have Cardo Spirit HD intercoms. I can get T-by-T and/or music from the Zumo XT or the Android phone directly or activation via the carplay/android auto display. My Cardo unit is bluetoothed to Pixel 8 Pro and the Zumo XT, and linked to my passengers helmet for intercom. Zumo has my music on a micro SD card and music is stored in phone memory. Cardo will mute Zumo or phone music when T-by-T directions come from either source.

There are a combination of settings in the devices to get this all working correctly. My latest project is to learn voice control over navigation, like continuing to next way point via android auto. I gave up most routing via the Zumo and use it as an easy way to select to navigate to HOME, other saved favorites, and to play music. And I like that it shows the speed limit on the map screen and gives warnings.