The GO9 XSE is a fully-featured chartplotter/echosounder with support for the widest available range of cartography options including C-MAP® MAX-N, Navionics®, Insight® and Insight Genesis®. Automatic routing brings the convenience of in-car navigation to boating, helping you to plot a route with less delay. Simply select a destination, and your GO9 XSE display will suggest the shortest, safest route taking into consideration the draught and dimensions of your vessel. This feature is available with Navionics+ or Navionics Platinum charts (Navionics Autorouting), and with C-MAP MAX-N+ charts.

The Simrad GO9 XSE is fully customisable to suit your vessel and your favourite on-water activities from power boating, to fishing, to water sports. Customise your home screen with shortcuts to the features you use most, and personalise it with your choice of wallpaper. Adjustable split-screen views and customisable panel layouts let you see everything you need on-screen at once, whatever your activity.

Whether fishing is your life or just a casual hobby, any fishing trip will benefit from the extensive array of built-in sonar technology on the Simrad GO9 XSE. Add a suitable transducer, available separately or bundled with your display, and the GO9 XSE works as a powerful fishfinder with CHIRP-enabled broadband sonar for clear detection of fish throughout the water column. With an optional HDI or TotalScan transducer, the GO9 XSE also offers StructureScan HD sidescan imaging for a picture-like view of fish-holding structure beneath and around your boat.

With Wi-Fi built in, the Simrad GO9 XSE provides direct access to GoFree cloud services including easy wireless map downloads and software updates. On the water, GoFree connects the Simrad GO9 XSE to your mobile devices, mirroring your display's screen on your smartphone or giving you full remote control from your tablet with the free GoFree Controller app.

An extensive list of safety and entertainment plug-ins including including Transducers, SonicHub®2 Marine Audio, Class B AIS and DSC VHF are available to complete your network.