BMW does a great job implementing Carplay... when implemented. ?
Wireless Carplay in my BMW is flawless.
Wireless Carplay in my BMW is flawless.
The thing that annoys me is BMW haven’t even been in touch. I was given a delivery date of April. Now it’s July. No BMW i3’s have shipped with the current head unit since March. So I can leave my order on and hope something changes (doubtful) or find a nearly new one that matches the specification I ordered.I'm kinda glad I got my X5m when I did. I was able to order the exact car that I wanted with no options deleted. I'm glad I'm not in the market for a new car now.
Not when you're spending thousands of dollars on a luxury vehicle, no.That’s a bit dramatic, no?
If you want a less functional car, you can absolutely still have that.Just wait until Apple requires a subscription to CarPlay. I kind'a miss the simplicity of this era....
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They had to change the chip supplier (making the previous software unable to work).Am I missing something? How would an ota update add Carplay if there's chip shortage? Wouldn't that mean a chip is needed to provide this function need to be physically soldered or plugged into the cars infotainment system?
The chip is there, but just a different chip than they used before. So a software update is required so CarPlay works with the new chip design.Am I missing something? How would an ota update add Carplay if there's chip shortage? Wouldn't that mean a chip is needed to provide this function need to be physically soldered or plugged into the cars infotainment system?
Unfortuaily for the consumers, it's a a sellers market so either you take it or walkaway. Have you looked outside of your home state?The thing that annoys me is BMW haven’t even been in touch. I was given a delivery date of April. Now it’s July. No BMW i3’s have shipped with the current head unit since March. So I can leave my order on and hope something changes (doubtful) or find a nearly new one that matches the specification I ordered.
They'll do that when Apple stops shipping devices with promised features that come a year later like universal control.Maybe BMW should delay full payment until all features are present.
Curious, did your car come with a CD player? Mine didn't and I hear many others these days don't. While I get that we're in "new times" where they want to make the console less cluttered, make way for bigger screens, etc., I still have plenty of CDs on hand. I do have Sirius XM, and use music from internet, but I do go through areas at times where I don't have internet access.I have a BMW with CarPlay and I never use CarPlay. The BMW's own navigation and software are superior to anything that CarPlay can offer.
Buy an Apple Watch. Set iPhone in console. To Apple Watch, directions to ? All done, Apple Watch will tap you on needed turns, iPhone connected to audio will say out loud. No need whatsoever for Apple CarPlay to use maps. Use it all the time, no CarPlay.A lot of people seem to really appreciate using Apple Maps or Google Maps in place of their car’s default navigation display, and CarPlay/Android Auto allows your car’s in-car entertainment setup to control audio playback settings on your phone (so media control buttons on your steering wheel [a feature of some cars, especially luxury cars] can control music playback on your phone). Those are two advantages to CarPlay that immediately come to mind without having used it. (Besides, since BMW makes CarPlay compatible cars in Europe, I’m pretty sure that means they have manual transmission cars with CarPlay. Manual transmission and fancy tech toys are hardly incompatible. Edit: If I may firmly plant my tongue in cheek [and engage in some self deprecation] your truck’s chief anti-theft device is that it’s 22 years old! It’s okay, I was driving a 2003 until it gave up the ghost [and before I could afford a new car, I ended up moving to a place where cars are expensive and public transportation decent enough where I don’t need one for now, but I do miss driving for fun])
Tesla charges $12,000 to people for full self-driving feature that hasn't been delivered in 4+ years. And owners happily pay for something they have yet to get years later.Maybe BMW should delay full payment until all features are present.
Totally agree with you.Well, that is annoying. It’s 2022, why would anyone want to buy a vehicle without CarPlay.
Also, what's the guarantee that it will be available to the customers by end of June?
Well I’m not in the States, but I’m looking all over the U.K. That was how I found out about the change of head unit. I was asking other BMW dealerships to send me details of cars they had in stock and found out the standard speck had changed.Unfortuaily for the consumers, it's a a sellers market so either you take it or walkaway. Have you looked outside of your home state?
For me because I was ordering an M model each dealer only gets a certain amount of allocations per month/year. I just happened to be at the right time and place when was looking.
Certain things I could see being ok on. Certain things are non negotiable for me especially since I own and not lease. If I lease I wouldn't care "as much" as in a 2 years or so I'd get a new car. But since I own and plan to keep the car, I want it with my specs. If I'm spending a nice chunk of money on a luxury care the few hundred dollars "credit" doesn't mean much to the bottom line. I was reading if you order the massaging seats its only the driver and not the passenger side since they have a passenger lumber delete it won't work and the credit is only like $300...
VW is shipping some cars without rear sensors due to chip shortages. They do give a $450 credit and it’s on the sticker, but lack ofrear cross traffic alert sucks considering how nobody stopsfor backup lights anymore.
That’s the way car technology works though isn’t it? Once you get a car with a feature you’ve not had, it’s something you’ll never buy a car without it again.My pickup has the rear cross traffic, lane change, backup and front parking sensors. This is the first vehicle I've had with this package.
It's all ready paid for itself with things I haven't backed into, people who haven't hit me coming out of my driveway, and cars I haven't side swiped on the highway. It's worth every penny it added to the cost of the vehicle, and I won't buy another without it.
As you note, my truck is 22 years old and my car is 24 years old. A bit of humor I tell people is that not only are my vehicles old enough to drive, they are old enough to drink! I've been in cars with the onboard maps. It is a nice convenience but since I have the same capability by using my phone, I haven't seen a need to buy a new vehicle. The hard part for me is that my stereo isn't new enough to have bluetooth so I have to use a bluetooth to radio converter which is ok in the remote areas but doesn't work well in urban areas. I have considered updating the radio but that doesn't seem worth it as I can get by with what I have. Just turn off the radio in urban areas and turn up the volume on my phone plus I get the turn indications on my watch.A lot of people seem to really appreciate using Apple Maps or Google Maps in place of their car’s default navigation display, and CarPlay/Android Auto allows your car’s in-car entertainment setup to control audio playback settings on your phone (so media control buttons on your steering wheel [a feature of some cars, especially luxury cars] can control music playback on your phone). Those are two advantages to CarPlay that immediately come to mind without having used it. (Besides, since BMW makes CarPlay compatible cars in Europe, I’m pretty sure that means they have manual transmission cars with CarPlay. Manual transmission and fancy tech toys are hardly incompatible. Edit: If I may firmly plant my tongue in cheek [and engage in some self deprecation] your truck’s chief anti-theft device is that it’s 22 years old! It’s okay, I was driving a 2003 until it gave up the ghost [and before I could afford a new car, I ended up moving to a place where cars are expensive and public transportation decent enough where I don’t need one for now, but I do miss driving for fun])
I'm not sure that you're using the same VW nav system that I am in my 2021.5 Atlas. Mine's pretty rudimentary, doesn't support real-time feedback and POIs, and the UI is not at all intuitive. That's why I use Waze instead. My wife insisted on getting Acura (Honda) nav in her MDX, found out how lacking (and ugly) it was, and also switched back to Waze.Yeah, VW Nav works the same and I prefer it over carplay except I don’t pay fortraffic alerts so the routing is “dumb.” But Carplay Maps uses way more cellular data than it should so it costs me to use it.
Exactly what I do.Buy an Apple Watch. Set iPhone in console. To Apple Watch, directions to ? All done, Apple Watch will tap you on needed turns, iPhone connected to audio will say out loud. No need whatsoever for Apple CarPlay to use maps. Use it all the time, no CarPlay.
It’s still dramatic.Not when you're spending thousands of dollars on a luxury vehicle, no.
Did you order the car with CarPlay? I didn’t, as the dealer said it’s an over the air update anyway, and we can do it later, just for me to find out that I can’t do it now. I got the info that I won’t be able to at all, but I cannot see what hardware needs to be in place, which I haven’t got anyway. Let’s see whether by June I can update.No need to be so dramatic, it's not missing forever, it'll come as a OTA update.
I've received my letter that invites me to the dealer for the first on-site software upgrade. It brings, among other things, WiFi hostpot. Once that's done, the OTA can happen and my dealer also said delivered in June at the latest.
It's been impacting most Europeans BMW orders (at least) since at around December 2021 (yours truly impacted). But for a few months of waiting, and coming from a car without CarPlay anyway, that definitely didn't change my purchase decision.
The only hardware-related thing that's missing altogether in most new BMWs as well is the wireless phone charging tray. And that, I regret not having. But again, not to the point of cancelling a vehicle purchase. Still got 4 wheels and an engine...
I think underneath that grille there’s a car in there somewhere. Let me know once you find it!Unfortunately, BMW's new buck-tooth grille is going to be around much longer than the chip switch.
I really want to get a BMW simply because of this Apple integration! Bye bye Model 3! Hello i4!Just got my new X1 4 days ago, and it came WITH wireless CarPlay & digital key.
I had ordered it since February, though...