03-15-2020, 09:06 PM | #1 |
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Guys, I need some help with the WiFi and Bluetooth set up. Before I initiated the car WiFi connection with AT&T, everything was working fine. My phone would connect to the car and I could go to the Mobile Phones screen and select to have either the BMW navigation or Waze through the Apple Car Play. No problems.
After I started the introductory WiFi plan and connected my car to the WiFi hotspot, things seem to be working differently. I can no longer activate Waze or other Apple Car Play functions on my screen. Whenever I select the Apple Car Play option in the phone menu, my phone connection disconnects, the voice commands are no longer available, and Waze doesn’t go on when I hit map or navigation as it used to. I feel like I am missing something very simple but can’t figure it out. Thanks in advance.
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While you are answering about carplay... I used Waze for the first time yesterday. My mad didn't change. Everything looked the same. But I did get speed camera warnings that popped up. Is that all you get with Waze? I thought there would be a different map or something. Just wondering.
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Also, there is a feature in CarPlay on the lower left of the screen that looks like a set of boxes or dots. Click that to bring up the icons for all the apps, tap Waze there. |
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Then just launch Waze (don't enter a destination). And then just tap to bring Google Maps to the foreground. Just running Waze in the background behind where you're navigating to is enough, it will give you audio alerts and a pop up alert atop the Google Maps screen. Pro tip: You can do this even when you're not navigating anywhere. So long as Waze is in the background (or foreground for that matter) it will give you speed trap and obstruction alerts in the same manner. No destination required. I use it this way all the time. Google Maps always on my screen, Waze always running in the background, I get those handy police alerts. |
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Happy to help. Putting destinations into two maps running concurrently will give you a headache with both voice agents speaking at the same time.
Google foreground, Waze background, best of both worlds. Google owns them both, by the way. Wish they would just enable the option for the new Google Maps police alertrs to work in CarPlay. They work when using the iPhone as a standalone nav. |
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I've tried that a couple of times but it didn't make any difference. My phone stays connected no problem when I select the BMW connect option under Mobile Phones, and it disconnects when I select the Apple Car Play option.
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Let me try and I will report back.
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If it helps, I'm now having the same issue - was working great. Now, I cannot get CarPlay to work at all. I'll keep trying all of the tricks to start back from zero and will report back if I learn anything.
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Thanks. I haven't had a lot of time in my car in the last two weeks but will check as well this weekend.
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03-26-2020, 08:12 AM | #18 |
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On your iPhone:
1. Tap Settings > General > CarPlay 2. Under MY CAR, tap "BMW ?????" 3. Tap Forget This Car 4. In iDrive, repair your iPhone to use CarPlay |
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03-26-2020, 11:53 AM | #19 |
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I'll have to give that a try. Everything was working nicely for me; each time I got in the car, it would connect to CarPlay. Last week I started seeing varying behavior: sometimes it would connect right away, other times a few minutes later while I was driving, and the majority of the time, I have to manually connect or restart my iPhone (then it connects right away).
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I have tried Google and Waze and can't find anything in the settings to add them to the dashboard ...... just wondered if I was missing a setting ?
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