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      01-23-2019, 11:35 AM   #1
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I've never had CarPlay. I'm trying to see how it fits into my life versus just using IDrive. I use an iPhone.

So far I find the navigation using IDrive and voice commands works great. So much better than my '16 F15.
I understand that IDrive no longer has apps for Pandora or Spotify. So I've just been using the apps on my phone, and going through media/bluetooth connection. It sounds fine to me on HK system.

I notice that I cannot send a text using IDrive and voice translation. I understand that has to be via CarPlay. But I rarely do that.

So am I correct that almost all the features I need can be found in IDrive? It seems like a pain to have to dive into the settings and enable CarPlay for some stuff...and then switch back over to IDrive for others . It would be nice to have one of the preset buttons set to activate CarPlay, but understand that can't be done.

Can you guys share your thoughts and how you use each system? Thanks!
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      01-23-2019, 12:24 PM   #2
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My sense is that it's an either/or decision the way BMW has it implemented.

I'd recommend trying both and seeing which fits better into your lifestyle and workflow and then going with that choice longer term. There are pros and cons to both. I'd rather just use iDrive but (so far) I'm finding CarPlay gives me better access to some features/capabilities I want.

Keep in mind, you will be asked to pay for CarPlay after the first year - which is a ripoff.
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I keep wanting Car Play to work well but it seems it is never the same each time I attempt to use it. I doubt very much I will pay for this sloppy software.
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I've never had CarPlay. I'm trying to see how it fits into my life versus just using IDrive. I use an iPhone.

So far I find the navigation using IDrive and voice commands works great. So much better than my '16 F15.
I understand that IDrive no longer has apps for Pandora or Spotify. So I've just been using the apps on my phone, and going through media/bluetooth connection. It sounds fine to me on HK system.

I notice that I cannot send a text using IDrive and voice translation. I understand that has to be via CarPlay. But I rarely do that.

So am I correct that almost all the features I need can be found in IDrive? It seems like a pain to have to dive into the settings and enable CarPlay for some stuff...and then switch back over to IDrive for others . It would be nice to have one of the preset buttons set to activate CarPlay, but understand that can't be done.

Can you guys share your thoughts and how you use each system? Thanks!
You can use CarPlay but still control your music using the idrive interface. It's the best of both worlds. A more stable WiFi based connection to the phone but you can use the BMW native menus to control it.
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      01-23-2019, 02:11 PM   #5
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CarPlay here but mostly because I can't get my iDrive to share media from my phone.

I actually like CarPlay and love that it's wireless.
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      01-23-2019, 02:24 PM   #6
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CarPlay here but mostly because I can't get my iDrive to share media from my phone.

I actually like CarPlay and love that it's wireless.
I like CarPlay too, but have to pay a year later, hello?!
Thank you, BMW.
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      01-23-2019, 02:39 PM   #7
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I like CarPlay too, but have to pay a year later, hello?!
Thank you, BMW.
I payed for carplay in my 540. 2 years in and only used it once. bmw connect drive is far superior. I think I paid $300 for life of car, if I would have known how useless it is, I would have skipped. You can still get siri on iPhone while using connect drive.
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      01-23-2019, 03:03 PM   #8
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I too find myself not using CarPlay that much because iDrive 7 navigation is so good - plus you lose HUD and the amazing lane recognition when not using iDrive. But car play can be useful if you rely on third party navigation apps such as Google Maps or Waze, or for when the stock map is just not up to date.
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      01-23-2019, 03:43 PM   #9
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If you are using Waze for police reports and the like, even when using iDrive when the iPhone is in the charging cradle one still gets audio alerts (once Apple Pay is cleared).
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Using apple car play with wayz on the screen and phone in induction charger overheats the phone in about 40 min. It shuts off till its cools off
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I use Apple Play for setting up my music from my iPhone the switch to one of my home screens (clock, music, phone usually) and go back and forth. It’s working out nicely for me that way. When a message comes in, I get the green apple play banner, listen to it, reply then back to home screen and BMW features.
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I use Apple Play for setting up my music from my iPhone the switch to one of my home screens (clock, music, phone usually) and go back and forth. It's working out nicely for me that way. When a message comes in, I get the green apple play banner, listen to it, reply then back to home screen and BMW features.
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I use Apple Play for setting up my music from my iPhone the switch to one of my home screens (clock, music, phone usually) and go back and forth. It's working out nicely for me that way. When a message comes in, I get the green apple play banner, listen to it, reply then back to home screen and BMW features.
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Using apple car play with wayz on the screen and phone in induction charger overheats the phone in about 40 min. It shuts off till its cools off
I have not seen this with iPX in Vaja. What iP and what case are you using?
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I use Apple Play for setting up my music from my iPhone the switch to one of my home screens (clock, music, phone usually) and go back and forth. It’s working out nicely for me that way. When a message comes in, I get the green apple play banner, listen to it, reply then back to home screen and BMW features.
I am a bit unclear about what you are doing. When you say back to "BMW features", do you mean the reduced version of iDrive coupled with CP or have you found a way to switch on the fly between full iDrive and CP?
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I use Apple Play for setting up my music from my iPhone the switch to one of my home screens (clock, music, phone usually) and go back and forth. It’s working out nicely for me that way. When a message comes in, I get the green apple play banner, listen to it, reply then back to home screen and BMW features.
I am a bit unclear about what you are doing. When you say back to "BMW features", do you mean the reduced version of iDrive coupled with CP or have you found a way to switch on the fly between full iDrive and CP?
There's a couple ways to do it but this might be the easiest to explain. Set up your music in car play (playlist, etc), hit the white round button on the bottom left hand side. Choose the gray BMW icon (on mine it's bottom row second from left) then hit home in the upper left corner.

Also, I use voice control more than ever in this vehicle. It's way more improved than ever before, this one really seems to understand me.
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I find carplay invaluable because I use the podcasts app all the time, and I prefer the phone integration to the idrive interface. One of my criteria for selecting a new car was that it had to have CarPlay. My wife wanted a Range Rover or LR Discovery, but Jag-LR is only now introducing CarPlay on some models.

I've had a couple of instances where the connection was a bit flaky, but overall it's great to have the wireless connection.
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