@@hs6745 SO the car DOES talk to Apple CarPlay, once charge gets low enough it will tell Apple CarPlay which will prompt you to find a charger nearby, same as if you were using gas only. The only thing that keeps CarPlay down on BMW’s own internal is charge planning on a long distance drive, BMW will take care of that for you where Apple CarPlay just simply says your’e low on charge and finds the closest charger. Other thing APple CarPlay doesn’t do is trigger the preconditioning for DC fast charging if you choose a DC charger in CarPlay. Supposedly that will all change when Apple CarPlay 2.0 comes out but no word on how/if BMW will implement that or allowed for some of those features to work with BMW systems as they exist now.

@@stefanocavagnolo4788 So the 4k front facing camera based AR only works with BMWs own navigation… however Apple has introduced and BMW supports a 3D intersection view that works separately from the AR option…

@@BMWofFW ok thanks !

@@otreal you’ll get more! More functionality

@@pete64041 sadly no… it’s a predetermined speed based on surroundings…

@@BMWofFW Good to know, it does it safely, just a lot faster than i would switch lanes...

Hi. I had the same question for my local dealer (Slovakia, Europe Union) and the answer was “no”. Because second LCI gets new Hardware and the 8.5 works on android “background”. 8.0 works on own bmw system. But of course the dealer could be wrong.

@@anndy83338.5 is still Linux based like older versions. iDrive 9 is android based :)

@@alvarojimenez4106 Anndy8333 is right, the hardware is diffferent between the models that makes it so it can’t run it.. one correction is that idrive 8 and 8.5 are both Linux based systems.. only idrive 9 is an Android Automotive system in the background.

Thanks for the clarification

That's an apple problem i guess. I have 2019 3 series and most of the time carplay connects but i can't use steering controls than i have to disconnect and reconnect carplay from settings.

@@user-id9uu3kp8c it happens to me too. Did you not figure out the problem? And how are you sure it’s an problem from Apple’s end not BMW’s

Apologies, what part could i clarify better for you?

@@BMWofFW Thank you for your courteous reply. I will admit that I did learn something from your video, your very first point…that it can be TELEPHONE & AUDIO OR MODE only. What I would have liked to know more about is WHY would someone want one or the other? I don’t use Apple Maps (I prefer the BMW Nav as I’m used to it, I can easily toggle the Voice Guidance on or off, and I can route plan with Charging so the battery is pre-conditioned) but I do listen to music exclusively in our car from Apple Music or from my library. When a text message arrives I’m alerted on the screen and with an audible cue, and I can tap the alert banner to hear Siri read my message and ask if I want to reply. Based on those aspects I’d say I’m connected to MODE, but I’m not sure. We always tried to click ALL THREE BOXES and always managed to get to the mode I just described. I would have preferred a more in depth explanation of those options and the advantages/disadvantages to both. In general, I found this video to be a bit disorganized and I felt confused after. I just had my wife watch your video and she LOVED it as she uses CarPlay in our Volvo C40 all the time, especially for Nav, so, like I said, I’m clearly in the minority here. Short of a more in depth explanation I’ll have to write this off as MY problem, not yours. Again, I thank you for taking the time to reply. I’m subscribed so I get all of your videos. All the best, Bob

Why is my apple carplay using up my WiFi plan? Is it supposed to do this?