Apple CarPlay is finally a free feature in BMW vehicles

MR RIZK · 12-05-2019, 12:40 AM

For any aussies here

This is to inform you about an important change of your Apple CarPlay Preparation option as part of BMW ConnectedDrive.

BMW Australia has announced that it will offer its customer the Apple CarPlay digital platform with an unlimited runtime as part of a global BMW initiative.

Here?s what this means for you:

As your vehicle is equipped with Apple CarPlay Preparation, BMW Australia is extending your support for CarPlay to be unlimited without interruption. This extension will be at no additional cost to you, and there is no action required on your side. The conversion to unlimited runtime Apple CarPlay will commence immediately. Full completion is expected by early 2020.

To use Apple CarPlay in your vehicle with your iPhone, you need to choose ?Apple CarPlay? as the connection mode for your mobile device in the Communication settings.

Should you have any questions, please contact info@bmw.com.au or call BMW Customer Care at - 133 BMW (133 269). You can check the current status of Apple CarPlay and ConnectedDrive services for your vehicle by visiting https://www.bmw-connecteddrive.com.au/.

Kind regards,
BMW Australia

andrew@southernBM · 12-05-2019, 12:51 AM

Mine had expired on my M140i a few months ago, i tried and re-paired the phone for carplay and it all works fine. I now have Apple Carplay.

TEGRITY · 12-05-2019, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by MR RIZK

For any aussies here

This is to inform you about an important change of your Apple CarPlay Preparation option as part of BMW ConnectedDrive.

BMW Australia has announced that it will offer its customer the Apple CarPlay digital platform with an unlimited runtime as part of a global BMW initiative.

Here?s what this means for you:

As your vehicle is equipped with Apple CarPlay Preparation, BMW Australia is extending your support for CarPlay to be unlimited without interruption. This extension will be at no additional cost to you, and there is no action required on your side. The conversion to unlimited runtime Apple CarPlay will commence immediately. Full completion is expected by early 2020.

To use Apple CarPlay in your vehicle with your iPhone, you need to choose ?Apple CarPlay? as the connection mode for your mobile device in the Communication settings.

Should you have any questions, please contact info@bmw.com.au or call BMW Customer Care at - 133 BMW (133 269). You can check the current status of Apple CarPlay and ConnectedDrive services for your vehicle by visiting https://www.bmw-connecteddrive.com.au/.

Kind regards,
BMW Australia

thanks for this. what if you car isn't prepared for it yet? it's $639 bucks when I checked this morning.

Saphirschwarz · 12-05-2019, 01:28 AM

Any news for Europe ?

MFNATIK · 12-05-2019, 01:50 AM

Bleeding customers will do that to a company lol

MR RIZK · 12-05-2019, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by PKthePM

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Originally Posted by MR RIZK

For any aussies here

This is to inform you about an important change of your Apple CarPlay Preparation option as part of BMW ConnectedDrive.

BMW Australia has announced that it will offer its customer the Apple CarPlay digital platform with an unlimited runtime as part of a global BMW initiative.

Here?s what this means for you:

As your vehicle is equipped with Apple CarPlay Preparation, BMW Australia is extending your support for CarPlay to be unlimited without interruption. This extension will be at no additional cost to you, and there is no action required on your side. The conversion to unlimited runtime Apple CarPlay will commence immediately. Full completion is expected by early 2020.

To use Apple CarPlay in your vehicle with your iPhone, you need to choose ?Apple CarPlay? as the connection mode for your mobile device in the Communication settings.

Should you have any questions, please contact info@bmw.com.au or call BMW Customer Care at - 133 BMW (133 269). You can check the current status of Apple CarPlay and ConnectedDrive services for your vehicle by visiting https://www.bmw-connecteddrive.com.au/.

Kind regards,
BMW Australia

thanks for this. what if you car isn't prepared for it yet? it's $639 bucks when I checked this morning.

You will need to still pay for the physical preparation. no different than when I paid 500 with car purchase. They are just waiving the subscription cost. That is my understanding.

TEGRITY · 12-05-2019, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by MR RIZK

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Originally Posted by PKthePM

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Originally Posted by MR RIZK

For any aussies here

This is to inform you about an important change of your Apple CarPlay Preparation option as part of BMW ConnectedDrive.

BMW Australia has announced that it will offer its customer the Apple CarPlay digital platform with an unlimited runtime as part of a global BMW initiative.

Here?s what this means for you:

As your vehicle is equipped with Apple CarPlay Preparation, BMW Australia is extending your support for CarPlay to be unlimited without interruption. This extension will be at no additional cost to you, and there is no action required on your side. The conversion to unlimited runtime Apple CarPlay will commence immediately. Full completion is expected by early 2020.

To use Apple CarPlay in your vehicle with your iPhone, you need to choose ?Apple CarPlay? as the connection mode for your mobile device in the Communication settings.

Should you have any questions, please contact info@bmw.com.au or call BMW Customer Care at - 133 BMW (133 269). You can check the current sta tus of Apple CarPlay and ConnectedDrive services for your vehicle by visiting https://www.bmw-connecteddrive.com.au/.

Kind regards,
BMW Australia

thanks for this. what if you car isn't prepared for it yet? it's $639 bucks when I checked this morning.

You will need to still pay for the physical preparation. no different than when I paid 500 with car purchase. They are just waiving the subscription cost. That is my understanding.

makes sense, cheers.

DeeKay · 12-05-2019, 05:22 AM

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Sucks for the people who run Android. Now they are paying for something they don't need or want. Just like moonroofs.

Diehard huh? 😂

It's been like this for years.

You betcha. Old enough to remember when you could order all options individually.

I get the overall lower cost/better quality argument for bundled options and standard offerings. But it's a sad time.

Wow you actually found a way to moan about stuff that's free .... These forums never seem to disappoint

fun2drv · 12-05-2019, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by VirtualGuitars

This is great news. I literally just paid $300 (20 year) last week when my trial ends in January.

I did the same a couple of weeks ago and then sent BMW a long rant about them charging for something like that on a $100K car (M5)... I was not very nice on my feedback.

spuntyb · 12-05-2019, 06:09 AM

Very nice. Wouldn't hold my breath for a refund. They will give you a sweet price on a new lease though!

MADBMWX5MC · 12-05-2019, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Tracus

Thank you for your reply guys! Waze rocks!

Only Navigation I use...

G80CDC · 12-05-2019, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by zamboni

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Originally Posted by Prissy

I am having a hard time if I should use Apple Car Play or the default BMW way. Can someone give me some con/pro? I know I don't like the navigation layout of the Apply Car Play.

I prefer the BMW layout over Apple CarPlay, standard map is much better than Apple Nav and you can read your message on the iDrive.

I agree. I tried out Apple Car Play for a few months and it annoyed me more than was helpful. Maybe I wasn't using it properly, who knows. I may try again in the future if it's free now.

Pacman123 · 12-05-2019, 06:33 AM

Does anyone know when android auto will start being supported as well?

VirtualGuitars · 12-05-2019, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by spuntyb

Very nice. Wouldn't hold my breath for a refund. They will give you a sweet price on a new lease though!

They refunded it without a problem. Plus it hadn't kicked in yet since my current subscription doesn't expire until January 14th.

AD18 · 12-05-2019, 07:36 AM

Would be nice if they finally got started on Android Auto too...something else they are dragging their heels on.

spuntyb · 12-05-2019, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by VirtualGuitars

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Originally Posted by spuntyb

Very nice. Wouldn't hold my breath for a refund. They will give you a sweet price on a new lease though!

They refunded it without a problem. Plus it hadn't kicked in yet since my current subscription doesn't expire until January 14th.

Nice! Did you get a credit in the mail?

VirtualGuitars · 12-05-2019, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by spuntyb

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Originally Posted by VirtualGuitars

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Originally Posted by spuntyb

Very nice. Wouldn't hold my breath for a refund. They will give you a sweet price on a new lease though!

They refunded it without a problem. Plus it hadn't kicked in yet since my current subscription doesn't expire until January 14th.

Nice! Did you get a credit in the mail?

They just refunded my credit card.

spuntyb · 12-05-2019, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by VirtualGuitars

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Originally Posted by spuntyb

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Originally Posted by VirtualGuitars

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Originally Posted by spuntyb

Very nice. Wouldn't hold my breath for a refund. They will give you a sweet price on a new lease though!

They refunded it without a problem. Plus it hadn't kicked in yet since my current subscription doesn't expire until January 14th.

Nice! Did you get a credit in the mail?

They just refunded my credit card.

secretanchitman · 12-05-2019, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by JayPichardo

I found a version that installs via USb on Ebay

Nice! Unfortunately my iDrive version is too new and requires ENET to upload the patch rather than USB.

Bimmertrashjr · 12-05-2019, 08:33 AM

My expiration was yesterday. Just checked connection and there is no interruption. 👍🏻

iM3an · 12-05-2019, 08:40 AM

There will not be refunds offered if you paid for it.

MADBMWX5MC · 12-05-2019, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Bimmertrashjr

My expiration was yesterday. Just checked connection and there is no interruption. 👍🏻

Exactly the question I had in mind...what happens when it expires....thx

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MR RIZK Major 780 Rep 1,360 Posts Drives: AW M2C Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	For any aussies here This is to inform you about an important change of your Apple CarPlay Preparation option as part of BMW ConnectedDrive. BMW Australia has announced that it will offer its customer the Apple CarPlay digital platform with an unlimited runtime as part of a global BMW initiative. Here?s what this means for you: As your vehicle is equipped with Apple CarPlay Preparation, BMW Australia is extending your support for CarPlay to be unlimited without interruption. This extension will be at no additional cost to you, and there is no action required on your side. The conversion to unlimited runtime Apple CarPlay will commence immediately. Full completion is expected by early 2020. To use Apple CarPlay in your vehicle with your iPhone, you need to choose ?Apple CarPlay? as the connection mode for your mobile device in the Communication settings. Should you have any questions, please contact info@bmw.com.au or call BMW Customer Care at - 133 BMW (133 269). You can check the current status of Apple CarPlay and ConnectedDrive services for your vehicle by visiting https://www.bmw-connecteddrive.com.au/. Kind regards, BMW Australia __________________ Previous Rides: 13' 135i, 08' 130i, 03' HKS Turbo'd 350z, Modded GC8 WRX, NA MX5
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