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Originally Posted by CYPER
What I am looking for is the option for the car to use the phone internet connection to display internet content on the car display and play online radio directly from the iDrive.
My phone is indeed paired for calls and audio, but if I am driving I need to fiddle with my phone to open TuneIn app and play a station. The opposite is use the iDrive controller to select stations directly on the car screen.
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I wonder if what you want is something like CarPlay. To be honest…I still don’t really understand what it does and why its popular…but when it is being discussed…screenshots look like some the icons you see on Apple phone products. Perhaps that’s what you’re seeking.
Others will need to chime in because I DON'T know enough about CarPlay to speak on it at any length.
But one suggestion I have that works with the system you currently have is… if you keep the TuneIn app open on your phone…you can press the MODE button on the steering wheel to switch between whatever media you are presently listening to and Bluetooth (if that’s the last MEDIA you were using). The most you may have to do is press the play button on your phone if you have it paused.
For example, if I’m listening to Pandora or Spotify on my phone…and get in the 6 or the X5…if I was listening to Satellite radio last time I was driving…all I have to do is press the MODE button on the left steering wheel pod and it will switch to Bluetooth and start playing what the app I have open on the phone. If the app was on pause…then all I have to do is press the PLAY button on the phone and it will start streaming.
Again the suggestions above are not what you’re looking for but you shouldn’t have to do that much fiddling with your phone to stream from it if you already have the app open prior to getting in the vehicle.
This is CarPlay…is this what you’re looking for?
