Apple Car Play

[YS1978]

any news on apple car paly for BMW ????

availability ?????


https://www.apple.com/ios/carplay/

[CJ_LO]

That's really cool. hope we ll get it soon. I am actually really excited for the new c63. Might be my next car to replace my mini. I am just not sure about the new Nav screen on the new c-class. Just looks so out of place.

[Buckerine]

While I would love to have CarPlay because it would be infinitely more useful than anything any car manufacturer has created, I just can't see car manufacturers like BMW adopting this wholeheartedly. They've spent so much time developing idrive. CarPlay essentially supersedes all of that.

[SpeedN8]

I'm good with it as long as I don't have to use Apple Maps...

[YS1978]

Originally Posted by Buckerine

While I would love to have CarPlay because it would be infinitely more useful than anything any car manufacturer has created, I just can't see car manufacturers like BMW adopting this wholeheartedly. They've spent so much time developing idrive. CarPlay essentially supersedes all of that.

bmw group is in the list of brands

https://www.apple.com/ios/carplay/

[Buckerine]

Originally Posted by YS1978

bmw group is in the list of brands

https://www.apple.com/ios/carplay/

Yeah, I know they are. But BMW has yet to announce a specific date for the rollout. I wouldn't bet on it happening anytime this year.

[apw2607]

Originally Posted by Buckerine

While I would love to have CarPlay because it would be infinitely more useful than anything any car manufacturer has created, I just can't see car manufacturers like BMW adopting this wholeheartedly. They've spent so much time developing idrive. CarPlay essentially supersedes all of that.

You've got to remember car play only has a limited set of features compared to what idrive covers as a whole.

What will be important is how idrive co-exists with carplay rather than idrive or carplay.

Given bmw got burnt once before with apple with iPod out ... I suspect they are treading carefully.

In any case we have next gen idrive around the corner.

[Buckerine]

Originally Posted by apw2607

You've got to remember car play only has a limited set of features compared to what idrive covers as a whole.

What will be important is how idrive co-exists with carplay rather than idrive or carplay.

Given bmw got burnt once before with apple with iPod out ... I suspect they are treading carefully.

In any case we have next gen idrive around the corner.

You're right about that. I saw a demo of carplay in a merc and I was actually surprised by how little functionality there was. The fact that you have to plug in your phone is also a little bit of a hassle. I'm quite happy with most of idrive as is. If BMW can improve synchronization with my phone for things like app interaction, then I won't care much about carplay to be honest.