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Yes I tried a few different launchers, most had their problems as well. Anyways, if you check out other threads from other forums there are a number of people discussing issues with these. Some people do find the sweet spot though where it all comes together and is a nice upgrade. I personally got frustrated with a number of the small things, biggest of which was audio quality and non optimized apps. Another example is google maps and spotify are not really great to use without touching the screen and even then the font is very small, not adjustable and becomes cumbersome and dangerous to operate while driving. These non-optimized apps sort of break the integration with using the idrive knobs....some of it worked some of it didn't and not having the fluidity between the two bothered me. Anyways, if you enjoy it then great. And maybe they've made some good advancements with the f15 units.Perhaps the android auto would help a lot too with the experience. Just wanted to throw in my .02 cents. |
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I use Tasker, when I connect to the car's Bluetooth, it activates my tethering. I don't need Bluetooth otherwise. |
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I havent been able to set the time on the original BMW interface. The clock on the heads-up-display is wrong and the clock on the 10inch display reads --:-- . Updating it in the settings doesn't do anything.
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Let's say I'm listening to music with Spotify app on the android side and I get a phone call on the idrive side ( I'm going to use the factory system for phone calls). How does it switch over? |
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I upgrade my factory screen with AvinUSA F15 android: https://avinusa.com/10-25-bmw-x5-x6-...on-system.html |
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Have you had any issues with Smart Launcher 5 crashing? Are you still using it daily?
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I do not use smart launcher anymore, because there is a bug with the sound, where I don't have the instructions from Waze or maps.
so now I use the main launcher and then just use Android auto, which feeds my basic needs. Also there will be a redesigned version of Android auto late summer that looks really cool, can't wait to use it. For the cameras, no it can't use the orginal cameras from the car. |
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Thank you for your review, i just got two units for both my F01 and F15. Can't wait for them to arrive and install so i can finally use waze, spotify, etc. As i understand the sound goes through aux, is there a major sound quality difference?
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Very thorough review 5* I actually saw your YouTube review before seeing this thread and it was thorough. What sold me was the smart launcher 5. I have the F86 and am contemplating on buy it from Avin for $380. Wonder if there’s any difference to the $800 4x4shop version. Also wondering if new version is coming soon.All reasons why I haven’t hit buy now yet.
Some questions. Any split screen on Android side? If I were to install ext mic, can I talk to google assistant, like ok google, take me home.? Can you open up unit and upgrade ram and possibly HD? What else have you done to the unit since? I’m NY . |
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Google and Siri should work through the external mic The 4x4 place also is selling the android 9.0 for $180 extra. That's where your big price bump comes from.
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