[Tedbay]

Thought with all this new tech would be good to share tips. In my week of ownership have found:

1) hit the hey BMW once fast and you can use the BMW assistant; hold it longer (if you have Carplay activated) and then you can use Siri for Spotify or Waze (e.g. "Waze take me home")

2) Noticed you cant use BMW Nav (which I like in the heads up display) AND navigate w Waze (you can have Waze map open but without directions) as BMW nav shuts off; but I accidently had apple maps and Waze navigating at the same time which was super annoying having them both talking.

3) Waze or google maps seem to be the best for navigating as there is no voice instruction from the BMW Nav (or maybe I don't know yet how to activate).

4) having the car set to unlock and lock when you arrive or leave is a good thing to check - really cool and convienent.

5) the reading of text message and replying via Carplay Siri really works well and adds to safety. Our family text message string in my old car constantly beeped as I was driving and I never looked but wanted to. Now I can just have them read to me - very cool and good for safety.

6) the driver assistance I think works fine. you just have to make sure you use blinker when changing lane so it doesn't pull you back - forcing me to be doing this 100% of the time. The only downside is if you needed to execute an emergency maneuver it would interfere w reflexes and pull you back. I love the blind spot detection in the mirrors - GREAT safety feature and I think really critical as my last couple cars had huge blindspots.