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      11-03-2019, 05:25 PM   #1
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I understand you have to pay for CarPlay. I also think you can’t use android auto. I do not plan on paying for a yearly subscription. I always had an Android phone. My question is do I have any other options. The only thing I use is music and the navigation system
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In my opinion, the BMW nav works fine and I load music from USB flash drives to the car's HDD and this works well me. Don't have to pay for anything.
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Thanks for response is bmw nav the I drive system. Does I drive cost anything ?what is yearly cost of CarPlay?
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Thanks for response is bmw nav the I drive system. Does I drive cost anything ?what is yearly cost of CarPlay?
BMW nav is part of the iDrive system. iDrive is part of the car. As far as CarPlay goes, see this:

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a1...an-annual-fee/
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I understand you have to pay for CarPlay. I also think you can’t use android auto. I do not plan on paying for a yearly subscription. I always had an Android phone. My question is do I have any other options. The only thing I use is music and the navigation system
If you have an Android phone, Carplay isn't going to work for you. Forget about it unless you switch to iPhone. BMW doesn't support Android Auto which is what you want/need.

Just stream audio over Bluetooth and move on.
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I understand you have to pay for CarPlay. I also think you can’t use android auto. I do not plan on paying for a yearly subscription. I always had an Android phone. My question is do I have any other options. The only thing I use is music and the navigation system
First year is free too (at least in the UK) so a free trial at least then see how you get on, worth it etc etc
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I am in the market for a phone but I am use to Android...so if the Nav system in the bmw is good and I can bluetooth my spotify I guess I see no need for carplay
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I am in the market for a phone but I am use to Android...so if the Nav system in the bmw is good and I can bluetooth my spotify I guess I see no need for carplay
If it helps I am an iPhone user have CarPlay in my Jeep and love it. However I much prefer the bmw setup and nav. I stream Apple Music or pandora. Plus after a year you have to pay for it. WTF? Carplay is nice but you're not missing anything.
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I saw CarPlay as a nice gimmick in my other cars that I almost never used. I am actually warming up to the wireless connection. But yes - the BMW system is pretty good. Still nice to have Waze in background or interact with Siri or screen for messages.
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Thanks for response is bmw nav the I drive system. Does I drive cost anything ?what is yearly cost of CarPlay?
BMW nav is part of the iDrive system. iDrive is part of the car. As far as CarPlay goes, see this:

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a1...an-annual-fee/
Annual fees for CarPlay have been abandonded by BMW since 2 weeks. Smart decision

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...-carplay-free/
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I saw CarPlay as a nice gimmick in my other cars that I almost never used. I am actually warming up to the wireless connection. But yes - the BMW system is pretty good. Still nice to have Waze in background or interact with Siri or screen for messages.
The BMW system and Carplay work great hand in hand I have found. I will have Waze open but use nav from BMW so I get it in the heads up display but Waze will chime in if any issues. You can also hit the button on the steering wheel ONCE for the BMW assistant (e.g. "what is weather in Norden California" or wherever you are going but hold it in longer to get Siri (for things like "read text messages", "Spotify play Led Zeppelin", etc). Two voice assistants give you full gambit of help when driving which I am finding to be a huge positive after last 2 cars had tech from the Stoneage….
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The BMW system and Carplay work great hand in hand I have found. I will have Waze open but use nav from BMW so I get it in the heads up display but Waze will chime in if any issues. You can also hit the button on the steering wheel ONCE for the BMW assistant (e.g. "what is weather in Norden California" or wherever you are going but hold it in longer to get Siri (for things like "read text messages", "Spotify play Led Zeppelin", etc). Two voice assistants give you full gambit of help when driving which I am finding to be a huge positive after last 2 cars had tech from the Stoneage….
Agree!

I did also try to add Echo Car but that didn’t work out so well for me. Got an email a couple weeks ago advising that there is new firmware and to try it again. Probably won’t or maybe if I am bored over the holidays, maybe try Echo Auto in my winter car.
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