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      05-23-2019, 07:11 AM   #6
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Drives: 2023 X7 40i
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Originally Posted by howardipp View Post
Took delivery M340i 4 days ago.

iPhone text messaging through idrive works only partially.

Receives text messages but has no identifier of who sent it. Also I cannot reply and cannot compose and send a text from idrive. BMW dealer states (wrongly I think) that Apple prevents this for security reasons. Which makes no sense since Apple Play allows text messaging sending and identifiable receiving. I cannot fix this.

Is this a software error?

Android phones do send and receive text messages perfectly through I drive on the 2019 330i, this also being idrive 7, which is also already installed in other BMW models.

Can anybody help with this issue?
If you do not want to use CarPlay....You can use Siri eyes free to compose responses
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