[Jadenkid22]

Originally Posted by cls49bmw

Wireless Car Play works well for me. However, wired makes the use of Car Play pretty much a non issue for most users.

When I've rented a car that has Car Play, I just plug my phone in using the wire I brought with me, and I'm up and running. That wouldn't be quite as easy if the rental car required a wireless connection.

I'm not sure why car makers like BMW went for wireless.

Exactly! Wired is just plug and play no issues. At least give the option for both

[beldriver]

Carplay works fine but if you have a heads up display, it will only show navigation from Apple Maps.

[Bc2005]

I use navigation a lot in my car, and I don’t like CarPlay because I can’t easily zoom the maps in and out.

With the BMW nav I can use the iDrive dial to zoom in when I get closer to a turn or want to find a street name, and then zoom back out to a bigger map view when I want to know the entire route. With CarPlay I have to use the touchscreen to change the map scale, and that is not easy to do reliably without looking at the screen if the car is bouncing along.

I want to know more about the route than the next couple of turns because some routes can get very screwy. The GPS calculation is based on speed limits and distance. Sometimes a route is bad/slow/complicated because of excessive traffic lights or a school zone, and like to have a better idea of the big picture of the route.

[ventjock]

Originally Posted by Jadenkid22

I LOVE Carplay, but WIRED!!!!!! Coming from Hondas/Acuras it was so easy to just connect the wire and you're good to go.

This Wireless thing is crap.


Sometimes connects perfectly, Sometimes I sit there 5 mins to get it going. Maybe it's the fact I have a XS max. Wife has 13 pro max and says she only had an issue once.

I have a 13 pro and its still iffy at times. My wife has wired carplay in her mazda CX5 and it works 100% of the time. I'm still hoping a wired aftermarket solution comes out at some point.

[Buckeye Bimmer]

Works great in my new to me 2020 330i xdrive. Worked for me the first time I tried it.

[ramparts]

I've found more that it's the iPhone, not the car playing up.

Especially if you are near a known Wi-Fi network, you mr phone will try to connect to that instead of the bmw one of the dog al is strong enough as it's preferred.

So, if you have signed up to one of those free wifi providers that has the same SSID Wherever you go, turn off "connect automatically "

[AndiC]

Bumping this to see if anyone else has a similar problem.

CarPlay connects automatically when I get in the car, no issues.

If I stop the car and get out briefly - to convince store or coffee shop- it connects again once I’m back in the car but I can’t use the steering wheel controls to change songs. It does this every time without fail. It won’t display the song on the front dials screen either, but it’ll work fine on the larger HMI.

2020 330xi

I thought maybe an update would fix it but I haven’t been able to load the latest update 🙃

[ekinnee]

Yeah, no issues that I've experienced in either mine nor the Wife's. I have had problems with it in my 2017 Challenger I had, and a few issues in the 4Runner but those were related to the infotainment system.

[ShaverZBT]

Carplay has stopped working after the most recent BMW software update 3/2024.40. The error says the bluetooth is not compatible. This is definitely a BMW issue so I am sure a fix will not be released anytime soon.

Anyone else experiencing this?

[I800C0LLECT]

CarPlay has been terrible across 3 different brands of rental cars recently…Jeep, Chevy and Cadillac. It was terrible in my Jeep, Honda, VW and now my bmw. My daughter didn’t believe me either until I switched to Android and all the problems went away. Long live Android auto

[Merlins Monte]

Ive had issues with CarPlay as we’ll, they all started when I connected to Spotify through BMW home instead of CarPlay. Sometimes it’ll randomly cutout and switch to Bluetooth. With the random connection issues, sometimes wheel buttons will stop working because of it. I haven’t gotten around to deleting Spotify account connected to BMW home, hopeing that will fix it.

[ShaverZBT]

Resetting iDrive fixed the issue with CarPlay. A completely unnecessary thing to do if there wasn’t a glitch. Nonetheless, it’s fixed.

[ekinnee]

Originally Posted by AndiC

Bumping this to see if anyone else has a similar problem.

CarPlay connects automatically when I get in the car, no issues.

If I stop the car and get out briefly - to convince store or coffee shop- it connects again once I’m back in the car but I can’t use the steering wheel controls to change songs. It does this every time without fail. It won’t display the song on the front dials screen either, but it’ll work fine on the larger HMI.

2020 330xi

I thought maybe an update would fix it but I haven’t been able to load the latest update 🙃

Are you out of warranty? I was able to get the dealer to update my '21 m440i to the most recent by complaining about connectivity issues. Mine as stuck on a '21 software release and was seeing the same issues. Not sure if it's fixed as it was just updated yesterday.

[bmwz467]

Originally Posted by TupperBMW

It just cuts out a lot. Or the phone part works, but another part won't (texting)

Irritating. Put them all on an island and set it ablaze (still my preferred solution)

Some times it’s the app permissions on the iPhone had this issue in the past before

[AndiC]

Originally Posted by ekinnee

Are you out of warranty? I was able to get the dealer to update my '21 m440i to the most recent by complaining about connectivity issues. Mine as stuck on a '21 software release and was seeing the same issues. Not sure if it's fixed as it was just updated yesterday.

Unfortunately I am. My fault, just didn’t bother me enough to take it in when I was still under warranty.

Let us know if that works, I’ll ask them to fidget with it at my next service.

[KPACABA]

Originally Posted by ShaverZBT

Carplay has stopped working after the most recent BMW software update 3/2024.40. The error says the bluetooth is not compatible. This is definitely a BMW issue so I am sure a fix will not be released anytime soon.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Yes, same for me. I get this “Not possible to connect to this device. Bluetooth version no longer compatible” message. The only way I’ve been able to clear this error is to stop the car, get out, lock the doors, and get back in again. It’s irritating.

[zlatko]

KPACABA - I get this message all the time, but the phone actually connects and works fine with the car.

[Randy Johnson]

I've had 2 BMW's so far and carplay has always had issues.

1st BMW: 2015 435i, needed to connect phone with a usb cable. Still connection was spotty. Worked maybe 60-65% of the time.

2nd BMW: 2021 M340i, Wireless Apple car play. 40% of the time when i get in the car the phone does not connect. Display shows no active devices. Some times takes 5 minutes before it connects.

Troubleshooting: Iphone is updated to latest software. Car has latest iDrive software. Reset head unit many times. Re-paired phone many times. Still have issues.

[robertni]

Originally Posted by Randy Johnson

I've had 2 BMW's so far and carplay has always had issues.
2nd BMW: 2021 M340i, Wireless Apple car play. 40% of the time when i get in the car the phone does not connect. Display shows no active devices. Some times takes 5 minutes before it connects.

Troubleshooting: Iphone is updated to latest software. Car has latest iDrive software. Reset head unit many times. Re-paired phone many times. Still have issues.

Happens on mine when I have passagers who streamed musing via bluetooth before. When I'm alone it always connects instantly.

I just put the "mobile devices" page on shortcut/macro button 4, when this happens I press buton and using the idrive knob controller I click on my phone and press "Connect" button, it will force connect and turn on carplay

[kilowatt88]

Wireless carplay is horrible.
Audi had wired version before swap, worked fine.
Idk why BMW insists on wireless and also hope that wired car play can be software patched in the future

Both 23 m440 and 25 x7 (in addition to just ONE working USB data port which can be split into two via a cheap hub but 3 port hub is no longer supported)