[Burrcold]

Is there a quick way to get in and out of Carplay? I only use it for music and the odd times maps, but every time I get in the car the iDrive screen defaults to Google or Apple maps through Carplay. Even if I try to use the quick buttons by the iDrive controller (Map for example) it just pulls up one of the map apps through Carplay.

I want to be able to use those short cuts for iDrive stuff not Carplay stuff. I know you can toggle to use iDrive for all functions or Carplay for all functions, but that is annoying when I want to jump in the car, have music through Carplay playing but also just have the iDrive maps displayed on the screen.

Any way to get around this? Is there a quick way to use both functions (iDrive and Carplay) at the same time?

[Preciseyyc]

Originally Posted by Burrcold

Is there a quick way to get in and out of Carplay? I only use it for music and the odd times maps, but every time I get in the car the iDrive screen defaults to Google or Apple maps through Carplay. Even if I try to use the quick buttons by the iDrive controller (Map for example) it just pulls up one of the map apps through Carplay.

I want to be able to use those short cuts for iDrive stuff not Carplay stuff. I know you can toggle to use iDrive for all functions or Carplay for all functions, but that is annoying when I want to jump in the car, have music through Carplay playing but also just have the iDrive maps displayed on the screen.

Any way to get around this? Is there a quick way to use both functions (iDrive and Carplay) at the same time?

Program one of the favourites numbers on the stereo.
Highlight CarPlay in menu, press and hold desired number it will save. I have home address as 1, work as 2, Sirius 3 CarPlay 4, tire pressure 5, sport display 6.

Mine will auto play music and show currently playing songs. Or will auto start on Sirius, depends what I last played in the car.

[XRD]

If you press the home button on the center console it should take you to the iDrive home screen, from there Apple CarPlay should be in the top notification bar and you can click on that to get back in to it.

[Burrcold]

Originally Posted by Preciseyyc

Program one of the favourites numbers on the stereo.
Highlight CarPlay in menu, press and hold desired number it will save. I have home address as 1, work as 2, Sirius 3 CarPlay 4, tire pressure 5, sport display 6.

Mine will auto play music and show currently playing songs. Or will auto start on Sirius, depends what I last played in the car.

Thanks I will do that. But how can get out of Carplay or use Carplay but still display my iDrive map on the screen? I don't want to be looking at Google or Apple maps on the screen...although I do like to have the iDrive map screen up as my "main screen" even if I'm not navigating anywhere.

[Burrcold]

Originally Posted by XRD

If you press the home button on the center console it should take you to the iDrive home screen, from there Apple CarPlay should be in the top notification bar and you can click on that to get back in to it.

Yes it does do that. However, when I press the "map" or "nav" button that's beside the home button, I want it to take me to the iDrive map screen not to Carplay's Google maps or Apple maps. It's like those buttons are now shortcuts for Carplay as long as Carplay is running in the background (even if I'm not using any Carplay functions).

[Burrcold]

Here's a better question. How do you exit out of Carplay so that it's still running in the background and you can get to it whenever you want, but you are fully using all of the iDrive 7 functions?

[Preciseyyc]

Originally Posted by Burrcold

Here's a better question. How do you exit out of Carplay so that it's still running in the background and you can get to it whenever you want, but you are fully using all of the iDrive 7 functions?

I just press home. And or map. And it will display the bmw maps. I only get apple maps if I'm accessing maps through car play, and if I voice command navigation I use the "hey bmw" and it does it with bmw maps

[Burrcold]

Originally Posted by Preciseyyc

I just press home. And or map. And it will display the bmw maps. I only get apple maps if I'm accessing maps through car play, and if I voice command navigation I use the "hey bmw" and it does it with bmw maps

That's what is strange, when I press the map button the Google maps through Carplay pops up. It used to go to the bwm maps so I don't know what changed. And when I press home, there is normally a little "map" widget, but now it just says in that widget box "carplay map guidance is active" something like that. I've double checked on my phone that none of the map apps are open and they are not.

[Preciseyyc]

Originally Posted by Burrcold

That's what is strange, when I press the map button the Google maps through Carplay pops up. It used to go to the bwm maps so I don't know what changed. And when I press home, there is normally a little "map" widget, but now it just says in that widget box "carplay map guidance is active" something like that. I've double checked on my phone that none of the map apps are open and they are not.

Perhaps completely remove your phone and the car and redo it? I just checked mine again and all is well iPhone 11 Pro Max, latest iOS and 11/2019 car software

[Burrcold]

Originally Posted by Preciseyyc

Perhaps completely remove your phone and the car and redo it? I just checked mine again and all is well iPhone 11 Pro Max, latest iOS and 11/2019 car software

I may have to. I have all the same as you above (11 Pro Max, latest update to ios and 11/2019 software). I haven't actually tried a hard reset of iDrive...could be as easy as that

[Preciseyyc]

Originally Posted by Burrcold

I may have to. I have all the same as you above (11 Pro Max, latest update to ios and 11/2019 software). I haven't actually tried a hard reset of iDrive...could be as easy as that

Worth a shot yep lol

[Jkwon]

Originally Posted by Burrcold

I may have to. I have all the same as you above (11 Pro Max, latest update to ios and 11/2019 software). I haven't actually tried a hard reset of iDrive...could be as easy as that

Can also ensure that Apple maps and google maps are shut on by our phone (not running in background) when you go to the car that way the bmw maps will default

[Burrcold]

Originally Posted by Jkwon

Can also ensure that Apple maps and google maps are shut on by our phone (not running in background) when you go to the car that way the bmw maps will default

Yes I double checked that all map apps were killed on my iPhone before getting into the car (I never have those apps open anyways - they are only used while using Carplay).

[Jkwon]

Originally Posted by Burrcold

Yes I double checked that all map apps were killed on my iPhone before getting into the car (I never have those apps open anyways - they are only used while using Carplay).

Strange then 🤔

[Yossi123]

Originally Posted by Burrcold

Yes I double checked that all map apps were killed on my iPhone before getting into the car (I never have those apps open anyways - they are only used while using Carplay).

I have the same issue, iOS 13.3 and iDrive 07/2019.50.
For me it looks like the google maps is not closing properly and somehow stays active in the phone's memory after the app is killed. The quick restart of the iPhone solves the problem.

[2020g20]

It's a bug. Not sure if it's in the iDrive code or the iOS code, but essentially iDrive still thinks iOS has control of the navigation function even though you've fully exited out of Google Maps or Waze. It happens to me at least once a week. So far the only way I've found to fix it is to disconnect/reconnect CarPlay, either by switching it off in iDrive, killing WiFi on your phone, or restarting your phone. Any of the above seem to work for me, but cycling WiFi off and on is the easiest.

I'm also on 07/2019 and iOS 13. I'm hoping 11/2019 fixes it, but obviously won't if the problem is within iOS.

[Burrcold]

Awesome thanks guys! Did a hard reset of my iPhone and boom everything is working per usual now!

Still took the advise of mapping one of the radio memory buttons to Apple Carplay and that is amazing as well (basically a work around for BMW not including a quick way to get in and out of CarPlay). I mapped another button to my tire pressure but I can't think of anything else to go in the remaining 6 spots lol...for another post I suppose

[Yossi123]

Originally Posted by Burrcold

I mapped another button to my tire pressure but I can't think of anything else to go in the remaining 6 spots lol...for another post I suppose

You may want to check out this thread: https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1669301

[Burrcold]

Originally Posted by Yossi123

You may want to check out this thread: https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1669301

Thanks! I remembered that thread but couldn't find it.

[Setsail3333]

Originally Posted by Preciseyyc

Program one of the favourites numbers on the stereo.
Highlight CarPlay in menu, press and hold desired number it will save. I have home address as 1, work as 2, Sirius 3 CarPlay 4, tire pressure 5, sport display 6.

Mine will auto play music and show currently playing songs. Or will auto start on Sirius, depends what I last played in the car.

Can you explain a bit more how to do this?