[cnichols138]

Ok Just had some time to look around.

Two things missing now:
1) No longer can pick the weather on the main screen. It is no longer an option.
2) When going into car/settings/climate you can no longer control the seats or heated steering wheel options. Rules are no longer there. Can pick the temp of the seats when to come on or anything. Unless they moved it somewhere.

So far all i have found.

[eluded]

I would avoid 13.4.1 and 13.4 in general.

[deoxys]

Originally Posted by NYC_340i

I'm on version 7/2019.55 and my car was delivered early November.

So far I haven't had any major issues so I really don't want to rock the boat with convincing the dealer to do an update and cause potential issues.

Only thing I'm missing is Spotify which I really would like. I already coded auto heated steering wheel and my car came from the factory with the assisted driving view. The app so far has been pretty decent. I use it to start the car all the time and I've only had it not work a handful of times. The only other problem with the app is that on my previous Samsung S10+ I was able to use it as a digital key, however with my newer S20 Ultra the digital key is not supported apparently.

I'm holding out for the 7/2020 version where hopefully we will get Android Auto.

Did you have the driving assistance professional option? (With a radar in front bumper)

[NYC_340i]

Originally Posted by deoxys

Did you have the driving assistance professional option? (With a radar in front bumper)

Yes I do.

[Aero7000]

I went to BMW.com software update, loaded my VIN and got message that all soft updates are automatic...have no idea what this mean.

I'm on version 03/2019.46 now not sure how current this is.

I would like to get Driver assist view in the instrument cluster.
Car can literally self drive in traffic jam situations, however I cannot get this to replace map in the center:

[CardinalZeus77]

Originally Posted by Aero7000

I went to BMW.com software update, loaded my VIN and got message that all soft updates are automatic...have no idea what this mean.

I'm on version 03/2019.46 now not sure how current this is.

I would like to get Driver assist view in the instrument cluster.
Car can literally self drive in traffic jam situations, however I cannot get this to replace map in the center:

I am on software version 11/2019. You need to have driving assistance plus package on the car. I got this and lane change assist coded on my car.

[Aero7000]

Thanks Hitman,

I have S5AU Driver Assistance Pro and S5DN Parking Assistance System Plus.

But I defenitely do not have menus in your picture, I guess my soft version is pretty dated, but when I try search for updates on the BMW.com or remote from the car, nothing comes up

[ashokgadeking]

I am on March 2020 and I had to reset iDrive and log back in to unlock the new features like steering wheel heating rules.

[Bimmer_73NL]

Originally Posted by Aero7000

Thanks Hitman,

I have S5AU Driver Assistance Pro and S5DN Parking Assistance System Plus.

But I defenitely do not have menus in your picture, I guess my soft version is pretty dated, but when I try search for updates on the BMW.com or remote from the car, nothing comes up

It's reported that despite what BMW is saying, remote software updates on iDrive7 haven't worked so far for many people.
To get the latest software version (03.2020.40 at the moment), you likely need to bring it to your BMW dealer/ service point.
If you are reluctant to do so, it's worth a try to do a reset as suggested by ashokgadeking to see what happens.

[BigWagonFan]

Originally Posted by Aero7000

But I defenitely do not have menus in your picture, I guess my soft version is pretty dated, but when I try search for updates on the BMW.com or remote from the car, nothing comes up

It's a pretty common practice not to update all users at once. BMW handles updates by countries / VIN numbers.

Updating users in groups allows BMW to:
1. Save server resources (too many users downloading update at once could overload them)
2. Back out update in case of failure reports from the field.

I guess you just have to wait for BMW putting your VIN on their whitelist for 2020/11.70 remote update.

[EXE46]

Public service announcement y'all.

OTA update almost done downloading as we speak. My car is a May build 2019. Update is for 11.2019.70. Finally USA getting update. I was on July 2019 firmware so this is welcome.😀

[LegalDrugDealer]

Originally Posted by EXE46

Public service announcement y'all.

OTA update almost done downloading as we speak. My car is a May build 2019. Update is for 11.2019.70. Finally USA getting update. I was on July 2019 firmware so this is welcome.😀

Just installed the update as well. Same version as you.

[TheGrok]

Originally Posted by Aero7000

I went to BMW.com software update, loaded my VIN and got message that all soft updates are automatic...have no idea what this mean.

I'm on version 03/2019.46 now not sure how current this is.

I would like to get Driver assist view in the instrument cluster.
Car can literally self drive in traffic jam situations, however I cannot get this to replace map in the center:

In order to get the assisted driving view you need a car built after July 2019. See here:
How to use the New Assisted Driving View in your BMW – BMW How-To

If you don't you will need to code it. I have a car made in May 2019 and I am on 03.2020 software and assisted driving view did not show up in iDrive without coding.

To get automatic lane change like here you need to code it:
How to change lanes automatically – BMW How-To

I have coded both on mine and I have the menus showed above and both work great.

[BEK46]

Originally Posted by TheGrok

In order to get the assisted driving view you need a car built after July 2019. See here:
How to use the New Assisted Driving View in your BMW – BMW How-To

If you don't you will need to code it. I have a car made in May 2019 and I am on 03.2020 software and assisted driving view did not show up in iDrive without coding.

To get automatic lane change like here you need to code it:
How to change lanes automatically – BMW How-To

I have coded both on mine and I have the menus showed above and both work great.

Originally Posted by TheGrok

In order to get the assisted driving view you need a car built after July 2019. See here:
How to use the New Assisted Driving View in your BMW – BMW How-To

If you don't you will need to code it. I have a car made in May 2019 and I am on 03.2020 software and assisted driving view did not show up in iDrive without coding.

To get automatic lane change like here you need to code it:
How to change lanes automatically – BMW How-To

I have coded both on mine and I have the menus showed above and both work great.

Does anyone know why US dealers cannot/will not provide these features for pre July 19 cars? I have an 03/19 built car and I was told they would not be available when I updated to 04.2020.40 but they will NOT tell me why; they only state the "pre-07/19" build requirement. I have also gotten zero responses from multiple calls to BMW USA. Since it can be coded it must not be a hardware issue. These features were detailed in the literature that was available when I ordered my car and as I cannot get them it seems like a clear case of false advertising. Has anyone gotten any acceptable answer as to why early builds can't access these features? Since I did pay for all the requisite options I wonder if there is any legal recourse.

[BigWagonFan]

Originally Posted by BEK46

Does anyone know why US dealers cannot/will not provide these features for pre July 19 cars?

It's kind of feature that may require official approval (homologation), at least in some countries. It's strictly related to driving safety after all.

Since your car was homologation approved without it, BMW may not be allowed to add this feature for it (depending on country anyway - but it may be also some BMW global policy).

[BEK46]

Originally Posted by BigWagonFan

It's kind of feature that may require official approval (homologation), at least in some countries. It's strictly related to driving safety after all.

Since your car was homologation approved without it, BMW may not be allowed to add this feature for it (depending on country anyway - but it may be also some BMW global policy).

Originally Posted by BigWagonFan

It's kind of feature that may require official approval (homologation), at least in some countries. It's strictly related to driving safety after all.

Since your car was homologation approved without it, BMW may not be allowed to add this feature for it (depending on country anyway - but it may be also some BMW global policy).

Homologation sounds plausible but only up to a point. If post 07/19 cars are retrofitted with these features and earlier models not, it stands to reason that SOMETHING changed after that date that precludes these (and what other) features. If whatever did change after 07/19 did in fact require another homologation, I can't see how software updates to existing feature capabilities would be the cause without including the pre models especially given there were no hardware changes. Exactly WHAT changed after 07/19 and is there anything owners should be aware of? These questions are relevant whether or not homologation is the issue. We deserve to know WHAT changed after 07/19 that is preventing early buyers from access to features we paid for and were tacitly promised via advertising and available literature.

[iPetey]

So i got my car in july 19. Had it serviced recently, and it was "updated". First night i decided to take it for a drive, while listening to bt audio apple music/spotify, the center console/cluster all kept restarting, i had to stop listening to bluetooth and use sirius or fm. This stopped the next time i drove the car, so far so good.

I now, cant have weather on my front screen/shortcut. I cant find spotify to login to it in the media section. My auto-start was disabled, more an inconvenience but had i not checked the settings i might have spent another trip to the dealer.

Also, maybe its my imagination but i feel like the car doesn't backfire/pop as loud as it used to? Someone give me some input on this one, as I saw others mention this but now that it happened to me i'm not sure.

[mbanck]

Originally Posted by BEK46

Homologation sounds plausible but only up to a point. If post 07/19 cars are retrofitted with these features and earlier models not, it stands to reason that SOMETHING changed after that date that precludes these (and what other) features. If whatever did change after 07/19 did in fact require another homologation, I can't see how software updates to existing feature capabilities would be the cause without including the pre models especially given there were no hardware changes. Exactly WHAT changed after 07/19 and is there anything owners should be aware of? These questions are relevant whether or not homologation is the issue. We deserve to know WHAT changed after 07/19 that is preventing early buyers from access to features we paid for and were tacitly promised via advertising and available literature.

If Assistant Driving View (as a concept or described features) is part of the homologation for post-7/2019 cars, but not for pre-7/2019 cars, that'd be a reason not to update the older cars.

I see two other possible reasons:

1. BMW's lawyers are way more conservative than Tesla's (which apparently constantly changes their car OS for (also) safety-relevant features) and generally don't allow any safety-relevant changes to cars after they left the factory.

2. BMW (sales) somehow thinks it's a smart move to sell cars "as advertised" and not add value to them after the sale.

[BEK46]

Originally Posted by mbanck

If Assistant Driving View (as a concept or described features) is part of the homologation for post-7/2019 cars, but not for pre-7/2019 cars, that'd be a reason not to update the older cars.

I see two other possible reasons:

1. BMW's lawyers are way more conservative than Tesla's (which apparently constantly changes their car OS for (also) safety-relevant features) and generally don't allow any safety-relevant changes to cars after they left the factory.

2. BMW (sales) somehow thinks it's a smart move to sell cars "as advertised" and not add value to them after the sale.

Originally Posted by mbanck

If Assistant Driving View (as a concept or described features) is part of the homologation for post-7/2019 cars, but not for pre-7/2019 cars, that'd be a reason not to update the older cars.

I see two other possible reasons:

1. BMW's lawyers are way more conservative than Tesla's (which apparently constantly changes their car OS for (also) safety-relevant features) and generally don't allow any safety-relevant changes to cars after they left the factory.

2. BMW (sales) somehow thinks it's a smart move to sell cars "as advertised" and not add value to them after the sale.

But that's my point. These features WERE advertised in the available literature at the time. As for the 1st premise , since they did retrofit post 07/20 cars after they left the factory, and there do not appear to be any hardware issues, what changed?

[TJZ67201]

Sorry but new to BMW in general, updates must be performed by the dealer? Updates are not OTA, pushed to vehicle via wireless?

[NYC_340i]

Originally Posted by TJZ67201

Sorry but new to BMW in general, updates must be performed by the dealer? Updates are not OTA, pushed to vehicle via wireless?

At the moment it's a mixed bag.

BMW has just recently started rolling out OTA updates to people in the US. They have been doing a slow rollout overseas for the past few months.

There is no info on how many updates they are pushing or how far down the line you are. Also the OTA update is only for the current version - 1 so with 3/2020 being the current version the OTA will only update to 11/2019.

If you want to get updated to the latest as soon as possible, you can bypass the OTA and have the dealer update you.

[Aero7000]

Finally took a car for some recalls and got soft update to 30.2020.40 version.
the only change is that all apps disappeared

BMW suggested to reset iDrive by pressing volume button for 70 seconds while engine running, so far no effect.

Does anybody had this issue and how it was resolved?