[ohniner]

I give up! on my 2024 i50 m loaded with iDrive 8.5 from factory, I Listen to Pandora and use car play exclusively. Sometimes the car restarts on my Pandora screen as that's where it was but sometimes restarts on the default large map screen with a small widget of current Pandora music.
I cannot figure out how to get from this large map screen with two widgets to my car play screen. I've tried pushing every car play button i see with no movement,
HELP ANYONE?

[DBinOH]

I feel your pain. My BMWs with CarPlay have always been a little glitchy. If you're not able to get to CarPlay by pressing the icon on the screen, I would do the following:

1. Make sure your iPhone is up-to-date.
2. Forget the device in your car and forget the car in your iPhone.
3. Restart your iPhone.
4. Reconnect to the car and CarPlay.

This usually solves the issue for a while.

[Brayden Marshall-BMW P.S]

if you click and hold down on the volume button for 30 seconds to a min it will restart the system and that always works it will even boot straight into carplay most of the time.