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Originally Posted by Doc5513
I've never had CarPlay. I'm trying to see how it fits into my life versus just using IDrive. I use an iPhone.
So far I find the navigation using IDrive and voice commands works great. So much better than my '16 F15.
I understand that IDrive no longer has apps for Pandora or Spotify. So I've just been using the apps on my phone, and going through media/bluetooth connection. It sounds fine to me on HK system.
I notice that I cannot send a text using IDrive and voice translation. I understand that has to be via CarPlay. But I rarely do that.
So am I correct that almost all the features I need can be found in IDrive? It seems like a pain to have to dive into the settings and enable CarPlay for some stuff...and then switch back over to IDrive for others . It would be nice to have one of the preset buttons set to activate CarPlay, but understand that can't be done.
Can you guys share your thoughts and how you use each system? Thanks!
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You can use CarPlay but still control your music using the idrive interface. It's the best of both worlds. A more stable WiFi based connection to the phone but you can use the BMW native menus to control it.