a bluetooth thing

[awwalker]

I am desperate to find a way to stream spotify from my phone without connecting an aux cable. I have got a 2013 pro radio with no idrive The phone bluetooth is connected and working, is there any way I can connect with the usb so I can use the steering wheel controls?
Thanks

[imported]

I am desperate to find a way to stream spotify from my phone without connecting an aux cable. I have got a 2013 pro radio with no idrive The phone bluetooth is connected and working, is there any way I can connect with the usb so I can use the steering wheel controls?
Thanks

Bluetooth is for telephone calls only (the bluetooth module they use was deliberately chosen to suck dick).
USB is for file transfer and charging only (again, deliberately to chosen to prevent cheap upgrades).
Even with the iPhone clip-on adapter you still can't play music that isn't physically stored on the phone through your car's system.

The only thing I can think of (100% theoretical) is to connect a 30-pin bluetooth 4.0 receiver to a 30pin BMW clip-on adapter and then pair the receiver to your phone. If the BMW thinks the receiver is an iPod (my B&W zeppelin dock does it) then it might change the track even for podcasts, spotify, 8tracks, youtube and etc. Actually I have all of these items, I'll try it tomorrow but bear in mind my e89 has idrive/satnav so it might not work on yours.

[BMWZ4MC]

I've connected a cheap Bluetooth receiver to the aux socket on my E86. I can pair my phone with this and play anything that would normally be played through the phone speaker - that includes the sound track of YouTube videos, Spotify, Amazon Music etc as well as music and sounds stored on my phone. The Bluetooth receiver is hidden away and powered from the car. If you have a phono aux socket in your E89 you can do this too. Obviously I can't control the phone through the MFSW but the phone is mounted in front of me anyway so there's no need.

[imported]

I've connected a cheap Bluetooth receiver to the aux socket on my E86. I can pair my phone with this and play anything that would normally be played through the phone speaker - that includes the sound track of YouTube videos, Spotify, Amazon Music etc as well as music and sounds stored on my phone. The Bluetooth receiver is hidden away and powered from the car. If you have a phono aux socket in your E89 you can do this too. Obviously I can't control the phone through the MFSW but the phone is mounted in front of me anyway so there's no need.

No I think he wanted a clean solution, phone out of sight and tracks controlled via steering wheel at least. I have a layen i-dock, the 30pin iPhone media adapter from BMW and iPhone 6 plus so I'll confirm if it works or doesn't work tomorrow. It all depends if the BMW thinks the receiver is an iPod.

[imported]

Bad news, none of it works.

No way to use Spotify through the car without ConnectedDrive.

[awwalker]

thanks for trying it, looks like I will have to just plug it in the aux and just go with a playlist!

[A1GSS]

What about the Intravee? Not BT I know but might be better than the Aux?

http://www.toysinyourcar.com/acatalog/intravee.html

[jimbo1958]

What about the Intravee? Not BT I know but might be better than the Aux?

http://www.toysinyourcar.com/acatalog/intravee.html

Intravee only suitable for early 2009 E89's IIRC.

[th30d0r3]

There is a media cradle that allows you to stream spotify to your car. I have one and I use an old Iphone for that. the only downside for you is I'm not sure if that works for Pro headunit.
Other alternative is to swap in the newer bluetooth module from eBay, but I'm not sure how that will operate without iDrive.
I guess the whole, Bluetooth to AUX dongle and mount the phone on the dash is your only option for now.

[stereohype]

I've just spent all evening on the web trying to figure out how i might control Spotify on my android phone via the car controls and the sh***y "pro" head unit (no idrive) and my conclusion is that no you can't
(If someone can prove me wrong I'd be super happy)

So that leaves the above suggestion of controlling it via the phone on dash and a bluetooth aux in dongle.

So my question is what is a good quality example I can buy? I see tones of dongles for 5-10 quid on ebay and amazon but they always seem to have mixed reviews. I don't mind paying a bit more for quality and reliability.