FYI, Map update available
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Thanks for the heads up - Downloading nowori said:
Yeah, let me know whether the USB-C is faster.
About RSU, I actually don't hope for any new feature. Mainly due to my car doesn't have all the gadgets as yours. Generally for cars with OS7 idrive, I think improvement around carplay or android auto to better integrate them with HUD and the center area between speedo and rev counter will be a great improvement from BMW. Using CarPlay as example, the Apple Map direction can be shown there. There is no reason why google map or waze can't.
ori said:
A working Apple Carplay
Interestingly mine appears to have pulled this map update on its own a few weeks ago - I got the 'new nav data available, restart?' prompt, and it now shows a 2022-1 update alongside the 2021-something that was installed when I picked it up in January. So some cars might have received OTA updates already - always worth doing a USB update if not, though, in case the OTA updates have got stuck...
Most of my thoughts so far turn out to be cosmetic - for instance it'd be nice to see the currently-selected gear in D (rather than just M/S), and some way of expanding the text area for radio stations since it currently cuts off after a couple of (short) lines. After using the GPS for the first time this weekend I'm also not sure I like where the ETA is displayed by default, but I'm currently playing around with the options for the instrument cluster to see if that can already be adjusted to better suit my tastes...
Other than that it's interesting to note that other models come with a different set of installable apps (e.g. I've seen a speed-camera warning mentioned that isn't available on the Z4), and the MyBMW app could perhaps be improved to show things like route/time/avg.speed/consumption details of recent trips (my father's new Jaguar XF apparently does this, for example). I suspect pining for my old online entertainment options (Deezer and Napster) instead of Spotifythumbsdown is a lost cause though.
ori said:
Most of my thoughts so far turn out to be cosmetic - for instance it'd be nice to see the currently-selected gear in D (rather than just M/S), and some way of expanding the text area for radio stations since it currently cuts off after a couple of (short) lines. After using the GPS for the first time this weekend I'm also not sure I like where the ETA is displayed by default, but I'm currently playing around with the options for the instrument cluster to see if that can already be adjusted to better suit my tastes...
Other than that it's interesting to note that other models come with a different set of installable apps (e.g. I've seen a speed-camera warning mentioned that isn't available on the Z4), and the MyBMW app could perhaps be improved to show things like route/time/avg.speed/consumption details of recent trips (my father's new Jaguar XF apparently does this, for example). I suspect pining for my old online entertainment options (Deezer and Napster) instead of Spotify
thumbsdown is a lost cause though.OTA map update either your selected region or your frequently travelled region. On the other hand, the USB map update updates the entire map database. BMW's guideline is to keep doing the OTA when it's available and occasionally, do a full map update via USB map update. I think one of my previous post about map update has some discussion around this. Therefore, it's not compulsory to do USB map update but for people like me who simply want to update when an update is available, this is the information. :rofl: :rofl:baljemmett said:
baljemmett said:
Old BMW Connected App used to show this information (on my 2016 F10 and 2014 F33) as long as you have active BMW Online subscription. However, this feature being removed at some point around 2018 or 2019. No idea of why. Potentially, too buggy and less benefit to majority users.
