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Originally Posted by Tlon
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Originally Posted by Pictor
Siri "eyes free" has been available on BMW's since 2013 with some 2014 MY cars. Short press of the mic button gives you BMW's voice assistant. A long press of about 3 seconds gives you your phones assistant (Siri if you have an iPhone).
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Is this still working for folks with an iPhone and Carplay is not active? It stopped working for me with the 7/2019 update and still does not after the 11/2019 update.
There were a few threads about this when it stopped working.
It's very frustrating. I used that all the time to have Siri read texts aloud. Now I have to hope the phone will hear Hey Siri. |
No it doesn't.
That is the only reason why I use apple CarPlay to be able to read text messages. I navigate with Idrive. Selecting a contact with Idrive is much easier with the idrive controller or touchpad. Touch pad isn't active for CarPlay. But I don't make many calls in my car anyway. And you also lose navigating to your contacts in idrive. So I made favorites for my frequent destinations. Listening to music is easier with Idrive but doable with CarPlay. Selecting playlists is easier in idrive. CarPlay looks nicer.