WiFi & Apple CarPlay

[Marty in NY]

My son has a 2018 X5, he called me yesterday for help in figuring out why Apple CarPlay is no longer working. He's not technical and I don't know iDrive 6 so its like the blind leading the blind I had him go through the iDrive menu, we got his phone reconnected via Bluetooth and was able to stream music to the car. Ok, so he was happy with that. I saw he had WiFi checked in the checkbox. I could not find anything relating to Apple CarPlay in any of the menu's. Then it dawned on me that maybe he lost the ability to use it when the OEM warranty expired??.. ..but that's just a guess as I would have at least expected to see it on one of the menu's. So I thought I'd reach out to this community for help.

- Does an iPhone use WiFi or Bluetooth or both to connect via Apple CarPlay?
- Does he require an active Connected Drive subscription to use Apple CarPlay?
- How can he get Apple CarPlay back?

Thanks

[RED_Y_]

Are you 100% it worked before? May be his car doesn't have Car Play?
Check this thread out:
https://f15.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1548680

[Marty in NY]

Originally Posted by RED_Y_

Are you 100% it worked before? May be his car doesn't have Car Play?
Check this thread out:
https://f15.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1548680

Yeah, he said he had been using it ever since he bought the car and then suddenly it just stopped working. I thought maybe it was due to some kind of subscription that ended with the OEM warranty or something like that. They used it to stream music from the iPhone, use Waze and a few other apps. I'll take a look at the post you included. Thanks.

[FCX5]

Originally Posted by Marty in NY

My son has a 2018 X5, he called me yesterday for help in figuring out why Apple CarPlay is no longer working. He's not technical and I don't know iDrive 6 so its like the blind leading the blind I had him go through the iDrive menu, we got his phone reconnected via Bluetooth and was able to stream music to the car. Ok, so he was happy with that. I saw he had WiFi checked in the checkbox. I could not find anything relating to Apple CarPlay in any of the menu's. Then it dawned on me that maybe he lost the ability to use it when the OEM warranty expired??.. ..but that's just a guess as I would have at least expected to see it on one of the menu's. So I thought I'd reach out to this community for help.

- Does an iPhone use WiFi or Bluetooth or both to connect via Apple CarPlay?
- Does he require an active Connected Drive subscription to use Apple CarPlay?
- How can he get Apple CarPlay back?

Thanks

Yes CarPlay uses Wi-Fi on iDrive 6, just like it does in ID7. When he opens CarPlay on his phone he doesn't see the car's CarPlay ID? It might be a subscription to Connected Drive that is required for CarPlay?

I have my phone connected to ID 6, 7 and just this weekend to 8 and the connection was pretty much the same for all. You might want to check with the dealer. Here is an article saying that BMW removed the subscription for CarPlay. It might be something broke on his ID?

https://9to5mac.com/2019/12/04/bmw-w...-in-some-cars/

[Marty in NY]

Originally Posted by FCX5

Yes CarPlay uses Wi-Fi on iDrive 6, just like it does in ID7. When he opens CarPlay on his phone he doesn't see the car's CarPlay ID? It might be a subscription to Connected Drive that is required for CarPlay?

I have my phone connected to ID 6, 7 and just this weekend to 8 and the connection was pretty much the same for all. You might want to check with the dealer. Here is an article saying that BMW removed the subscription for CarPlay. It might be something broke on his ID?

https://9to5mac.com/2019/12/04/bmw-w...-in-some-cars/

Thanks FCX5, I think between what you just posted and what I found on YouTube, we should be able to get him running again, thanks much!