For the BMW iX, customers can stop charging and unlock the charging cable lock via the My BMW App.Additional features and enhancements for certain models This allows customers to make phone calls without their smartphone in the vehicle, stream data via the Wi-Fi hotspot and use video-services directly in the vehicle. The Personal eSIM integrates BMW vehicles with Operating System 8 into the customer’s existing mobile phone contract and enables the vehicle for the 5G cellular standard. The BMW Remote Software Upgrade enables customers of the mobile network operator AT&T in the USA to use the Personal eSIM. New mobile operator AT&T for the Personal eSIM Customers can also park their vehicle forwards or backwards within a radius of six metres, both lengthways and crossways. It allows customers to perform remote-controlled parking manoeuvres outside the vehicle using the My BMW App – such as manoeuvres previously recorded in the vehicle with the Manoeuvring Assistant. Remote control parkingĪs a further innovation, the upcoming Remote Software Upgrade will introduce the Remote Control Parking function for certain countries and vehicles. Previously, a conventional vehicle key had to be located in the passenger compartment. With the BMW software upgrade, a BMW Digital Key shared via smartphone can be activated directly in the vehicle by entering an activation code. Shared BMW Digital Keys are also easier to activate in the vehicle. New functions for the BMW Digital KeyĪ recent update to BMW Digital Vehicle Access allows users to share the BMW Digital Key for their vehicle between Apple iPhones and Android smartphones for the first time.

Since 2019, BMW has been offering free remote software upgrades several times a year for infotainment, driving, driver assistance, comfort and safety. At present, a about 4.7 million BMW vehicles are upgradeable thanks to their hardware and BMW iDrive Operating System. At the beginning of the year, the BMW Group is once again updating the software in its vehicles with BMW iDrive Operating System 7 and 8.

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