11-07-2012, 12:43 PM | #1 |
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view text messages on idrive?
I have the cradle for the Iphone 4s and while listening to music, I get the ding for a text msg. Pain in the a to lift console and check text while driving or stopped at light. Any way to check text msgs on Idrive? didn't help
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11-07-2012, 04:43 PM | #2 |
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Have you upgraded to iOS 6? Is your phone's Bluetooth connection still active?
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1. Get iOS 6
2. On the phone, go to Settings > Bluetooth > the blue arrow for your car's profile. Turn on "Show Notifications". 3. Under Settings > Notifications, make sure texts and emails are set to have some type of alert or banner, and are enabled for the lock screen if you want both. Note that email delivery to iDrive is spotty right now, though I kept emails off since I don't want to ruin my car by turning it into yet another place I'm plagued with email anyway. 4. Go to www.bmw.com/update and download any iDrive Bluetooth update that may be available there to install in your car. Only NEW texts and/or emails that you receive while the phone's display is off will show up on iDrive, under ConnectedDrive > Messages. And they'll be auto-deleted from iDrive (but not the phone) when you turn the car off. There's no manual way to delete them from the display or the phone using the car.
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Not supported. I doubt BMW will do that anytime soon especially since they're announced they're going to work on integrating their cars with Siri, who can do that. Of course that will leave Android users out in the cold, but this wouldn't be the first time BMW has done that -- and Android users are probably used to that happening in general.
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Amazingly well. I'm typically not a big fan of the voice recognition systems because I don't find they work that well but I was pleasantly surprised by how well this worked. I can dictate a 15 - 20 word message and it will get every word correct, say, 90% of the time.
If I recall, the way I found it in the car was I was reading text messages on the iDrive screen and noticed one of the graphic menu items was "Reply" - when I selected it the whole Dragon Drive! dictation thing came up. Mike |
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Interesting find! It appears that this only works on the brand new iDrive system, so owners outside the US with the 2012 model are apparently stuck, as am I.
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Funny you should ask that today. When I wrote all of the above I was using a Samsung Galaxy S III running Android Ice Cream Sandwich. I switched back to an iPhone 5 on Saturday and now things don't work as well. I can dictate a text message and it acts like it's working but it never sends the text using the iPhone.
My experience so far with the iPhone 5 versus the Galaxy S III is that, as far as messaging goes, the Galaxy was much better than Apple. All of my texts on the Galaxy would load to the iDrive screen whereas with the iPhone the only time I see a text is if I receive it while the phone is connected to the car. In addition I can no longer reply to messages via iDrive with the iPhone. Mike |
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Any update of this? Is Dragon dictation working with the F10 2013? What is the annual subscription cost? Thanks.
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If I can get Siri to integrate with my 2013 model, I think I'll stick with it. No subscription and hopefully Apple isn't recording everything I say. "As a part of the Dragon Drive! Messaging service, the system collects and uses speech data (audio files of words dictated by you when you use the service, associated transcriptions and log files generated in connection with your use of the service) only for the purpose of providing the Dragon Drive! Messaging service and to tune, develop, enhance and improve the speech recognition technology and other components of the Dragon Drive! Messaging service, and other Nuance products and services. Nuance will not use the speech data and any information content embedded therein except as set forth above."
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