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> But the software is awful. It's not poorly designed, necessarily, but it's buggy as hell. Seconded. It was always crappy, but I recently switched to a 2019 m
by jwr 7y ago
> But the software is awful. It's not poorly designed, necessarily, but it's buggy as hell.
Seconded. It was always crappy, but I recently switched to a 2019 model and expected it to be better. It isn't.
I'm amazed that in 2019/2020 we still have problems with keeping track of two driver profiles (yes!) and their phones. It's not rocket science!
A phone can stop working for no reason and require un-paring/re-connecting. The UX is crappy, Spotify integration works or does not, depending on the phase of the moon.
My car also came with Apple CarPlay, which was somewhat better but after a couple of weeks both phones stopped working with the car. The dealership told me I never had a CarPlay subscription (!), which means it must have been a demo. From the point of view of the user: phones worked nicely, until suddenly they stopped working, completely. Wasted time on dealership visits and unparing/re-connecting phones again.
Oh, and the much-touted feature that lets you unlock the car with an NFC card or your phone? Only works with Samsung phones.
I'm not sure if manufacturers get the fact that for a certain segment of customers phone integration is one of the most important features in the car. After my lease expires I will be shopping with that in mind.
- indemnity 7y agoDidn’t BMW stop the nonsense about having to subscribe to CarPlay?
- ilikehurdles 7y agoYep. My car got an OTA that changed the subscription expiration date to sometime around 2040.
- drdaeman 7y agoJust a guess - could it be 19 January 2038? (The end of 32-bit UNIX epoch)
- ilikehurdles 7y agoGood guess, you had me checking it, but no. I looked it up and it seems to be my purchase date (and consequently original Apple Carplay subscription date) with 20 years added to the year part of the date.