12-11-2019, 10:40 AM | #1 |
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BMW To Support Android Auto July 2020
Since this gets brought up fairly regularly here is an article from BMWBlog that was posted about Android Auto today: https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/12/11/a...-in-july-2020/
Pretty nice to see for those of us with Android phones who have been waiting. Looks like BMW will now be supporting Android Auto in all cars with iDrive 7 from July 2020. Last edited by RustySeatbelt; 12-11-2019 at 10:46 AM.. |
12-11-2019, 11:16 AM | #3 |
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It's about time!! This should have happened years ago!! Why didn't they support Android Auto from the beginning? There are far more Android phone than Apple iOS phones in use around the world. Samsung sell sells more Galaxy phone than Apple sell iPhones. That fact doesn't include Android phones from LG, Motorola, and and others.
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12-11-2019, 11:26 AM | #4 | |
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As BMWBLOG publisher told me after the last thread, of the 1.5 million unique visitors to their site each month, not to mention the 3.5 million social media followers, iOS blows away Android devices. If Bimmerpost would reveal their stats, I feel confident it's the same. Android devices are cheaper than iPhones and BMW does not cater to the cheap price crowd. |
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12-11-2019, 12:04 PM | #5 | |
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And a lot of people appreciate the Android UI vs the iPhone and the greater flexibility in apps. |
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And yes, the "flexible" Androids Apps are very unsafe from hackability to virus and trojans. Unless living in a cave, it's impossible to not know that. |
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12-11-2019, 05:12 PM | #8 | |
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The world has moved on significantly from the days of old Android. Also, I don't think the inherently flawed argument that BMW doesn't care about Android because Android users = poor people makes any sense when BMW obviously felt the need to support it now. Either Android users aren't all poor or BMW is now targeting Kia buyers. |
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12-11-2019, 05:14 PM | #9 | |
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China is their big play where Android phones are $100 -$200. According to IDC, the average price of a new Android phone increased from $254 to $268 (in USD) Worldwide in 2019. Of course iPhones are 3x that. |
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12-11-2019, 05:20 PM | #10 |
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12-11-2019, 05:24 PM | #11 |
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Yes, those phones usually run old versions of Android which are skinned and only supported by the mfg now, not officially by Google. Some also run Android One which is different than what you see on the flagship devices from the major providers. The reason there is a lot more Android phones in the world is because saying Android is a bit misleading. It's not straight forward like iOS. Android on my phone is significantly different than on Samsung as the Pixel runs it as Google intends the OS to be used. Samsung skins it to fit their vision (which sucks btw).
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12-11-2019, 05:25 PM | #12 | |
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Just like advanced features are first offered in automotive flagship luxury lines. Then they are moved to the lower lines. No reason any phone running Android 9 should not work. |
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12-11-2019, 05:27 PM | #13 | |
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Much like Linux. |
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12-11-2019, 05:31 PM | #14 |
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Agreed, but if history is any indication then it'll be a long time before 9 gains any significant mkt share. Right now it's only at 10%: https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards
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12-11-2019, 05:43 PM | #16 |
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I don't think there are any plug and play upgrades available now. I'm also not sure how difficult the upgrade would be. Might be worth reaching out to one of the vendors like bimmertech to see if it is possible. Doing a quick search on the 5 to 6 upgrade, that one was around $2,400 though so I'm guessing it's going to be steep if it's even possible.
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12-11-2019, 07:35 PM | #18 |
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Finally, Android auto! Been contemplating switching from a pixel to the new iPhone just for carplay but could never bring myself to make the leap.
Its great BMW is catering to us poorer folks /s. it's quite sad there's an individual who feels the need to preach this whenever Android auto is mentioned. Talk about insecurities in life. |
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In my opinion, Android auto feels much better than Carplay- I have an aftermarket HU on my old car. Porsche has stated (using some serious paraphrasing here) that the impoverished Android user does not buy their cars. |
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12-12-2019, 07:07 PM | #20 |
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i've never used carplay because i'm a android s-series user but i think its nice to have.
but now the leading question is wheter it works in the f8x series without id7? as far as i know the f8x series have id5(preLCI) and id6(03/17LCI and @07/17 with touch) onboard... first with id7 too bad and to late actually for f8x drivers :-/ |
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