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Originally Posted by Wivenhoe
BMW seem to make a great noise about new functions which in reality are either still being developed or not available. As a result of press releases regards ID7, when I ordered my car last August I was categorically told by UK Customer Service that as it would have ID7 it would have RSU, Drive Recorder and Reverse Assistant all as the G20. That didn’t go well.
They have announced and launched the ‘superior new app’ - My BMW. It has Climate & Charge Timer (on my 530e) + Remote 3D View as “coming soon” yet the existing Connected Drive app has these functions. Their suggestion is to use both apps, when asked when the CD app would be pulled they are reported as saying - soon.
It looks to me that BMW have adopted the digital key to get in on the Apple announcement without fully developing it into a usable function, then sorting it over the next 6 months. I am sure that when they sort it, cars with the existing function won’t be upgraded to the functioning system ‘due to lack of the necessary equipment’.
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What gets me is that making the digital key performing as conventional fob does not require any more advanced hardware that's already available. Almost like the annoying limitations have been introduced for no good reason.