[Phaddie]

Hey guys,

Just picked up our car today and so far we LOVE it. I am in Canada so I know the cennectDrice system is limited. I do have the bmw connect classic app on my phone (Google Pixel) however when I plug it in with the USB cable it is not recognised so I am unable to use the app.

Is my phone just not compatible or are there settings I can change?

Thank you in advance

Phad

[Phaddie]

** Update ***

I changed the USB settings for my pixel and now it connects as intended. It seems that they only apps available in Canada are

- AudioPlayer
- Calandar
- news
- Wiki
- Twitter
- Eco Pro Analyser

Is this correct? I was hoping to get spotify integration, but it seems to work OK over bluetooth.

Any info would be great.

Phad

[DARKMTTR]

Hey Phaddie,
I have the exact same issue with my One Plus phone. I think the BMW-Spotify app only works with iPhones. I was recently on a roadtrip and when my buddy connected his iPhone, the spotify icon appeared in my iDrive. Really wish BMW would enhance the android integration in iDrive but I guess we can't have everything

If you don't mind me asking, which settings did you change to have your phone connect via USB? I always seem to get an error.

Thanks in advance!

[Phaddie]

I will have to check which setting I used I am not sure. Once I plugged it in I went into settings for USB and I think just selected one at random. I will check tonight when I am in the car.

Sorry I could not be more help.

[knightarmor]

Hey do your text messages show up in IDrive? In my F80 my text messages pop up on IDrive (I have an HP Elite X3) but in my wife's 2017 X1 with her Google Pixel her text messages are not showing up. There's not even a selection for messages. If you do the voice command for "text messages" the car says " I'm sorry I can't send texts yet"...

[Phaddie]

When I get a text I see a little envelope icon show up in the top right of the bmw screen. I then say "show messages" and I see a list of the texts on the bmw screen.

Phad

[knightarmor]

Do you have to have the phone plugged in via USB or does it do this via Bluetooth? I connected my HP phone and it doesn't seem to show text messages like it does in my F80? What's up with that?

[CliveL]

Originally Posted by knightarmor

Hey do your text messages show up in IDrive? In my F80 my text messages pop up on IDrive (I have an HP Elite X3) but in my wife's 2017 X1 with her Google Pixel her text messages are not showing up. There's not even a selection for messages. If you do the voice command for "text messages" the car says " I'm sorry I can't send texts yet"...

I had a similar problem, albeit with an iPhone, and the solution was checking a box in the Bluetooth settings on the phone. Obviously this may be slightly different on an Android phone, but the important setting in the Bluetooth profile on the phone for the pairing with the car was to enable the "Show Notifications" option. Without this enabled on the phone wouldn't alert the car that there was a new message.

Hope this might help...

EDIT: The text messages are available in the iDrive -> ConnectedDrive -> Messages but you will have to change the filter to show them (it defaults to Service Messages iirc)