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06-28-2011, 08:08 PM | #1 |
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Google Maps "send to car" from iPhone Question
Does anyone know if it is possible to use the Google Maps "send to car" feature from an iPhone? I have tried the iPhone Maps application, but it does not permit same, and when I go to Google via Safari, enter an address, and click the map, it brings me back to the iPhone Maps application(!?), which does not have "send to car". Please advise.
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06-28-2011, 08:30 PM | #2 |
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Nope. I would LOVE to have that feature on my iPhone too... Maybe one of these days google (or apple) will add this feature to the iPhone map application, that would be SOOOO cool!
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06-28-2011, 08:42 PM | #4 |
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And, wow, just saw new functionality on Google Search via Safari(!) - perform a search, and when the results are listed, instead of paging down (flicking up), page up (flicking down).
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06-28-2011, 08:43 PM | #5 |
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It's the email address you provided the BMW Assist service when you got the car!
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06-28-2011, 08:44 PM | #6 |
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You can also do searches by voice command via the google app... works remarkably well !
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06-28-2011, 08:46 PM | #7 |
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Yes, I know, but I mean - can we send e-mail directly to the car? I'm not referring to the user name to use when selecting BMW and “sending (an address) to the car” in Google Maps. I ask because I see you can “share” addresses via the iPhone Maps application, and given the choice between mms and e-mail.
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06-28-2011, 10:31 PM | #8 |
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use the my bmw remote app. its in the UK itunes store. works great sending to the car
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06-29-2011, 02:02 AM | #9 |
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@dbs600: The feature you are referring to is to share an address via mms or email with other phones (mms) or someones computer or phone (email). The cars do not have an 'email' address that could be used to send an address to. The google 'send to car' feature also allows for some additional notes and/or a phone number to be associated with the address you are sending to the car. That's as far as it goes for now... Hopefully in the future they will expand on these features?!?
@Jblackbelt: The BMW remote app (from the UK iTunes store) does allow you to send the map coordinates/address to the car and is basically the same as or uses the google 'send to car' feature.
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07-06-2011, 06:42 PM | #10 |
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I was in love with this feature until my 2011 B7 stopped allowing it to work recently. The "Messages" and "Concierge" selections no longer appear in my car, even though the little envelope icon still does at the top of the iDrive screen, indicating that MyInfo has addresses not yet read (that were sent from Google Maps). Also, my Google search no longer works. I took it to Santa Moinca BMW Service and they told me that the BMW Assist / Google features are not available with the iPhone 4, which makes no sense because I have been using my iPhone 4 the entire time.
I called BMW Assist and they couldn't offer an explanation either... Could it be that the most recent Apple software update is causing compatibility issues with the iDrive software? Has anyone else had this issue yet? My iPhone version is 4.3.3 Thanks for any input. |
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