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Originally Posted by Viffermike
It makes sense because Porsche hasn't tried to pull this kind of cross-platform compatibility crap with its infotainment electronics. If it won't work for most everyone, it doesn't use it ... and because marques owned by the same parent company (VW, Audi) that use the same vehicle OS that Porsche does are much more sensitive to making sure things like this work on any major mobile platform before touting it as a feature to the masses.
If it doesn't work for the vast majority of your customers -- especially if some of those same customers likely chose a BMW partially because it plays well with a specific mobile OS (iOS) those customers prefer -- don't release it.
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Respectfully, everything you just repeated for the second time is nonsense.
Android Auto isn't in BMW's because BMW doesn't want to share info with Google over a platform they feel isn't secure. Same as Porsche. You're applauding Porsche and chastising BMW for the exact same thing. That's hypocritical.
The "cross platform compatibility crap" where the Digital Key works with Android and not iPhones is because of Apple, not BMW. BMW would certainly prefer it worked on iPhones, and worked with all Androids, but the cell manufacturers and service providers have to allow the feature in their phone software. Nothing BMW can do about that, except make the cars open with Bluetooth like Tesla, which again isn't a secure way of doing things, and as such, they're not doing it.
It's crazy to me that every time BMW comes out with something, instead of being pleased with what it DOES do, all some of you do is complain about what it DOESN'T do, even if that has nothing whatsoever to do with BMW. You'd rather they just didn't come out with ANYTHING new then? Because that's the alternative.