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Roll all the windows down is kind of fun

I’ll just say “Hey BMW take me home” sometimes.

But even that’s rare since by default if I’m not at home the iDrive screen has an icon that says “Home” that I can just tap and it’ll automatically start routing me home.

navigation, music, phone calls, texts, climate. it’s very useful if you know how to use it

I don’t use it at all to be honest. I forgot it existed until a few months ago 😂

The only thing I’ve used it for is to change satellite radio stations. But it works well for that.

only for destinations. Tried a few other things - driver settings - didn’t work

Using it for entering addresses into the gps is useless. A lot quicker than typing and can do it on the go

I use it just to show others how bad it is

Never, Google on my phone though yes

I only use it when my phone dies in the middle of directions and I’m lost so I ask my bmw to get me directions to where ever I’m going at the time and 9 out of 10 times it enters the wrong address and I’ll be in the middle of the city getting beeped at and getting lost all whilst increasing getting frustrated and ultimately end up screaming bmw 30 times until my phone turns back on lol ugh stresses me out more than it’s useful most of the time

Voice, like gesture control, is for who I don’t know. Pilots with mobility concerns perhaps?

Either feature adds a time consuming complexity that literally takes more effort and energy than simply pushing a button.

These aren’t driver aids. They’re gimmicky distractions. It’s too bad some have adopted then adapted to the extra effort well into the point of not realizing they’re working harder while behind the wheel.

I only use it to check adblue level

I used it to change the color of the led lights once. That’s it. Otherwise, I hold it down and use google assistant over android auto for things like making calls, sending texts, and navigation.

Never used it, don’t even know what it can do.