iOS 13 Apple Music and BMW's iDrive problems

Hello

This problem for my BMW iDrive has been solved with the iOS 13.2 Beta 3 which has been released recently for beta testers. If you are in beta program, please upgrade to Beta 3. P.s Beta 2 still has this problem.

Serkan

hi

I have a BMW X2 2019 with idrive 6. I too was experiencing the same issue with, however it seems all will be resolved very soon. I have installed the developers beta 13.2 and track switching seems fine. Bluetooth is also more stables. It looks as though Apple are finally listening!

This issue is resolved guys! Download beta profile from Apple and install 13.2 beta3. Apple heard us nice and clear!

Just checked the official 13.2 release with Xs Max and BMW 4 series. Everything works again as expected. Can change tracks from iDrive and messages also pup up on the screen.

Can confirm 13.2 fixed the issue for me in 2015 BMW 335i.

Install the new 13.2 update and it fixes the issue.

Will add my vehicle to the list as FIXED on iOS 13.2: 2019 MINI Cooper S with just the basic 6.5” screen + BMW’s iDrive wheel. All selections & scrolling works like it did in iOS 13.0.

but did it fix the ispeech button to prompt siri?

my steering wheel and rotary knob for the local playlist has been fixed since 13.2

thats no longer my issue.

2016 5 serires

I have the same issue and it’s driving me crazy. Everything was working perfectly on iOS13 though. The issue started after updating to 13.1 and it still persists with 13.1.1. I also tried a Mercedes and the issue is also present. The problem has to do with iOS13.1

This is a huge functionality issue that Apple has to address. I’ve submitted to bug reports and encourage you to do the same. Hopefully this would get fixed with the next update.

Just had a talk with a BMW Connected Drive Support Hotline (Here in Germany) and i was told, that there will be a software update for my car (BMW 2 F45 AT), and developers are already working on it. They could not say, how long it will take, but they said, Apple is making this kind of changes often enough to give users headache.

Hi All,

I was trying again using iPhone 7 and found following temporary solution: with my BMW idrive or steering wheel I only can select playlists BUT by using the buttons forward/back of central radio console, near the favorite buttons, it was possible to change songs — press twice to go back !!! Seems to be a mismatch of Apple and not of BMW

Regards

Basile

awaiting professional solution of Apple

That's what I did, downgraded to iOS 13.0. You can restore then from your iTunes backup (iCloud backup does not work as it forces you to upgrade back to the latest available version). There's a link to the video that describes the downgrade process in detail somewhere in the beginning of this thread.

✅ FIX: Start your playlist with Miximum app. Then everything is working.

❤️ Please click “Helpful” button so everybody know about this workaround.

‼️ If you have the same problem, please write it directly to Apple here (so they know it’s a big issue): https://www.apple.com/feedback

Using the free app Miximum by opening the app, selecting an existing playlist then allows you to use your car controls to select songs from the playlist. Obviously this isn’t a permanent fix, but it is a workaround. But if you switch playlist from your car, the problem starts again unless you use Miximum to select another playlist. This means you have to touch your phone to switch playlist from Miximum, which isn’t ideal. If Apple doesn’t fix this problem for good, it is enough to put me off from buying future Apple products again. Will have to look at alternatives for having a reliable music app.

So, yes as we all know the iOS 13.2 beta 3 solved the issue of controlling playlists with the car controls.

But, it created a new problem, now messages don’t show up in the idrive, before I could see a notification, an envelope in the idrive when I received a message, and I could go to office or phone in idrive and read it.

But now, no notification and no message in idrive.