iOS 13 Apple Music and BMW's iDrive problems

Course Mini dont have a solution its 100% on Apple this one...on the 8th October my phone worked perfectly in the BMW....updated it over night and on the 9th October it didnt work...only thing that changed was the iOS version on my phone!

Nobody should be bashing BMW/Mini/Audi/Merc its 100% on Apple! :(

Use Feedback Assistant on Mac or iPhone to send a report to Apple. Did it yeaterday. They take a long time to read it but they do it. Maybe if the get lots of reports they will consider fixing the issue soon.

So guys, i just checked the update portal of BMW (German Website). It looks like there is a fix. The changelog says:

Connectivity

▷ Verbessert die Telefonfunktion mit Apple iPhone.

What means: improvements for communication with Apple iPhone. I will install update later after work and let you know, if it is fixed for me. BMW 2 Active Tourer 2018 Navi Plus. The update is new to me, last time there was a fix for Samsung Devices.

Here you go, you will need your VIM (17 chars):

US website

https://www.bmw.com/en/footer/software-updates.html

German website

https://www.bmw.de/de/topics/service-zubehoer/connecteddrive/connecteddrive-services-offers/bmw-software-update.html

US website does not show for me the update about Apple iPhone, still saying it is for Samsung Devices.

So i updated, and now i am at same position as you guys. I can see my playlist but can't switch songs.

At least i can start playing from my Apple Watch, then it works. Before the update i was not even able to see my playlist. At least small win...

I updated my BMW last week with UPD05081.bin

This problem came after update of IOS and is car brand independent.

i am not willing to buy a apple watch to get functionality i already paid for. Premium mobile phone in premium car for premium price must work flawless!

It’s almost all car makers with people reporting issues that DO NOT USE car play. Changing basic functionality of basic commands such as play next track is pretty dumbfounded. It’s not just BMW. It’s Audi, Porsche, Mercedes, Voltzwagon, and a lot of American manufactures. My wife’s GMC is broken when you do not use car play and use cars system. It’s one year old. Apple release buggy, not ready for the market software and it reflects there current leadership, or lack thereof.

It’s almost all car makers with people reporting issues that DO NOT USE car play. Changing basic functionality of basic commands such as play next track is pretty dumbfounded. It’s not just BMW. It’s Audi, Porsche, Mercedes, Voltzwagon, and a lot of American manufactures. My wife’s GMC is broken when you do not use car play and use cars system. It’s one year old. Apple release buggy, not ready for the market software and it reflects there current leadership, or lack thereof.

Apples response is such a corporate BS cop out excuse....seriously one day my phone works fully next day it doesn't only thing thats changed is the iOS on the phone!

If there was this level of incompatibility with this new iOS why didn't they put a disclaimer......reason their excuse is utter BS and they are just trying to pass off blame. :)

I love Apple products but by christ their attitude really stinks now.....its changed massively since the great Steve Jobs passed away and the whole ethos of producing great hardware and software coupled with exceptional customer care has vanished while they chase the $$$$$$$$

That is not a fix for those who do not have Car Play in their cars. Also Apple blaming BMW is a bit of a **** take. It is not just BMWs that are affected. The issue is clearly with iOS 13.

Guess what folks, I dig up my 1st gen iPod Touch that I have lying around at home; loaded two playlists on plugged it in and it works PERFECTLY with my 335d. That iPod is running iOS 3.x and it was bought in 2008. Good job I kept it around.

Still I like Apple to fix the problem. It is not like everyone can just go swap out their cars like they do with god **** iPhones.

Nope. I will hold Apple to make a music app that has worked for the last 10 years work. You are slinging an app with in app purchases to get a simple thing like skip to next track function to work. That is pretty lame. I just use an iPod in the car now. I am just laughing at this company called Apple that their music player that has been terrible for years can’t even go to the next track anymore. It’s like selling someone a boat that sinks in the water and saying it your fault not theirs.

I won’t call that a ‘fix’ using a 3rd party app to skip a song on my own playlist in my own car. Anyway sounds like we all found our own solutions to the silliness caused by Apple.

It amazes me that they didn’t see it during testing phase. I assume they only tested on 19 cars with Car Play and thought everything worked.

I‘ve the same problem with my bmw x1. I found a solution. Install a alternative music app like „soor“ from appstore. then create a new playlist. Start this playlist with „soor“. Now it should work again.

Greetings from Germany

So I think I have found a solution I added a new playlist to my iPhone last night and lone behold the skipping on the tracks works. So it would seem it is an issue with playlists that were existing before the upgrade.

I will try and remove some other playlists that are downloaded to my phone and re add the to see if that fixes it.

Same here, new playlist does not work either. Come on Apple if albums work ok surely the playlist need to be coded the same way, and as for getting another app to get it to work properly no way! The product should work perfectly without the need of a 3rd party app