What´s new in this version
In order to provide a better user experience, the app has been separated from the navigation map. This way, users who do not need the navigation, do not have to download large map data.
If you are already a BMW Link user and did update your app, you will have to reload your street map using your BMW Link ID and your password. This way you will additionally receive a free update of your latest European street map. For additional support please visit http://www.copilotlive.com/de/support/bmwlink/
Description
The BMW Link App offers a seamless solution to combining communication, information and entertainment. This application is easy and safe to use and the user interface is...
What´s new in this version
In order to provide a better user experience, the app has been separated from the navigation map. This way, users who do not need the navigation, do not have to download large map data.
If you are already a BMW Link user and did update your app, you will have to reload your street map using your BMW Link ID and your password. This way you will additionally receive a free update of your latest European street map. For additional support please visit http://www.copilotlive.com/de/support/bmwlink/
Description
The BMW Link App offers a seamless solution to combining communication, information and entertainment. This application is easy and safe to use and the user interface is specially designed for in-car use and, with a large font and tidy buttons, provides great versatility - even when driving. With BMW Link you have full access to your complete music library as well as stored contact data, or you can scroll through your music and your favorite playlist.
For relaxed phone calls in the car, BMW Link offers the perfect solution in combination with the BMW Station for Apple iPhone™, the innovative holder for retrofitting from Genuine BMW Accessories. With the integrated microphone and audio output through the speakers of your BMW, this combination provides a premium hands-free solution for your Apple iPhone™.
The navigation software CoPilot Live takes you to your destination in Europe. CoPilot Live, the multi-award winning turn-by-turn navigation app runs on your iPhone 5/4/4S/3G/3GS with digital street maps of Western and Eastern Europe. CoPilot Live is your personal travelling assistant, always ready to guide you with voice directions. The navigation function is available for 30 days to its full extent to all users - after the trial period you can acquire the navigation by in-app purchase.
In combination with the BMW Station for Apple iPhone™ the navigation announcements are integrated through the speakers of your BMW.
Within BMW Link unique services are made available under the menu item ConnectedDrive. Next to news and worldwide weather information BMW Link offers additional comfort to you: for example the Car Finder - when removing your iPhone from the BMW Station, the current position is stored automatically and you will be directed back to your car in an unknown neighborhood; Google™ Local Search and the function "Panoramio" to display pictures of your destination.
Telephone
• contact list and dedicated favorites in landscape orientation
• automatic mute control with phone calls
• hands-free function and audio playback through the car speakers
Music
• music selection via genre, artist, album and playlist in landscape orientation
• familiar control of the iPod functions
• display of album covers (album art)
BMW ConnectedDrive
• news
• worldwide weather information
• Panoramio
• Google™Local Search
• Car Finder
• Accident Hotline with location information
• BMW Mobile Care with location information
• WikiLocal
Navigation – CoPilot Live
• 30 days trial free of charge
• map data of Europe with 41 countries
• fully-flagged navigation with speech output through the car speakers
• Turn-by-turn voice directions door to door
• Lane indicator display and CoPilot ClearTurn™ provides a more realistic display at complex junctions
• Speed camera warnings as standard (not in CH)
• Adjustable speed limit warnings
• Choice of standard navigation voices and optional Text to Speech (TTS) voice directions (UK, IRE, DE, FR, IT, ES)
• Live Traffic alerts (additional cost – UK, FR, DE, IT, ES, DK only)
• Wide range of customization options
User manual, detailed map coverage, FAQs and more information available at www.bmw.com/apps
The BMW Station for Apple iPhone™ 4&3 is available as Genuine BMW Accessory at your BMW dealer.
Important: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."