[bloozemanAZ]

Granted that I'm old school and do not often use the Google Assistant on my Pixel 3 XL or Siri on my work iPhone X but I've found the BMW Assistant to be quite useful. In the case of my cell phones it is easier just to execute what I want via traditional methods vs wasting my time speaking to their assistants as my focus to do so (even if multi-tasking at the time) is not an issue.

I discovered early on with the M850i that I could have the BMW assistant tune to my favorite SiriusXM stations without issue. However, over the past week (with extensive testing) I've discovered it can also play back anything I throw at it from my extensive high resolution FLAC catalog on the 1TB SSD in the center console. Granted there is a bit of delay and sometimes clarification, e.g., "play Chris Rea Road To Hell" prompts me to pick from the title track vs the album itself. However, when you're driving at 60 MPH plus in traffic it is a godsend vs manipulating the iDrive interface.