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Originally Posted by 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.
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Agreed. It's no "Siri", "Alexa", etc. but it's not far off. Comprehension speed irritates me a little but, as you say, compared to dialing an address in to the nav system, it's leaps and bounds in front.
Every morning, I say, "Hey Max, navigate to work". Every evening, I say, "Hey Max, take me home". Every time she (silently) determines the optimal route and steers me around traffic. Bliss. Combine that with near-perfect response gesture controls and all I have to say is, "AMG who?".
PS: the fact that my M5 kicks the snot out of any tuned AMG is also a bonus!
