[Ozzie8]

If like me you like to use the iDrive interface with your iPhone and NOT Apple CarPlay then I’m afraid there is bad news in relation to text messages.

You can receive a message in the iDrive messages interface OK from your iPhone, however there will be no address book contact detail. If Adele were to send me a message which said “Hello”, I can see the message appear at the top of the screen while driving and I can access the message while stopped, however I won’t know that it is from Adele as her name does not appear.

Further you can only receive the messages sent since your iPhone was connected to the car. In other words you can’t access your full message list.

I’ve spent a few hours trying all of the possibilities to fix
- Samsung (Android) works perfectly, therefore not car issue
- iPhone deleted and repaired, therefore not phone connection issue
- Address book refreshed, therefore contacts available, not the issue
- iMessage switched off (use SMS), therefore not iMessage issue
- therefore multiply by 4, carry three - its an iPhone issue!!

This is a pity as I have text messages as one of my programmable buttons and I used to love just one press where I could see all messages and then call back anyone while driving.

So either
a) I winge and moan about Apple & BMW not being able to get the integration working
b) I convert back to being an Android user
c) I convert to Apple CarPlay

And the a)’s have it by a nose. C’mon BMW & Apple - sort this out.