BMW to charge annual subscription to use Apple Car Play

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New 2019 BMW models will receive a year’s free access to use Apple’s Car Play. After that, it’s £85 per year or £295 for lifetime access. Will other manufacturers follow suit? :? :roll:

Perhaps they should’ve just increased the list price by £295? ;)

Apparently Apple does not charge a licensing fee to use Car Play.


https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/bmw/10749 ... on-service
https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/24/bmw ... s-carplay/
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Absolutely ridiculous!
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This appears to be a bit of a Con but not new for BMW who started this charge in the US in 2017 see attached - Dave 🤨

Is BMW going to make you pay for Apple CarPlay every year? - https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/16/1689 ... -show-2018

BMW added CarPlay for 2017 as a $300 option on cars equipped with built-in navigation. It introduced a wireless CarPlay setup with charging on the 5 Series last year, too, supported by the latest iDrive 6.0 interface. The comment on the new plan would be that it would be free for the first year of ownership on a new BMW. After that, owners would be asked to pay $80 per year to keep the service. Over the course of a three or four-year lease, it would still work out to less money than the option is now, he said.
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Lots of other things BMW will charge you for:

https://www.bmw-connecteddrive.co.uk/app/index.html? bmw=grp:bmw_uk:CarPlay:Link1#/portal/store/Base_CarPlay
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Well, BMW certainly offer a lot of unnecessary and expensive add-ons. :roll:
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That is another reason not to own an Apple phone
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Apparently CarPlay costs £2400 on a Ferrari...

It came as standard on my Ignis!
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