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Re:GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto beca... by msh on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @01:04AM (#38623294)
It would be useless to me personally.

I hate radio. I don’t listen to much music. When driving I mostly listen to podcasts and audiobooks which sounds like is not really practically possible.

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Re:GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto beca... by mulmen on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @01:13AM (#38623350)
It has an aux cord so you can plug in a cell phone. Or you can use a USB drive to transfer files to the internal hard drive. The lack of Bluetooth Audio is the greatest flaw of the system.

It does have a "cradle" in the center console to connect a phone, I believe audio is supported by that. Unfortunately it requires an adapter and 2010 was the era of phone minification so there's not physically room for modern mega-phones to fit between the cradle headers, even if BMW kept up with adapters. There's also an iPod adapter but it uses the 30-pin plug. I haven't tried plugging in a regular 30-pin to USB A plug to the console USB port, that might work as well.

The navigation functionality is far superior to anything else I have seen.

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