kingalton Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 I saw a tweet this morning re BMW connected drive and the fact that you can check Twitter and Facebook from the screen.. Not sure of the details, or if you need to be stationary to be able to open and update via the system, but it just seems crazy.. motorist on their cellphones are causing more and more accidents, now they are bringing the tech into cars, which is a bigger distraction..?
Thug Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 Not unique to BMW. Any Android head unit has that ability.
LazyTrailRider Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 It doesn't work if you're not fully stationary. That, and the display itself is very limited. A bit pointless. One ConnectedDrive feature that I *do* like (but don't have in my car) is the ability to remotely switch on your aircon and lights, or flash them to help you locate your beemer in dark spots.
Skylark Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 Basically if you buy a brick or a spade these days and it doesn't come with built in twitter and Facebook you know you get fobbed off with last years model!!
Steven Knoetze (sk27) Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 As if it isn't bad enough sitting behind somebody at the traffic lights who is so busy on their phone that tgey don't even see the lights have turned green!!
G e r h a r d Odendaal Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 that's why theres so many accidents, people are doing other things than actually keeping their eyes on the road.
Slowbee Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 there was a thing on 567 about the traffic feature.something about it links in to local traffic reports and recommends alternative routes does it actually work ?
(Deon) Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 there was a thing on 567 about the traffic feature.something about it links in to local traffic reports and recommends alternative routes does it actually work ?as advertised on TV?
Stretch Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 Sorry but why the f would you want to send a tweet or fb from your car! Maybe bmw should be investing money into taking people away from their phone by developing things to allow for text readout and voice driven response. people aren'tgoing to stop doing it..so rather make it safer. What about also incorporating that technology from that Australian ad...off too find it There we go Samsung S-Drive: I tweeted this to mtn and Vodacom and heard nothing...this is what we need in this country.. And should be standard with all contracts...not some stupid thing that allows you to send a tweet. Never going to buy a bmw now...oh that's right..I never was
Slowbee Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 as advertised on TV? dunno, heard the guys on the radio talking about testing it for a week on CT roads.
urbanroyal Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 And then there is that ad where the BMW driver panics ...seeing all the lights behind him ...not realizing that its a group of cyclists...then presses the "panic"button in the car and when the BMW service replies ..he answers and says "not tho worry the PROBLEM rode off " or something to that effect ....the point is ...we Cyclist are seen as PROBLEM ...a threat ....Thank-you BMW ...
Skylark Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 there was a thing on 567 about the traffic feature.something about it links in to local traffic reports and recommends alternative routes does it actually work ?That's already avail from Garmin or TomTom and think iPhones may have that feature, they basically aggregate the movements of people in realtime traffic that have connected devices and use that data plus algorithms to determine the traffic is more boxed in one place than another and then automatically reroute you on the least congested route.
Shebeen Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 That's already avail from Garmin or TomTom and think iPhones may have that feature, they basically aggregate the movements of people in realtime traffic that have connected devices and use that data plus algorithms to determine the traffic is more boxed in one place than another and then automatically reroute you on the least congested route.i swear by waze, now owned by Google
Fisan Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 i swear by waze, now owned by Google +1 I use Google Maps - because it is integrated with the Waze databse it shows the Waze updates (accidents, traffic congestion, etc.) to allow for auto redirecting. Unfortunately you cannot report these through Google Maps. That's why I am looking forward to the new gen cars which will feature Android Auto. This will be available in almost every car (expect BMW ) but they have that Apple drive thingy?
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