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      05-28-2025, 09:11 AM   #12
jamesinaz
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Originally Posted by G30M View Post
that is very disturbing. nowhere did they say it would stop responding to voice commands after a few years.

PS i also checked the "lifetime" thing i bought - it wasn't connected drive it was "remote services".

i guess both our cars are now dumb cars.

i now use google android auto or apple car play to call people and send messages and also navigate. previously i could do all these with BMW itself.
Voice commands still work it is the intelligence behind them that is dumbed down. Prior to disabling I could just speak the word Safeway and a list of Safeway markets would pop up displaying distance. Now I must enter an address.

So the actual FEATURE of voice control works but it got a lot dumber. BTW also the deaf part I think happens when they switch off the Connected Drive and you have to reset the system so it hears properly again.

Looking at Hyundais and Audis now. hate to sell a car with 32K that I like over $12.50 a month but I am aggravated.
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