Technical data

BMW CONNECTED DRIVE* – FOR MORE CONVENIENCE,
INFOTAINMENT AND SAFETY.
Our world is becoming more closely connected every day.
BMW drivers are used to the fact that their vehicle and the
world are connected – that they can request information,
communicate via telephone or email and stay up to date
while they’re on the go. BMW ConnectedDrive provides
optimum integration between the driver, vehicle and the
world outside – anytime, anywhere. Here is an introduction
to just a few of the features for more convenience,
infotainment and safety. Further information on all the
benefi ts BMW ConnectedDrive has to offer is available
online at www.bmw.com/ConnectedDrive
BMW ConnectedDrive
In touch with your world.
A new era of mobile networking. The BMW Vision ConnectedDrive is a visionary roadster
distinguished by an eye-catching, stunning design. Its dynamic, fl owing lines lead the eye
from the distinctive front and along the elongated bonnet to a unique composition: a synthesis
of exterior and interior. Each of the three layers in the interior symbolises one aspect of
BMW ConnectedDrive – convenience, infotainment and safety. Related functions and controls
are identifi ed by optical wave guides in different colours. Their pulsating light represents the
fl ow of information. For more information on this concept vehicle and other research projects
see the new Future Lab.
 www.bmw.com/futurelab
Infotainment.
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Convenience.
Comfort Access, including exterior door handle illumination. This system allows you to unlock,
lock and start your BMW without inserting the key. All you need is the remote control, which transmits an
identifi cation signal to the car, in your pocket. Simply touch the door handle or boot lid and the BMW
unlocks or locks as required. Similarly, a touch of the Start/Stop button is all it takes to start the engine.
Safety.
BMW Connected App. For the fi rst time, you can now use apps in your BMW. With the Apps option,
an iPhone and the free BMW Connected App from the Apple App Store, you’re no longer limited to just
listening to local radio, your calendar is with you all the time and you’re always in contact with your friends.
Using the iDrive system, you can easily select web radio stations from around the world. You can also call
up the latest status reports from your Facebook or Twitter accounts and view upcoming appointments on
the Control Display, or even have them read to you through the audio system’s speakers. And that’s just
the beginning, more functions and apps will follow in the future.
High-beam assistant. The optional High-beam assistant recognises light sources in the car’s
environment and switches the high beam on and off, according to the traffi c situation. When the system
is active, an image sensor at the back of the interior mirror monitors the traffi c and lighting conditions.
Based on these sensor images, the assistant decides whether or not the high beam should be switched
on. When it detects vehicles ahead, or fi nds that ambient light is suffi cient, the high beam is switched
off again.
Bluetooth interface with added functionality (Of񂐷 ce). Use the time you spend on the road even more
effectively! Thanks to the optional mobile phone preparation with Bluetooth interface in conjunction
with a navigation system and the intelligent integration of selected business mobile phones
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, you can use
the Bluetooth connection to show Offi ce functions such as e-mails, dates, tasks or SMS messages on
the Control Display while on the move, or have them read out aloud to you via the audio speakers, using
the text-to-speech function. And thanks to Bluetooth Audio Streaming, wireless playback of music via
selected Bluetooth-enabled devices
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* May not be available in all countries. Please consult your BMW partner.
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Information on compatible devices can be found at www.bmw.com/bluetooth
PlugIn. With your iPhone and the Apps option you are always up to date – and, naturally, also in your BMW.
Through PlugIn, you have direct and easy access to all menu items, you can use advanced functions such
as the playback of Genius mixes and display album covers. And whenever you add iPod updates to your
iPhone, they can be used in your car immediately via BMW ConnectedDrive. Thanks to this interface
technology, the use of mobile devices in cars is innovative, more convenient and safer.