Jun 02, 2018 With its innovative services, BMW ConnectedDrive enhances the safety and comfort of your BMW.The “My BMW Remote' app provides you with a connection to your BMW via the mobile phone network.You are unsure whether or not you have locked your parked BMW and wish to lock it. May 31, 2018 With its innovative services, BMW ConnectedDrive enhances the safety and comfort of your BMW. The “My BMW Remote' app provides you with a connection to your BMW via the mobile phone network. You are unsure whether or not you have locked your parked BMW and wish to lock it for peace of mind - without having to be close by? The 'My BMW Remote' app can be used exclusively for BMW. Mar 21, 2012 BMW ConnectedDrive iDrive and Blackberry functionality. 03-21-12 12:08 PM. Advanced Search. Went home and tried to download v6 to my old 9700, and couldnt do that - download said v5 was up to date? The BMW Apps module is more for iPhone I believe, Facebook/Twitter/etc. 03-20-12 08:18 PM.
BMW announced that the My BMW Remote app is available for Apple iOS devices beginning today. This app allows many BMW customers to access remote features for their vehicle by using their mobile. Built for BlackBerry. The signature BlackBerry® 10 experience. Built to keep you moving, apps and games with the Built for BlackBerry designation provide the seamless performance and integrated experience you've come to love. Before you can use Remote Services,they must be activated in the BMW ConnectedDrive customer portal (incl. Security question for use via the call center) Before you can use the My BMW Remote App, you first have to download it on the App Store or on Google Play™ Availability.
I recently traded in my old BMW 5-series for a new X5 Diesel. One of the added benefits was being able to remote unlock/lock my car door remotely, send Points of Interest to my car, and locate my car using BMW's Remote App. Once you begin using it, it's fairly obvious that no one at BMW spends time thinking about user experience.A simple task such as locking my car doors remotely (If I think I forgot to do so) roughly goes like this:
Step 1: Open the App
After all of this, you're never really sure if the car actually locks. Needless to say, this isn't very user friendly at all. The rest of the functionality is basically the same.
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To send a location to the car, you need to go to Google Local Search (See step 4) and search for where you want to go. Then you need to access a sub-menu and then tap send-to-vehicle.
I may be wrong, but I thought the point of this app was to make the user's life less-complicated. How is this any easier than pulling out my key and walking back to my car to lock it? It's not.
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Mobile apps are all about removing friction from the user's life and bring small moments of joy throughout the user's day. I would make the case, that if your app doesn't do either, don't bother building it.
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Seeing as I will have my car for the next 3 years, I decided to make my own BMW Remote App. One evening I sat down at my computer and took a look at what the existing BMW Remote App does. Under the hood, it's basically a simple networking app that hits a RESTful API over at BMW. Using common developer tools I documented their entire workflow. All in, it was about 2 hours. Now I was ready to build my own.
My main goal was to create a version of the app that I would love to use. I brought the core (important) functionality to the front of the app.
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Step 1: Launch the App (icon pending)
Step 3: Wait ~30 Seconds (The BMW Roundel's center spins)
The most useful feature I added was integration with Apple Maps. Instead of finding where I want to go in one app. Then opening the BMW My Remote app to find the same place, I integrated my app as a directions handler in Apple Maps. Now I can find where I want to go using the OS's mapping solution and just send the directions straight to my car. They show up almost instantly.
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I dont know what my plans are with this app, I built it for myself to use. I've given it to a few friends and they are enjoying it. I'm tentative to release this to the App Store for obvious reasons. For now, my plan is to reach out to BMW for permission to release this. We'll see what happens.
One common question that has come up every time I've shown this to someone is 'Can you unlock any BMW?'. The simple answer is No. You are required to login with your BMW Assist account. There isn't a way (that's public) to add a car to your account. So have no fear of someone malicious messing with your car.
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I'll keep this blog up to date if/when I do anything in the App Store.