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Once you have bought your BMW and registered your BMW ID, you will gain access to selected BMW ConnectedDrive services to individually enhance your driving experience. Explore the benefits that your vehicle holds for you.
Experience an intuitive In-Car Experience consisting of the BMW Operating System, displays and operating elements. BMW Operating System X introduces the BMW Panoramic iDrive complete with BMW Panoramic Vision for the very first time. For a new and innovative driving experience.
Leave your vehicle key at home. Your smartphone becomes your BMW Digital Key. Simply hold it against the door handle and get in.
For more entertainment in your BMW. Enjoy the latest music on the Central Display or challenge your passengers to entertaining games. Waiting times will fly by.
Efficient listening, efficient support. Operate your vehicle intuitively with the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant. It understands more commands than ever before and helps you with everything concerning your BMW.
BMW Maps displays detailed maps, real-time traffic, and comprehensively supports you when navigating.
The Security Assistant lets you keep an eye on your BMW at all times. Sensors notify you of damage to your parked car or an attempted theft, and cameras record everything.²
Discover the most important additional scope of the BMW Digital Premium package for your BMW at a glance.¹
Keep your BMW up to date with Software Updates. These updates also include quality improvements, functional upgrades or new features.
BMW Apps offer you a wealth of practical functions and services. Connect to your BMW or simplify your everyday driving with clever services from BMW.
Check your vehicle's status, compare petrol station prices and arrange service appointments. The My BMW App is your direct link to your BMW.
What is BMW ConnectedDrive?
BMW ConnectedDrive offers you a wide range of digital services and driver assistance systems for your BMW, either factory-fitted or available from the BMW ConnectedDrive Store. You can also use cloud-based services with real-time information, such as BMW Maps, using the mobile communications connection of your BMW. Depending on the equipment fitted in your BMW, apps and vehicle functions are operated in BMW iDrive via the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant, by touch on the control display, using the BMW Controller or using your connected smartphone. You can view your vehicle status in the My BMW App and, among other things, perform Remote Services or set up the BMW Digital Key for your BMW. From Operating System 7 onwards, your BMW will receive regular Software Updates.
How does BMW ConnectedDrive work?
BMW ConnectedDrive offers a range of functions and services to make your journey safer, more comfortable and more pleasant. Does your BMW include a permanently fitted and active SIM card? Then register your vehicle and create a new BMW ID on the Login page of the My BMW App or My BMW Portal on your country’s BMW web page. You can also start the registration process in your BMW by scanning a QR code. Download the My BMW App to use all the digital functions. Additional features are clearly summarized in the BMW ConnectedDrive Store.
What are BMW ConnectedDrive services?
BMW ConnectedDrive includes all digital services that intelligently connect your vehicle to the outside world. This includes telematics services such as navigation services and voice control. Additionally, driver assistance systems, mobile device connectivity, as well as entertainment offerings and traffic services make every drive more comfortable.
In which BMW models is BMW ConnectedDrive available?
In BMW vehicles from 2013 onwards, a SIM card is permanently installed and generally active. This SIM card is the basic requirement for using BMW ConnectedDrive as well as for meeting legal requirements, such as the statutory emergency call.
To provide BMW ConnectedDrive services, such as BMW Intelligent Emergency Call and Teleservice, data is exchanged between the vehicle and BMW via the mobile network and processed by BMW to deliver the services.
Detailed information about which data is involved in specific cases can be found in the legal notices on data protection.
Legal notice.
Due to regular software updates, showed screen designs in the communication may differ from the actual screen design in your car.
¹ Scope, requirements and availability depend on the model, equipment and country.
² The optional alarm system is required for notification and video recording of attempted thefts.
³ One-off subscriptions may be needed for certain third-party provider apps, which are not included in BMW Digital Premium.
⁴ Available with standard digital equipment via tethering and Wi-Fi.
⁵ Available for M vehicles and BMW with optional M Sport package.
⁶ The feature is added to the BMW Digital Premium package that can be ordered separately.
⁷ Available for vehicles with BMW Operating System 9.
