01-30-2016, 09:44 PM | #1 |
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MY16, OTA nav updates?
MY16 F34 with navigation (pro): are over-the-air map updates enabled as they are in the MY16 F30? I've heard yes and no. Anyone with MY16 GT and nav?
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01-31-2016, 08:55 AM | #2 |
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Over the air 'updates' are only related to current traffic and weather. Full map updates come out every three years or so, and they're not free.
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01-31-2016, 11:45 AM | #3 |
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You mean for the MY16 F34, or in general? For MY16 F30, OTA updates are for the maps and the updates are free for 3 years.
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http://store.bmwgpsmaps.com/dataSelection.aspx |
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01-31-2016, 09:53 PM | #7 |
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Looks like 2016 3 series GT is missing out on this feature. (It is also not getting the LCI treatment, which, I think will be coming to 2017 3-GT.) The sport wagon and the sedan got lucky and are OTA enabled.
Here is from the horse's mouth: http://www.bimmerfest.com/news/85035...on-and-gt-f34/ |
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BTW don't be surprised if the dealer is not able to answer your questions about latest changes to BMW cars. My dealer, who is supposedly very well known in the area, did not know that 2013-2014 onwards BMW revised their oil change interval recommendations. The service agent at the dealer was surprised to find the iDrive suggesting an oil change after 1-year..
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01-31-2016, 10:13 PM | #9 |
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To me, updating maps every year is overrated. A map update every 3-4 years should be good enough.
We are not building new roads that fast are we? I will be glad if we keep our current roads in shape.. |
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01-31-2016, 11:03 PM | #10 |
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It's more about the POIs than the roads, esp. when "2015" maps have stale POI data from 2012.
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02-01-2016, 08:20 AM | #12 |
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I will be surprised if folks use BMW maps to look up POIs except an occasional gas station or quick fast food place. Touristic places don't crop up every now and then and I would imagine most of us use our phones to look up that "seafood restaurant with 5 star reviews"
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02-01-2016, 08:21 AM | #13 |
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Could you please copy link to threads? I seriously doubt it is the case. I don't think OTA is available for F34 MY2016. It is quite clear from the official release.
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02-01-2016, 10:09 AM | #14 | |
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The reason/opinion of map updates is irrelevant. This thread is a request for current MY16 F34 owners with Nav (609) to verify the OTA feature.
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02-01-2016, 12:30 PM | #16 | |
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http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...ota+map+update What MY16 F34 has is still in question.
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The references you have cited are all discussing hearsay. It is all one person asking questions to another, and not sure if the map updated or something else was updated. OTA won't occur on a 3G connection, at least not for BMW the way their maps are. Their maps are large and 3G connection just won't have bandwidth to do it. Technicalities aside, I am telling this from reading official releases and not hearsay. Unless you have 4G on your car, you won't have OTA. |
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For the sake of re-steering this post to its intent. Let's just say we have 4G in MY16 F34 head units. Is there OTA updates or not? Need an MY16 owner to test!
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I can confirm that my Nav map has just updated to the 2016-1 version in the last couple of days. As pointed out above, it has only updated the UK and Ireland parts of the Euro map. But that's more than good enough for me, and OTA too ! I never noticed any interruption to the service either.
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https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/unite...tem=node__4099 BMW enables OTA updates on a 4G connection, but not on 3G. So not surprising that you are getting OTA map updates. DJHakim has a US Build car, which unfortunately gets a step motherly treatment and does not have 4G connectivity even for a 2016 model year (only for the GT; the sedan does have 4G connectivity). Here is the press release again for US builds: http://www.bimmerfest.com/news/85035...on-and-gt-f34/ |
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02-15-2016, 09:38 PM | #21 |
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3G does push map updates, too, on US MY16. Unless, of course, posters are just lying for fun.
That "release" was by Tim Jones. Is that BMWNA?
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The posters, if any, are lying out of ignorance. Technically pushing incremental map updates is a possibility over 3G, but BMW does not do it. Neither is it going to do it retroactively to its vehicles with 3G chips (it won't make financial sense because software will have to be re-written). Cars with 3G do allow an OTA "software update" and I can bet the posters are thinking their map is being updated as well. Which. is. not. true.
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