BMW is shipping new cars to customers without Apple CarPlay and Android Auto after it changed chip suppliers in order to get around the chip shortage, Automotive News Europe reported.
UPDATE: Cars for the Malaysian market are not affected by the parts supply-related omission, BMW Malaysia head of corporate communications Sashi Ambi has informed paultan.org .
This will rectified in the future, however, through an over-the-air update that will install new software to return the smartphone compatibility to these cars by end of June at the latest, the automaker told the news outlet in an e-mailed statement.
“The chip built into these cars in the first four months of this year need updated software in order to be fully functional and offer Apple CarPlay/Android Auto and Wi-Fi capability,” the statement read.
The affected models have the code 6P1 included in their specification, which denotes the omission of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, Remote Software Services, the Wi-Fi hotspot and the ability to pair two smartphones, according to a Bimmerpost forum.
According to Automotive News Europe, BMW did not state how many models and which regions have been affected, though customers from the United States, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and France have reported to forum outlets that their cars have been delivered without the smartphone integration capability, said the news site.
Last year, BMW had warned of a critical chip supply shortage, and this was followed by the automaker dropping the touchscreen functionality in selected cars last November in a bid to enable the maintaining of production levels through the end of 2021.
Earlier this year, Volkswagen said it expects the chip shortage to cary on through 2022, though it also estimates that the situation will improve in the second half of the year. Other automakers including General Motors, Ford and Hyundai share the sentiment, though automotive chip producers NXP and Infineon forecast at the time that supply will continue to be short.
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bmw malaysia buang 360 camera terus… why other countries bmw did not do this?
Chip shortage = hardware right? So how can over the air software update bring back the functions that have been dropped. So magical!
different chip, need to rewrite the software for that chip. software not ready
Not enough outrage here. Where are all the bashers? Still sleeping kah? If it were Proton doing this you will find them camping at that tered for days. Come on! Get your lazy arses off and spill your bile here!
bmw gonna adopt atlas auto ah?
Should follow Proton to just “cut production” because of chip shortage.
Cut production is still far more palatable to end customers than cutting specs whatmore buying luxury car expecting to come with all the features but see see this tarak that tarak but price reduce pun tarak. Proton treats their customer right unlike world class BMW scamming people out of their money.
Yes. Better cut production than QUIETLY sending non-production car to NCAP just to get more stars. Or removing tether hook QUIETLY from production cars.
You raised chip shortage problem and someone replied you about the chip shortage so why the hell are you going off topic? If you want to talk about chip shortage then stick to the issue.
What I am saying is not correct?
What a Salty comment…
If yes, pls report to the anti corruption team.
Otherwise, your statement is true or fake?
Then do not sell or decrease the price a lot!
here bmw malaysia , chip shortage also sell the same price . lantak u all.
only ask you to add money if want additional digital cluster.
NAH!
but paying RM1299 can get Apple carplay? is it free or need to pay?