Apple Carplay in older models?

RodThePlod · 05-01-2017, 08:27 AM

Hey all,

I'm currently in the market for a used (2012/2013) 2.0d xDrive X3. One of the things I wondered about was Apple CarPlay - is it possible to retrofit CarPlay support into three or four year old X3s?

Thanks for any advice!

awt · 05-01-2017, 10:39 AM

Not without changing the iDrive system to a newer one (NBT Evo).

RodThePlod · 05-02-2017, 02:52 PM

Great - thanks. I'll take a look!

Smithy2014 · 05-03-2017, 03:41 AM

How could apple carplay be retrofitted if it wasn't ticked as an option?

gullyg · 05-03-2017, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Smithy2014

How could apple carplay be retrofitted if it wasn't ticked as an option?

I have a feeling it shows on my car as a selected option in the connected drive store. Maybe worth checking if you can purchase it (presuming your hardware supports it).

Smithy2014 · 05-03-2017, 09:23 AM

How do you get to the connected drive store? I came across it once by pure chance whilst scrolling through the menu's whilst in traffic and been unable to find it since.

gullyg · 05-07-2017, 08:16 AM

Main menu - connected drive - connected drive store - "Apple CarPlay preparation"

MSport_Jon · 06-24-2017, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RodThePlod

Hey all,

I'm currently in the market for a used (2012/2013) 2.0d xDrive X3. One of the things I wondered about was Apple CarPlay - is it possible to retrofit CarPlay support into three or four year old X3s?

Thanks for any advice!

Not possible. only Cars with iDrive 5 or above. you will have to retrofit a newer NBT head units and i drive controller to have a chance at this.

RhoXS · 06-26-2017, 02:53 PM

I am assuming I have iDrive 4 because my X3 was custom built in February 2016 and my controller still has the TEL button.

How practical is it to upgrade this to iDrive 5, both in terms of expense and the actual hardware modification?

Bruce24 · 06-27-2017, 03:06 PM

For people with cars that don't support CarPlay, have you considered any of the HUD products like:
navdy https://www.navdy.com/
or
hudly https://gethudly.com/

MSport_Jon · 06-28-2017, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bruce24

For people with cars that don't support CarPlay, have you considered any of the HUD products like:
navdy https://www.navdy.com/
or
hudly https://gethudly.com/

Nice Aternative...

MSport_Jon · 06-28-2017, 04:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RhoXS

I am assuming I have iDrive 4 because my X3 was custom built in February 2016 and my controller still has the TEL button.

How practical is it to upgrade this to iDrive 5, both in terms of expense and the actual hardware modification?

You have iDrive 4+... if you go to NAV and hit the options button, scroll down to "Version" and you will see NBT_EVO somewhere in there... The problem with the NBT Evo headunits that came loaded with iDrive 4+ is that they only have 2GB of ram and idrive 5 needs 4GB.

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