[morkjt]

No problem. I occasionally look through the "manufacturer communications" filed for the i4 at the NHTSA and that's where I found this one. . They're kinda interesting. You can look through them here: 2022 BMW I4 4 DR RWD | NHTSA

it’s still my impression the only users on this forum suffering what must be an infuriating problem are with NA cars. To confirm I use CarPlay via an iPhone 13 to my i4 edrive 40 - never had an issue, not once now in 3000 miles. I find that bizarre tho.

 

[morkjt]

I’ve been corresponding with someone on twitter from Canada. It seems they have had this issue longer than any of us. So anecdotally I believe it’s in Canada as well.

I kinda grouped both together into ‘north America’. I’m just aware European models use the Galileo GPS system now and didn’t see or read anyone in Europe having this problem.

 

[morkjt]

Just a thought - I have been following the thread with interest - tho I have no problems whatsoever, use CarPlay every day and it works without fault. I haven't exhaustively scanned the thread, but I had a good dig back through the now 21 pages of posts - is this exclusively impacting North American i4 owners? Anyone outside of the US and Canada experienced the problem? I couldn't see a single post from outside, but I did only scan. I was just idly wondering if it was tied to the different GPS systems in use between NA and Europe.

 

[morkjt]

CarPlay doesn’t use the car’s GPS. It wouldn’t work with cars without navigation. If you have the phone in the charging tray the accuracy will probably drop, especially if you are driving in areas with high rises that might block the phone’s GPS antenna signal.

As far as I understand, this is not correct, it is an Apple requirement for Developers that wireless CarPlay must use the Car provided GPS. You can see the WDC documentation from Apple that states this here and the reasons why (primarily assumption that wireless CarPlay may mean the phone is in a bag or a pocket and suffer poor GPS reception):

Developing CarPlay Systems, Part 1 - WWDC16 - Videos - Apple Developer

CarPlay is a smarter, safer way to use your iPhone in the car. Learn how CarPlay works and how to design your car's infotainment system...

developer.apple.com