Did you get the battery precondition button? I know there is some assertion that pre November 2022 builds don't support it period but I'm still hoping.
It was not there, but I haven’t been able to update apps in nine weeks, so I’m doing that now.
Done, and I do not have a tile in Charging for preconditioning.
It does if you use the BMW navigation. But I really don't like their software, hence the desire to be able to have manual preconditioning that I can use with my own choice of navigation app (Waze).
Based on that quote from the pdf manual, the reason I can’t find battery preconditioning is because they don’t call it that? Pre-temperature of the battery? Maybe it makes more sense in German.
I put in my VIN here BMW Owner's Manuals - BMW USA to get my car's specific manual, and pretty much the same text is there, on page 287. Seems to be better translated for US cars.
When guidance to a DC charging station has been started, the high-voltage battery is preheated/precooled as much as possible until the destination is reached. This increases the charging capacity during the charging process and shortens the charging time. Preheating/precooling considers factors such as remaining range or outside temperatures.
From what I understood, extricating yourself from CarPlay and going back to the native apps/systems is far more difficult than setting it up. That’s why I wanted to see if I liked the BMW nav before making any decision. I have decided that I like the BMW stuff just fine, so I will not be the Guinea pig on that. 🤗👍
I downloaded the manual for my VIN today as well and there is a battery thermal management section that says preconditioning can be activated manually.