Upgrade idrive - problems/risks?

Upgrade idrive - problems/risks?

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otolith

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211 months

Wednesday 5th October 2022
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Looks like I could get the idrive on my 2016 F34 flashed to a newer version and a wifi aerial fitted. This would enable me to use Apple Carplay, which I would mostly want for the ability to use satnav - the car’s own system isn’t as good as Waze/Google/Apple maps.

Has anyone done this and had problems? Does everything still work properly? Is it going to cause me problems with the BMW connected features? Is the current firmware effectively out of support and not likely to ever get a factory update anyway?