In an official communication released by BMW, the company confirmed that it is working to solve these problems via over-updated updates. the-air (OTA) by next July:
“The chips installed on cars in the first 4 months of the year will need a software update to become compatible with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, and for take advantage of the WiFi functions. "
In the meantime, however, customers are receiving the cars and are noticing everything that is missing, not least because BMW has not been able to identify the incomplete car batches; the only indication made known is an abbreviation, '6P1', shown within the car's production code - if there are these 3 characters in the car's production code, it will not be compatible with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.
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In other cases, however, problems have been reported relating to the wireless charging for smartphones available in the passenger compartment: also for this technology they are specific components are needed which these days are becoming increasingly difficult to procure.