Maybe, but that's kind of missing the point.Īs voice control technology gains ground, it's only natural that we'd expect to find it in all the areas we spend most of our lives. That is – adjusting your home's temperature or switching on the porch lights from your car during the drive home, with only your voice.ĭon’t have CarPlay or Android Auto in your BMW? You can retrofit it even on a 2008 car!īut here comes a question though: Do you really need to control your home's smart lighting from your car? And if you do, can't you already just do that from your smartphone anyway? With, I don't know.the Alexa app? While BMW CarPlay and Android Auto’s voice control is limited to performing actions in your car, the BMW Alexa is able to interact with everything your Echo can. What sets it apart though from competing in-car systems from Apple and Google, is greater voice recognition capabilities and the smart-home connected ecosystem. Just like any other BMW cloud-based virtual assistants, BMW Alexa allows you to interact with your car on a broad scope – from getting directions and creating playlists through checking your tire pressure or the weather to updating your to-do lists.

The rumor mill told us BMW Alexa integration has just as many opponents as followers, so in this post we’ll dive into its features and consider whether the decision to integrate the mother of voice assistants with BMWs was a good one. As long as the in-car version isn’t another jack of all trades, master of none type of thing ) There's nothing quite like speaking and having things automagically happen around you…Or even miles away from you!Īt least, that's what the Bavarians were betting on when they first introduced Amazon's Alexa personal assistant to cars with BMW iDrive 5.0 and up.įor anybody used to using an Echo at home, taking advantage of the same capabilities behind the wheel must feel like second nature and bring an awful lot of convenience.

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