If your navigation system has dynamic guidance enabled and you encounter traffic, it will actively look for the shortest path. The BMW Connected app provides walking directions to your BMW if you need assistance getting back to where you parked.
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Those of us with more recent navigation systems can avoid heavy traffic by choosing the BMW dynamic guidance option rather than Google Maps Traffic.
Dynamic guidance has a tendency to redirect me off the interstate and onto minor roads, which adds a significant amount of travel time. While the route is marked in solid red on Google Maps, it advises me to continue on the congested highway because it is the fastest option.
How do you feel about dynamic guidance? Use it or stick with Google Maps for traffic information?
No matter the settings, I’ve had a bad experience with the BMW navigation system. It frequently directs me on longer routes, and once tried to make me go 5 miles up the highway and right back when my destination was only half a block away, among other things. It also tried to tell me to turn right into the barrier while I was traveling down the highway; however, my destination was under the overpass.
I continue to learn the routes because the UI is so obviously flawed. But each time I utilized it, I arrived at my intended location. I simply wish leading businesses like Google, Apple, and BMW would collaborate with them.
I’m not sure whether this is accurate, but our ED representative claimed that they get information from other BMWs with navigation systems as well as a combination of Google maps and other sources.
It has worked successfully for me, so that might be how they obtain their traffic information. Only their routing is inadequate when compared to Google maps (yesterday my GPS told me to take an exit off the highway and then immediately get back on it)
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The majority of people criticize dynamic guiding since, without iDrive 5.0, you are forced to use it, but all they actually need to do is use “Areas to Avoid” and manually designate the locations they don’t want the Nav to guide them through.
I’ve had success rerouting past traffic with these settings, so that’s good to go.
Fastest, however I agree that the nav system sometimes provides poor out-of-the-way navigation. Simply get rid of it entirely and allow interaction with Google Maps or Waze.
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Consider the following driving scenario. On a day when the weather is bad, you have to go home. Finding the fastest route is important because of traffic and accidents on freeways. Alternative routes are offered through the Route Preferences feature in the BMW navigation. It might direct you to steer clear of traffic or hazardous driving conditions and suggest alternate routes.
BMW provides RTTI training for the iDrive 6 and iDrive 7 platforms.
The most recent episodes of the well-liked “BMW How To” series teach us how to maximize the RTTI advantages in BMW models with iDrive 6 7.0. Real Time Traffic Information, or RTTI, is a very clever and practical tool that provides your BMW’s satellite navigation system with extra information about congestion and the general traffic situation on major roads (highways, express roads, etc.), as well as recommending potential alternate routes to avoid delays.
The ConnectedDrive suite of entertainment systems has included the traffic information technology since 2011. The premium Professional/Navigation Plus (depending on the OS interface) satnav systems and the Bluetooth telephony option come with free RTTI.
To put it simply, the Transport Protocol Expert Group (TPEG) and the cellular network of the built-in vehicle SIM card form the foundation of the RTTI technology. The RTTI feature can then use a color-coded system to map the traffic appropriately.
Just so you know, TPEG is a widely used technology that uses a data protocol suite for information connected to traffic and travel. Cellular, Wi-Fi, and digital broadcast are just a few of the data transfer networks that the underlying transmission interface can use.
With a 3-minute refresh rate, RTTI is quicker, more dependable, and more accurate than the more traditional Traffic Message Channel (TMC). When route assistance is turned on in the car, it also aids in achieving more precise arrival timings by accounting for all traffic incidents and congestion before to the destination.
The RTTI must be scheduled using the driver profile on the BMW ConnectedDrive portal and purchased from the ConnectedDrive store before being used. The VIN is easily accessible in the car and is used to make RTTI reservations.
But before RTTI in your BMW is completely operational, one more step must be taken. You can turn on RTTI in vehicles with the iDrive 6 (also known as “NBT Evo”) by selecting Navigation, navigating to the Settings menu, and then selecting the “Receive traffic information” checkbox. The RTTI icon then displays in the map view’s toolbar.
So, before embarking on a planned route, the RTTI sign can be used to assess the general state of traffic. You must enable “Dynamic guidance” from the Route settings menu if you want the route guidance to take into account all the pertinent traffic data provided by the RTTI.
In models using the new Operating System 7.0 infotainment technology, RTTI is activated by performing the following actions after purchasing the feature from the ConnectedDrive Store:
Select “Traffic information” in the “Configure Service” section of NAV’s settings menu. After that, viewing the traffic situation is simple by choosing the RTTI icon from the map view’s toolbar.
Select NAV, followed by Settings, Route criteria, and then switch the Dynamic route guidance setting to Automatic to enable RTTI-based navigation.
Graeme2812
Routing that is based on recent traffic/TMC data is typically referred to as dynamic guidance.
In general, the navigation (with dynamic guiding enabled) should seek a different, more effective path whenever congestion is detected by the on-board TMC broadcasts.
The navigation should still prepare a route even if dynamic guidance is disabled, independent of TMC data. Consequently, it might be less effective.
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Describe the meaning of dynamic route advice.
For dynamic route guiding, the navigation system makes use of traffic data supplied via Traffic Message Channel (TMC).
The navigation system will determine whether the affected area can be avoided and, if you request it, will lead you to an alternate route where feasible if it receives a notice about traffic congestion or a road closure along your planned route.
Has BMW installed trackers?
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Do trackers like BMW Connected Drive count?
Does anyone have knowledge of ConnectedDrive Remote Services? A secondhand M235i was my recent purchase. Although I am aware that BMW ConnectedDrive is not a tracker, I still wanted to be able to locate my car, and this feature (Remote Services) allows me to do so without being constrained by a 1.5 mile radius.
Everything is OK, and it was incredibly helpful when my house was broken into and my baby was taken hostage. I was unable to follow the car while it was moving, but once it stopped, I was able to find it, and the police were able to recover it five miles distant. I was able to retrieve my automobile entirely because of Remote Services. Time travel 2.5 weeks. My Android phone’s BMW ConnectedDrive app has been upgraded. I tried to find my car while I was at work. “Vehicle was too far away to establish location,” it reported. I briefly panicked, believing my automobile had been taken. When I was more composed, I downloaded Fake GPS to make my phone think it was near my residence. And there you have it, my automobile was found by BMW Connected. My blood was boiling, so I wrote BMW a series of stern emails. Still waiting for them to respond.
Even though BMW has all the tools and technology to assist the owner in recovering a stolen vehicle, they choose not to do so. I requested assistance from Emergency Services after my automobile was taken. The operator informed me that she could only find my car if I was actually in it. It is understandable why auto thieves favor BMW so much. BMW supports the theft of these vehicles.
How precise is my BMW track?
It is not really accurate, in response to your query. It still said dispatched from factory when I picked up my. The online tracking is little out of date. The actual assembly process lasts about a day or so, and the tracking will update simultaneously from the start of manufacturing to its conclusion.
How can I find out where my BMW is?
Keep track of the status of the charging process, tire pressure, fuel, and battery levels, among other things. Using Remote Services, you may also lock, unlock, and locate your car.
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