Destination Input; Start Guidance Via Voice; Destination Input By Voice; Search - BMW X3 2021 Owner's Manual

Destination input

Vehicle features and
options
This chapter describes all standard, country-spe‐
cific and optional features offered with the series.
It also describes features and functions that are
not necessarily available in your vehicle, e.g., due
to the selected options or country versions. This
also applies to safety-related functions and sys‐
tems. When using these functions and systems,
the applicable laws and regulations must be ob‐
served.

Destination input by voice

General information
When making a destination input via the voice
activation system, you can change between
voice control and iDrive.
Say ›Voice commands‹ or ›Help‹ to have the
available voice commands announced.
Additional information:
BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant, see Owner's
Manual for the vehicle.
Say destination
▷ The desired destination can be spoken in one
command or successively.
▷ Addresses can be spelled, even when the
configured language of the system is differ‐
ent.
▷ For destinations in the same town/city, indi‐
cating the street is sufficient. The system will
apply the current town/city automatically.
▷ You can search for points of interest using
natural language, for instance by asking for
restaurants nearby.
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Destination input
▷ It is possible to accept points of interest, such
as ›Drive me to the nearest parking lot‹.
▷ The options available for entering data de‐
pend on the navigation data and the country
and language settings.

Start guidance via voice

1. Press the button on the steering
wheel briefly.
2. Say desired destination.
If necessary, the guidance will start following
confirmation.

Search

Principle
By entering a sequence of letters or numbers,
you can search for destinations online or in the
stored navigation data in the vehicle.
General information
It is possible to search for the following informa‐
tion:
▷ Points of interest.
▷ Addresses.
▷ Contacts.
▷ Global Positioning System coordinates.
It is possible to search simultaneously by town/
city and street. To do this, enter a text string for
the town/city, then a blank space and a text string
for the street name.
The search displays suggestions for which a
search can be started without entering letters or
numbers. Frequently search keywords are
learned and included on the list of suggestions.
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