BMW X1 Owner's Manual page 52

CONTROLS
Activation word from third-party providers
Depending on the national-market version,
some third-party providers provide digital voice
assistants such as Siri or Amazon Alexa.
To use Siri, the smartphone must be con-
nected via Apple CarPlay.
Supported voice assistants can be used in the
vehicle after you have connected your smart-
phone.
The activation word for voice assistants from
associated third-party providers can be used
in addition to your preset activation word from
BMW.
1. Go through the menu as follows via iDrive:
Apps menu / "Vehicle" / "System settings" /
"Voice control".
2. Select the desired setting.
Canceling voice control
You can cancel voice control as follows:
▷ Press the voice control button on
the steering wheel again.
▷ Say the following command: ›Cancel‹
Possible voice commands
Principle
Voice commands can be used to give instruc-
tions or ask questions, with the Personal As-
sistant providing assistance.
It is possible, for example, to call contacts, nav-
igate to an address, change settings, or control
vehicle functions, e.g., air conditioning, by voice
command.
You can reach most content on the control dis-
play, e.g., menu items or lists, using spoken
commands.
Help for voice control
You can say the following commands to get
help with voice control:
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▷ ›Voice commands‹: Possible example com-
mands are announced.
▷ ›General information on voice control‹: In-
formation on how voice control operates is
announced.
▷ ›Help‹: Tips and example commands for
voice control are announced.
Sample commands
The following voice commands serve as exam-
ples.
▷ ›Call John Smith‹
▷ ›Drive me to JFK airport‹
▷ ›Increase volume‹ or ›Decrease volume‹
▷ ›Activate the climate control‹
▷ ›What is my remaining range‹
▷ ›Sport mode‹
Additional example commands can be dis-
played on the control display.
Go through the menu as follows via iDrive:
Apps menu / "Vehicle" / "Personal Assistant" /
"Example commands"
Sample commands are displayed in the BMW
Intelligent Personal Assistant widget.
Menu items
The Personal Assistant can open menu items
directly. Say the menu items as they are dis-
played on the control display. You do not have
to follow the order of the menu items when
speaking them out loud.
1. Activate voice control.
2. ›Media‹
3. ›Presets‹
The stored stations are displayed on the
control display.