Prerequisites - BMW Head Unt High 3 Technical Training. Product Information

Infotainment￿2018
8.￿Amazon￿Alexa
8.3.￿Alexa￿Car￿Integration
Alexa
New￿for￿2018￿is￿the￿integration￿of￿Amazon￿Alexa￿directly￿in￿the￿vehicle.￿Amazon￿Alexa￿can￿be
operated￿via￿voice￿input￿in￿the￿vehicle.
Amazon￿Alexa￿Car￿Integration￿is￿possible￿for￿vehicles￿with￿a￿Head￿Unit￿Basic￿2￿or￿Head￿Unit￿High￿2
from￿production￿date￿March￿2018.
8.4.￿Prerequisites
Prerequisites￿for￿the￿integration￿of￿Amazon￿Alexa￿are:
• Current￿version￿of￿BMW￿Connected￿app￿(Version￿9)
• Valid￿Amazon￿account
Active￿ConnectedDrive￿service￿Amazon￿Alexa￿Car￿Integration￿(available￿in￿the￿BMW
•
ConnectedDrive￿Store)
• Enabled￿vehicles￿with￿Head￿Unit￿Basic￿2￿(HU-B2)￿or￿Head￿Unit￿High￿2￿(HU-H2)￿(ID5/ID6).
The￿smartphone￿must￿be￿connected￿to￿the￿head￿unit￿via￿Bluetooth.￿The￿reason￿for￿this￿is￿that￿certain
applications￿for￿Amazon￿Alexa￿in￿the￿vehicle￿are￿carried￿out￿via￿the￿internal￿SIM￿card￿(P-SIM)￿and￿other
applications￿are￿carried￿out￿via￿the￿smartphone's￿SIM￿card￿(C-SIM).
At￿the￿moment￿Alexa￿Car￿Integration￿only￿works￿with￿an￿Apple®￿iPhone®.
If￿the￿data￿volume￿of￿the￿smartphone￿is￿used￿up,￿certain￿applications￿are￿still￿possible￿via￿Amazon
Alexa￿using￿the￿internal￿SIM￿card.
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