BMW iX 2024 Owner's Handbook Manual page 79

Creating a driver profile
1. Tap the icon or personal picture in the
status bar.
2. "Add driver profile"
3. Enter the name for the driver profile.
4. Select the desired setting:
"Transfer settings"
If the vehicle is using the guest profile, the
settings of the guest profile will be applied.
Main user
The main user is the person who first enters
their BMW ID into the vehicle and the vehicle
into the BMW app. Alternatively, the main user
can be defined by the Service Partner.
The main user has access to the following set-
tings, for example:
▷ Remove BMW IDs stored in the vehicle.
▷ Transfer the role of the main user to an-
other BMW ID.
▷ Make vehicle-wide privacy settings.
▷ Creation of the digital master key.
For further information:
BMW Digital Key, see page 97.
Specify the driver detection
A driver detection and a PIN can be set up for
a BMW ID or a driver profile.
The driver detection offers the following ad-
vantages:
▷ The BMW ID or the driver profile with the
saved settings is automatically activated.
▷ The settings are not accessible to other
persons.
The driver detection is specified immediately
following the addition of the BMW ID or after
creating the driver profile.
Prior to the selection of the driver detection, a
PIN must be created.
▷ "Set PIN"
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Personal settings
The PIN can be used to activate the BMW
ID or the driver profile, even if the assigned
vehicle key or the assigned digital key is not
available.
▷ "Vehicle key"
The vehicle key that is recognised in the
vehicle interior is assigned to the BMW ID
or the driver profile.
▷ "Digital Key"
The digital key that is recognised in the ve-
hicle interior is assigned to the BMW ID or
the driver profile.
Automatic driver recognition
If driver recognition has been defined, auto-
matic activation of the BMW ID or driver profile
is triggered by the following activities:
▷ By unlocking the vehicle using the assigned
vehicle key button.
▷ By unlocking the vehicle using an outside
door handle. The assigned vehicle key or
the assigned digital key must be carried.
▷ By automatic unlocking when approaching
the vehicle. The assigned vehicle key or the
assigned digital key must be carried. De-
pending on the national-market version, it
may not be possible to recognise the digital
key.
If there are several vehicle keys or digital keys
in the vicinity of the vehicle, the activation of
the BMW ID or the driver profile takes place
according to the following priority:
▷ The key that unlocks the vehicle triggers
the activation of the assigned BMW ID or
the assigned driver profile.
The guest profile is activated when the ve-
hicle is unlocked using a key that is not as-
signed to a BMW ID or driver profile.
▷ If a vehicle key and a digital key are detec-
ted at the same time, the digital key trig-
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