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Sedan 2017 BMW 5 Series will be the first car with CarPlay wireless

In February last year in a test version of iOS 8.3, the developers have discovered a new function for managing wireless version of the interface CarPlay. Then first it became known that Apple is working to improve company standards for communication iPhone on-Board vehicles. Since then, no car and has not received a wireless CarPlay. As it became known, the first machine with this feature will be the BMW 5 Series sedan.

Car with new exterior and interior in the style of the new top model BMW 7-Series was presented last week. He became more than its predecessor in all areas (length, wheelbase, width and height), but due to more widespread use of aluminium and magnesium, the body became lighter by approximately 100 kg when grown stiffness and strength. For new available multimedia system with technologies from the new BMW 7-Series, including gesture control, voice commands, and support for Wireless CarPlay.

Apparently, Apple asserted mode is ready to mass introduction, as the company has previously forbidden the automakers to show it at CES 2016. This, in particular, representatives of Volkswagen.

At the moment, iPhone can be connected to the car via USB connection. Earlier, the head of Apple Tim cook said that the automotive market is one of the priorities for the company. He is an equal part of the ecosystem, along with the app store. It is important for people, according to cook, “to have something in the car”, and Apple are willing to make the consumers unique offers, beating in this field of competitors.

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What was the reason for the delay in launching wireless CarPlay, you can only guess. Sedan BMW 5 Series will go on sale in February 2017.

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