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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 06:52 PM
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No album artwork over Bluetooth?

Hey guys.

I did another quick demo of a C300 while I make my mind up about ordering a C300 in June or doing another lease of a BMW product. Current BMW iDrive system streams music over Bluetooth and delivers extras such as track progress, cover art, etc.

You can also choose what playlist/album/artist you want to listen to over Bluetooth. Cadillac ATS also has this capability.

For some reason the C300 does not seem to do this over Bluetooth which is a bit confusing as for some reason I thought at one dealership I had seen it working.

Is this feature not available on the C300 even if Comand is optioned?

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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 10:47 PM
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To get artwork and artist/playlist/genre/song choosing capability you need to plug phone into one of the 2 USB media port connections in the center storage console. Bluetooth alone gives you track/artist and song name but no artwork. This is true for my C400 without 'Command' and with Garmin SD Card navigation. I do not know if 'Command' premium option changes that scenario or not.
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 10:52 PM
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I get no artwork using BT. I have premium multimedia. I get artwork if I plug in. The sound imo is also much better if I plug in. So I mainly plug in.
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 10:53 PM
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I have 2013 328i and the idrive does not show album art via Bluetooth. Only when plugged in via usb
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 10:56 PM
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Man. What a bummer, hard to believe BMW is ahead in this area when Apple and Mercedes are so tight.
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Old Mar 26, 2015 | 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by voip1
Man. What a bummer, hard to believe BMW is ahead in this area when Apple and Mercedes are so tight.
??? When the prior post states that their BMW also doesn't show artwork over BT?
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Old Mar 26, 2015 | 08:40 AM
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??? When the prior post states that their BMW also doesn't show artwork over BT?
My 2013 328xi does not show album art over BT.

The 2015 335d loaner I had DID show album art over BT so apparently it has been added in newer i-drive.

Also the Cadillac ATS I looked at also did album art over BT.

It's not a deal breaker, just disappointing.
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Old Mar 26, 2015 | 11:36 AM
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Maybe when the 2016 model is released a simple software update may add any new features introduced.

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Originally Posted by cidtek
Maybe when the 2016 model is released a simple software may add any new features introduced.
Although I am not expecting any such improvements one can always hope. Based on early teething problems with W205 I would almost definitely order a 2016 model year car as the timing with my current lease would work out to make it possible.
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