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Old 01-28-2019, 12:25 PM
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Question 2012 ML350 Bluetooth Audio Integration

I use the iPod media interface cable to connect my iPhone in my 2012 ML350.

Recently, I was in a Toyota rental and paired my phone so that I can have Bluetooth audio. What surprised me as the full integration via Bluetooth (i.e., playlists, song listing, artists, etc.). It's as if I were using a media interface cable.

In my ML350, on the other hand, when I do Bluetooth interface, it's completely bare-bones and just streams whatever I have playing on my iPhone. No other functionality.

Is there some sort of upgrade of the entertainment system that is possible to provide full functionality like in the Toyota rental? Or am I stuck with that bare-bones functionality?

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Originally Posted by nusaram
I use the iPod media interface cable to connect my iPhone in my 2012 ML350.

Recently, I was in a Toyota rental and paired my phone so that I can have Bluetooth audio. What surprised me as the full integration via Bluetooth (i.e., playlists, song listing, artists, etc.). It's as if I were using a media interface cable.

In my ML350, on the other hand, when I do Bluetooth interface, it's completely bare-bones and just streams whatever I have playing on my iPhone. No other functionality.

Is there some sort of upgrade of the entertainment system that is possible to provide full functionality like in the Toyota rental? Or am I stuck with that bare-bones functionality?

Thanks!
You're on the wrong forum. But what you have in the ML, that generation at least, is what you have re: Bluetooth.
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Yes you are on the wrong forum.
https://mbworld.org/forums/m-class-w166-149/
Old 01-31-2019, 06:49 PM
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Ok, thank you both for the correct forum reference and info.

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