[Gary1fr]

Found this link.

[SkykingUSA]

Originally Posted by COBodom

How do you confirm if your anti-dazzle works?

Take the car on some "local" road at night, preferably a two way local road. You will see cars coming your way on the opposite lane as well as cars in-front of you. The blue (high beams) indicator will always be ON and the high beams will stay ON while the car in front of you or the car from the opposite are in your line of sight. You need to be moving at some speed I think its north of 30mph (cannot remember exactly, but not a parking lot speed).

The difference between the regular auto-high beams and anti-dazzle is that regular auto-high beam will always go ON/OFF, back and forth, when any light source appears in your line of sight. It doesn't have to be a car, it can be a store front or a street lamp. You will clearly see high beams go ON/OFF all the time. This IS NOT how the anti-dazzle works.

So how does the anti-dazzle work ?

Imagine driving a very dark road, standard auto high beams will come on but then immediately as any car approaches you or if you approach any car or if you come to any light source your auto high beams will turn OFF. Now, in this scenario if you have anti-dazzle lights working your high beams will stay ON. The beam of light will change though so you will see a change in the light distribution, light will be directed AWAY (via the LED matrix) from any car that is in your line of sight, but the blue high beams indicator will still be ON and the dark part of the road will still have the intense, high beam on it.


To illustrate the simplest use case, if you are driving with your auto-high beams ON but they do switch OFF as you approach a car in front of you, the anti-dazzle DOES NOT work for you. Again, this needs to be at some speed, say 30+ mph (you can google the exact figure).

Hope it helps.

Thanks. I've seen the YouTube videos showing hot it is supposed to work, I just wasn't sure if I'd be able to see that pattern well from within the car.

I'll try it again on a dark 2 lane road.

[SkykingUSA]

Originally Posted by Gary1fr

Found this link.

Thanks for the link. It provides a good explanation.

[MikeElmendorf]

For the second time since the update, I got in my car to find that it had lost its association with my phone. I had to repair both times. Anyone else?

[F10_Freq]

My OTA update became available and installed smoothly this weekend. So far so good. I haven’t really gone through the system yet, but immediate notes are the icons seem subtly refined throughout, reduced view in the HUD seems less reduced than I remember, highway assist was a typical experience (no noticeable difference in lane changes … I use the signal to activate), and I turned on the new anti-theft notification.

The only issue I see so far is that the map view in the instrument panel isn’t displaying my CarPlay map like it did before. It’s just blank.

[PsychDoc]

Originally Posted by F10_Freq

... and I turned on the new anti-theft notification.

I wasn't aware of this. Where is it, how does one activate it and what does it do?

TIA

[aaexpert]

Originally Posted by MikeElmendorf

For the second time since the update, I got in my car to find that it had lost its association with my phone. I had to repair both times. Anyone else?

I have android and found that a full power down of the phone alone, resyncs the Samsung wallet and the digital key works.

[aaexpert]

Originally Posted by COBodom

How do you confirm if your anti-dazzle works?

Take the car on some "local" road at night, preferably a two way local road. You will see cars coming your way on the opposite lane as well as cars in-front of you. The blue (high beams) indicator will always be ON and the high beams will stay ON while the car in front of you or the car from the opposite are in your line of sight. You need to be moving at some speed I think its north of 30mph (cannot remember exactly, but not a parking lot speed).

The difference between the regular auto-high beams and anti-dazzle is that regular auto-high beam will always go ON/OFF, back and forth, when any light source appears in your line of sight. It doesn't have to be a car, it can be a store front or a street lamp. You will clearly see high beams go ON/OFF all the time. This IS NOT how the anti-dazzle works.

So how does the anti-dazzle work ?

Imagine driving a very dark road, standard auto high beams will come on but then immediately as any car approaches you or if you approach any car or if you come to any light source your auto high beams will turn OFF. Now, in this scenario if you have anti-dazzle lights working your high beams will stay ON. The beam of light will change though so you will see a change in the light distribution, light will be directed AWAY (via the LED matrix) from any car that is in your line of sight, but the blue high beams indicator will still be ON and the dark part of the road will still have the intense, high beam on it.


To illustrate the simplest use case, if you are driving with your auto-high beams ON but they do switch OFF as you approach a car in front of you, the anti-dazzle DOES NOT work for you. Again, this needs to be at some speed, say 30+ mph (you can google the exact figure).

Hope it helps.

I have it in my F150 and love it. But it isnt working for me after doing the bimmercode change, does it also have to be turned on manually with the hi beam lever?

[aaexpert]

Originally Posted by Gary1fr

I have the auto high beam here in France. Sounds like yours are working. They always seem to dip in lit areas and in urban environments. The real test is to see if they dip when approaching traffic appears or you approach another vehicle with tail lights.

Not sure if 'dip' is the proper term as that what the lights do already approaching lights/tail lights (lo-beam), then they return back 'up and outward' for the hi-beams. I like to say the dazzle feature is like pretending the headlamp is in an opened palm of a hand (like Ironman character) and when an object is approached the hand closes quickly around the light source 'dimming' out the outer bands of the light accordingly, and once the object is gone, the hand opens back up slowly.

[COBodom]

Originally Posted by aaexpert

I have it in my F150 and love it. But it isnt working for me after doing the bimmercode change, does it also have to be turned on manually with the hi beam lever?

It does not work for me in G60. I had this coded on my prior two G30s though.

[F10_Freq]

Originally Posted by PsychDoc

I wasn't aware of this. Where is it, how does one activate it and what does it do?

TIA

There was a notification when I entered the car after the update. It’s in the consent screen where you can opt out/in for some network-based features and services…where you turn on the anti-theft features.

[F10_Freq]

Finally!!!! CarPlay now shows the upcoming (and previous) tracks when you open the instrument panel window from the thumbwheel. It now has a scrollable list of my upcoming shuffled tracks from my Apple library. Hooray…”Please wait” no longer!

[dubb13]

I had to reboot the iDrive today my nav was was not auto zooming 😕 stuck never done this before.this updat is buggy

[Bemik]

- I agree with others that the audio system seems to have better response.
- Highway assistant will suggest lane changes while navigating via Android Auto (previously only worked with BMW navigation). Requests to change lanes seem to be more proactive.
- Anti-dazzle did not seem to activate. I verified that I coded correctly. I'm wondering if the headlight module did not get a 07/24 update, so no change to its software.
- I have had intermittent issues with my auto up/down windows and the electric trunk operation since the update.
- Vitalize is a separate "app" not a MyMode. You can also ask the BMW assistant to start Vitalize.
- Signs and traffic signals are now showing in the HUD.
- A few settings were reset. Most have just been an annoyance to fix, but auto applying of parking brake when on/off pushed will not stay active after the update.

[Gary1fr]

The update worked fine for me except now the car will not charge in time slot.
I set it up in the app, send it to the car, all seems okay but it fails to charge every time.
Have not noticed anything else not working just had to reset Alexa. Not sure if ota map updates were available before. I have only just seen the box to turn them on. Got an update straight away

[MikeElmendorf]

I cannot get Alexa to work and and when I go into setup, after a long time, I get a Network error.

I'll have to try what F10 mentioned about Apple Music and "please wait." My experience has been that always happens unless it is a short playlist--one of the reasons I just use a thumb drive with my library on it.

[Turfer]

I tried coding anti dazzle on my car and it did not work after the update. I think this may be an issue with how the update works on the 540. It seems that others who the coding didn't work are listing the i540 in their profiles, just a guess.

[scas12]

I'm finally doing my update but it is stuck at 35% uploading to the car. Any suggestions? I've driven at least 90 mins stuck like that.

[aaexpert]

Originally Posted by Bemik

- I agree with others that the audio system seems to have better response.
- Highway assistant will suggest lane changes while navigating via Android Auto (previously only worked with BMW navigation). Requests to change lanes seem to be more proactive.
- Anti-dazzle did not seem to activate. I verified that I coded correctly. I'm wondering if the headlight module did not get a 07/24 update, so no change to its software.
- I have had intermittent issues with my auto up/down windows and the electric trunk operation since the update.
- Vitalize is a separate "app" not a MyMode. You can also ask the BMW assistant to start Vitalize.
- Signs and traffic signals are now showing in the HUD.
- A few settings were reset. Most have just been an annoyance to fix, but auto applying of parking brake when on/off pushed will not stay active after the update.

Highway assist 'suggest lane change'... I've had this work 1 time with the OEM nav. and havent retested with Android Auto. How exactly does this work? Is there a method to go out and test if it works?

[SkykingUSA]

Suggest lane change works like this:

• You're driving along on a freeway where you can drive with your hands off the wheel.
• You're in the middle lane of three lanes and the car in front of you is going slower than what your cruise is set to (let's say at least 5 mph slower).
• As you approach that slower car, your car will beep and put a message up in the intrument cluster telling you to change lanes, and will show an arrow indicating whether it wants you to change lanes to the left or to the right.
• It also prompts you to check your mirrors and once you do, the car changes lanes. In order for it to suggest this, it has to see that the lane beside you is clear and that you are going slowly in your current lane. If you don't want to heed the suggestion and stay in your current lane, just don't check your mirrors and the message will go away after about 5-8 seconds or so.
• If you're already in the passing/fast lane (left lane) and you pass the slower traffic, it will also suggest that you exit the passing lane and move to the right. Same process - notice in the instrument cluster and then check your mirrors.

I'm not sure there is a way to test it other than doing some hand-free freeway driving in a little traffic, while having a destination set in the Nav system. I did exactly this last weekend when my wife and I drove about two hours away from home and then back at the end of the weekend. The car made these suggestions to me a number of times and seemed to work well. I knew it would suggest changes to pass cars on the left, but I was surprised that it also suggested I move back to the right after passing the slower cars. It worked well in my case. I had the destination set in the BMW Nav system, but I suspect it would make the same suggestions if you were using Waze or Google Maps to set the destination based on the update notes listed above. To try it, just set a destination in Google Maps or Waze, and hit the freeway. Let us know how it works for you!

[AiredaleDad]

Originally Posted by SkykingUSA

Suggest lane change works like this:

• You're driving along on a freeway where you can drive with your hands off the wheel.
• You're in the middle lane of three lanes and the car in front of you is going slower than what your cruise is set to (let's say at least 5 mph slower).
• As you approach that slower car, your car will beep and put a message up in the intrument cluster telling you to change lanes, and will show an arrow indicating whether it wants you to change lanes to the left or to the right.
• It also prompts you to check your mirrors and once you do, the car changes lanes. In order for it to suggest this, it has to see that the lane beside you is clear and that you are going slowly in your current lane. If you don't want to heed the suggestion and stay in your current lane, just don't check your mirrors and the message will go away after about 5-8 seconds or so.
• If you're already in the passing/fast lane (left lane) and you pass the slower traffic, it will also suggest that you exit the passing lane and move to the right. Same process - notice in the instrument cluster and then check your mirrors.

I'm not sure there is a way to test it other than doing some hand-free freeway driving in a little traffic, while having a destination set in the Nav system. I did exactly this last weekend when my wife and I drove about two hours away from home and then back at the end of the weekend. The car made these suggestions to me a number of times and seemed to work well. I knew it would suggest changes to pass cars on the left, but I was surprised that it also suggested I move back to the right after passing the slower cars. It worked well in my case. I had the destination set in the BMW Nav system, but I suspect it would make the same suggestions if you were using Waze or Google Maps to set the destination based on the update notes listed above. To try it, just set a destination in Google Maps or Waze, and hit the freeway. Let us know how it works for you!

So do you have to set a destination for it to work? You can't just be on the freeway and turn on driving assist? I may have Android Auto always turned on, but I don't have a destination set if I know the route by heart already.

[SkykingUSA]

Originally Posted by AiredaleDad

So do you have to set a destination for it to work? You can't just be on the freeway and turn on driving assist? I may have Android Auto always turned on, but I don't have a destination set if I know the route by heart already.

I believe you must have a destination set in the nav system in order for it to work. I found it on page 238 of the owners manual. Here are the relevant paragraphs describing it. I highlighted the parts I could find that seem to indicate you must have a destination set. I think the part about not working when using Apple CarPlay or Android Auto is no longer valid, since the last update, but I have not tested that.

When I drive now, I'm in the habit of almost always setting my destination in the nav system, even if I know the route well. I figure, it turns on some of these additional features and it will suggest alternate routes if there is traffic issues or accidents. It's easy to do by using your voice to say things like, "Hey BMW, take me to work," or "Hey BMW, take me home," or "Hey BMW, take me to the Chipotle Mexican Grill on Bouquet Canyon Road." I also have my more common destinations saved as favorites so I can just tap them in the nav system when in the car in order to set them as my destination.