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Three Wheeling
Joined: Apr 2023
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No prob! I went down the Simon rabbit hole once again this past Sunday watching hours of his videos, again and the voice commands was one of the last ones I watched. Realized how much I do not use voice commands as much as I should.
Mudding
Joined: Jan 2023
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From: Vashon Island WA
Right, there are so many ways to perform a function these days on our tablets, smart phones, and watches each of us gets used to a method and it becomes ingrained but I like to point out to others in my circle of friends that it seems very few people use voice commands. It does get tedious entering an address using the touch screen, both on our mobile devices and in the vehicle, but you also have the option of using the Voice Command button on the steering wheel. The list of controls you can access is fairly long, such as changing the fan speed and the temperature of the Climate Control, or asking it to navigate you to your destination. Or on the PIVI screen when the keyboard screen pops up in Navigation one can press the microphone icon instead of tapping out all those numbers and letters. I got so tired of trying to enter reminders, appointments, alarms, timers, etc with large fingers attempting to hit the correct tiny letter on the iPhone keyboard that I use Siri for just about everything. Somewhere there is a complete list of the available Voice Commands for the Defender. Haven’t found it yet during my recent searches, but I will post it when I locate it.
Is your Pivi set to American English or British English? Mine is set to British English, and once in a while I have to say a phrase or a word in an English accent for it to pick up. Usually the voice control works exceptionally well, much better than old JLR systems. It wasn't that long ago when voice control systems were completely hopeless.
Mudding
Joined: Jan 2023
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From: Vashon Island WA
Is your Pivi set to American English or British English? Mine is set to British English, and once in a while I have to say a phrase or a word in an English accent for it to pick up. Usually the voice control works exceptionally well, much better than old JLR systems. It wasn't that long ago when voice control systems were completely hopeless.
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2016
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From: Boston area
That's one of my favorite features of the BMW app. I can do a Google search for a store, restaurant, etc, hit "directions" which opens Google Maps, then hit "share directions" which brings up the option to send it to my i7. When I get in the car, it is already there.
TReK
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Whidbey Island, PNW
Mine is set to British but I like it when it talks to me with a British accent much better -- AND I like speaking to the car in a British accent because it makes my passengers laugh uncontrollably -- so I leave it that way.
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