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Originally Posted by Brandt51
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Originally Posted by Poochie
The direct plug in works way better than the Wi-Fi setup in all BMWs.
I occasionally drive a friend's Alfa with direct USB plug in CarPlay, there is never a loading error, the fidelity quality is at high bit rate and with the music or voice audio, there is no latency delay in transfer, from sound to picture or call, as there is with the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth BMW wireless streaming.
I like the concept of everything wireless but sometimes old-school direct connection can be the better option, until technology improves and there is a more precise connection, without much loss in sound quality buy a broader bandwidth KBPS transfer, as there is with a wired connection.
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Huh, that's weird because I have zero problems in the M2 with Apple carplay. It works 100% of the time and fast. But in my 17 Ford SuperDuty, there's a long delay when the phone gets plugged in. Even if I plug it in before starting it. And occasionally it locks up the Ford Sync system. I'd still buy this truck again though   
I've never tried to make apple car play plug in only on the M2. I do use the fancy BMW Lightning cord to charge it though as opposed to the wireless thing in the armrest. |
The wireless latency audio delay has been a thing for many years, on various BMWs. A direct USB connection doesn't suffer from any of this.
Audio/Video Sync Issues on YouTube over Bluetooth.
https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1508866
Bluetooth Audio Delay?
https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1080803
And when you stream music via a wireless source, the maximum sample bitrate is a 192KBPS, a direct USB maxes out at CD-quality 320KBPS, i.e. almost double the music fidelity quality.
You, personally, might not notice a difference but there is certainly a compromise to a compressed wireless audio streaming connection, over a direct wired line.