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BMW launches Google-assisted MyInfo service in U.S.

 
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BMW launches Google-assisted MyInfo service in U.S.

BMW launches Google-assisted MyInfo service in U.S.

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BMW has made its navigation system faster, more convenient and easier to use with the introduction of the new ‘MyInfo’ address input service. The new addition to the BMW Assist Safety Plan allows subscribers to send business locations and street addresses as well as their associated phone numbers found online using Google Maps directly to their cars. They can then immediately start route guidance by a simple push of a button.

To use MyInfo, owners simply search online for a business or street address on Google Maps and then click the ‘Send’ button and choose a car. Once inside their car, the driver only has to push the MyInfo button within the BMW Assist menu and the desired destination and associated phone number will automatically load.

It essentially means drivers will no longer have to write down or print address information and manually enter them into the navigation system. It also allows up to ten different destinations to be added.

The service has already been launched in Europe and Canada and is now available on all 2009 model-year BMW Assist-equipped X5, X6, 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 Series vehicles.



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  1. By Wizards Lore Posted: 4/13/2008 7:37pm PDT

    Well i suppose it was only a matter of time ...considering that you have download your maps of the city you are in before you travel on your GPS navigator. It stands to reason that you can access them directly from your car with this new technology. Are their going to be sufficient firewalls on the in car system though ? Because if the system is mapped to the cars telemetry and computer system then there is no reason why some crazed hacker wouldnt be able to hack into a car and take control of it !!!
     
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  2. By KanosWRX Posted: 4/14/2008 11:41am PDT

    How do you get this if you have a 2007 or 2008 BMW, I assume it could be accomplished with a software update?
     
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