BMW Online Adds Yelp to Suite of Services

[webmaster]

New application lets customers find businesses and get reviews

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – December 21, 2011… BMW today announced that users of BMW Online in the US can now access Yelp in their vehicles. With Yelp on-board, customers can search for everything from the best local restaurants and boutiques to parking garages and banks. They are able to see ratings for those businesses while hearing reviews read out to them via the vehicle’s text-to-speech feature. With the recent update to BMW Online’s layout, BMW can seamlessly add new features (known as “applications”) as they become available. Yelp is the first such application and there will be more to follow.

Customers who subscribe to the optional BMW Assist™ Convenience Plan and have a navigation-equipped vehicle capable of receiving the BMW Online service will be able to add the service today, without having to make any changes to their vehicle. Yelp reviews can be accessed through the new Applications screen that is now part of BMW Online with the update which took place earlier this month.

BMW Online is just one of the many ConnectedDrive services available to BMW customers. BMW ConnectedDrive combines various elements from online applications, driver assistance, call center services and solutions for the integration of mobile devices. As a result, BMW customers are provided with an exceptional form of mobility, with more safety, more convenience, and more infotainment.

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[1996 328ti]

I wonder if you can access this while driving.
How can this be a good thing?

With so many people driving distracted, just another accident waiting to happen.

Then again, they said they same thing when radios were first introduced in cars.

[Bob]

I wonder if you can access this while driving.
How can this be a good thing?

With so many people driving distracted, just another accident waiting to happen.

Then again, they said they same thing when radios were first introduced in cars.

And they were right then, and more so now, a kid rear ended me 15 years ago changing a cassette, he would be texting today.

[mcoupemindy]

And they were right then, and more so now, a kid rear ended me 15 years ago changing a cassette, he would be texting today.

Bob won't admit that the impact was actually a value adding event to his car! :P

[1996 328ti]

Bob won't admit that the impact was actually a value adding event to his car! :P

Did it make it truncated?

[pseto]

I assume this will work with voice prompts like many other features in current cars...maybe they should add Siri since more and more stuff will be added to distract your attention

[Bob]

Bob won't admit that the impact was actually a value adding event to his car! :P

Actually, it was my 87 Dakota, I think I bought a 633 with the insurance check.