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Title: News: BMW to charge $80 annual fee for CarPlay in its vehicles Post by: HCK on January 18, 2018, 04:05:24 pm News: BMW to charge $80 annual fee for CarPlay in its vehicles
(http://assets.ilounge.com/images/uploads/CarPlay_BMW.jpg) While most automakers either offer CarPlay as a standard feature or charge a flat fee to include it, BMW is making a curious move to charge an $80-a-year subscription fee for the Apple feature, The Verge reports. Last year BMW added CarPlay as an option for a $300 one-time fee, but Don Smith, technology product manager for BMW North America, said the company will now offer the service free for the first year and then charge $80 each year after that… Source: News: BMW to charge $80 annual fee for CarPlay in its vehicles (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/bmw-to-charge-80-annual-fee-for-carplay-in-its-vehicles) |