BMW Voice Commands – A Complete Guide

The voice control system only recognizes programmed commands that must be said in their correct word order. however, you can command to a certain limit more than the programmed BMW voice commands to newer models later than 2016 and above.

Here is the list of BMW Voice Commands

Dialing a Telephone Number

You say	Voice output	Display output
>>Dial phone (number)<<	>Please speak number<	SPEAK NUMBER
>>One, eight, zero, zero<<	>One, eight, zero, zero, continue?<	TEL 1800
>>Three, eight, two, four<<	>Three, eight, two, four, continue?<	TEL 18003824
>>One, six, eight<<	>One, six, eight, continue?<	TEL 18003824168
>>Dial phone (number)<<	>Dialing<	TEL 18003824168

Correcting or Deleting Inputs

You say	Voice output	Display output
>>Dial phone (number)<<	>Please speak the number<	SPEAK NUMBER
>>One, eight, zero, zero<<	>One, eight, zero, zero, continue?<	TEL 1800
>>Three, eight, two<<	>Three, eight, two, continue?<	TEL 1800382
>>Four, one, six<<	>Four, one, six, continue?<	TEL 1800382416
>>Correction<<	>One, eight… eight, two, continue?<	TEL 1800382
>>Correction<<	>One, eight, zero, zero, continue?<	TEL 1800
>>Clear<<	>Please speak the number<	SPEAK NUMBER

Short Form for Dialing a Telephone Number

You say	Voice output	Display output
>>Number<<	>Speak the number<	SPEAK NUMBER
>>One, eight, zero, zero<<	>One, eight, zero, zero<	TEL 1800
>>Three, eight, two, four<<	>Three, eight, two, four<	TEL 18003824
>>One, six, eight<<	>One, six, eight<	TEL 18003824168
>>Dial (phone) number<<	Dialing<	>TEL 18003824168

Storing a telephone number with a name

You say	Voice output	Display output
>>Store name<<	>Please speak the name<	SPEAK NAME
>>Taylor Susan<<	>Please repeat<	REPEAT NAME
>>Taylor Susan<<	>Please speak the number<	SPEAK NUMBER
>>One, eight, zero, zero<<	>One, eight, zero, zero, continue?<	TEL 1800
>>Three, eight, two, four<<	>Three, eight, two, four, continue?<	TEL 18003824
>>One, six, eight<<	>One, six, eight, continue?<	TEL 18003824168
>>Save<<	>Name and number are saved<	NAME SAVED

Deleting an Individual Telephone Number

You say	Voice output	Display output
>>Delete name<<	>Please speak the name<	SPEAK NAME
>>Taylor Susan<<	>Would you like to delete the name?<	TEL 18003824168
>>Yes<<	>Name and number are deleted<	NAME DELETED

Clearing the Entire Phonebook

You say	Voice output	Display output
>>Clear phonebook<<	>Would you like to clear the phonebook?<	CLEAR PHONEBOOK?
>>Yes<<	>Are you sure?<	CLEAR PHONEBOOK?
>>Yes<<	>The phonebook has been cleared<	PHONEBOOK CLEARED

Dialing a Telephone Number in the Memory

You say	Voice output	Display output
>>Dial name<<	>Please speak the name<	SPEAK NAME
>>Taylor Susan<<	>Taylor Susan, are you sure?<	TEL 18003824168
>>Yes<<	>Dialing<	TEL 18003824168

Short Form for Dialing a Telephone Number in the Memory

You say	Voice output	Display output
>>Name<<	>Speak the name<	SPEAK NAME
>>Taylor Susan<<	>Taylor Susan, are you sure?<	TEL 18003824168
>>Yes<<	>Dialing<	TEL 18003824168

Dialing from the Phonebook

You say	Voice output	Display output
>>Read phonebook<<	(Reads out the entries)	(Display numbers)
>>Dial (number)<<	>Dialing<	(Display number)

General commands

You say	Voice output	Display output
>>Volume up<<	–	VOLUME – ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ +
>>Volume down<<	–	VOLUME – ❚ ❚ ❚ +

Other Short Commands

Function	Command
Opening a music collection	Music collection
Opening the tone control	Tone
Opening the settings	Settings
Opening the computer	Onboard info
Opening the contacts*	Contacts
Displaying the phone book*	Phonebook
Opening services*	Assist
Opening BMW Assist*	B M W Assist
Opening the home address*	Home address
Opening destination entry*	Enter address
Opening destination guidance*	Guidance

CD / DVD Drive Commands

Playing back a CD	C D on
Selecting a CD	Select C D
Selecting a CD and track	C D .. track… e.g. CD 3 Track 5
Selecting a track	C D track… e.g. track 5
Opening the CD and Multimedia menu	C D and multimedia
CD and DVD*	CD and DVD
Displaying entertainment details on the split screen*	Entertainment detail

Music Collection Commands

Calling up the current playback	Current playback
Opening a music collection	Music collection
Playing back a music collection	Music collection on
Searching for music; opening the menu	Music search
Playing back the most frequently played tracks	Top fifty

 

Radio Commands

FM

Calling up the radio	Radio
Calling up an FM station	F M
Opening manual search	Manual search
Selecting the frequency range	Select frequency
Calling up a station	Select station re.g: W-PLJ

AM

Calling up an AM station	AM
Opening manual search	Manual Search

Satellite Radio

Calling up the satellite radio	Satellite Radio
Switching on the satellite radio	Satellite radio on
Selecting a satellite radio channel	Satellite radio channel… e.g. channel 2
Opening the stored stations	Presets
Choosing a stored station	Select preset
Selecting a stored station	Preset… e.g. stored station 2

Telephone

Opening the Telephone menu	Telephone
Displaying the phone book	Phonebook
Redialing	Redial
Displaying accepted calls	Received call
Dialing a phone number	Dial number
Displaying the list of messages	Messages
Displaying Bluetooth devices	Bluetooth

Navigation

General information

Navigation menu	Navigation
Opening destination entry	Enter address
Entering an address	Enter address
Opening destination guidance	Guidance
Starting destination guidance	Start guidance
Ending destination guidance	Stop guidance
Opening the home address	Home address
Opening the route criteria	Route preference
Opening the route	Route information
Switching on the voice instructions	Switch on voice instructions
Repeating a voice instruction	Repeat voice instructions
Switching off the voice instructions	Switch off voice instructions
Displaying the address book	Address book
Displaying the last destinations	Last destinations
Opening the traffic bulletins	Traffic lnfo
Special destinations	Points of interest

Map

Displaying the map	Map
Map facing north	Map facing north
Map in the direction of travel	Map in direction of travel
Perspective map	Map perspective view
Automatic map scaling*	Map with automatic scaling
Changing the scale	Map scale

Split screen* settings

Split screen	Switch on a split screen
Switching off the split screen	Turn off split screen
Adapting the split screen	Split screen content
Split screen, current position	Split screen current position
Split screen, map facing north	Split screen map facing north
Split screen, the direction of travel	Split screen map in direction of travel
Split screen, perspective	Split screen perspective
Expanded intersection zoom on the split screen	Splitscreen Exit ramp view
Split screen scale … meters*	Split screen scale … meters e.g. split screen scale of 100 meters
Split screen scale… kilometers*	Split screen scale … kilometers e.g. split screen scale of 5 kilometers
Split screen, highlighting traffic bulletins	Split screen, Traffic info map
Split screen, computer	Split screen onboard info
Split screen, trip computer	Split screen trip computer
Automatically scaling the split screen	Split screen automatic scaling

BMW Assist

Opening BMW Assist	BMW Assist
Opening BMW Search	BMW Search

Settings

Opening the main menu	Main menu
Opening the settings	Settings
Opening the options	Options
Settings on the Control Display	Control Display
Opening the time and date settings	Time and Date
Opening the language and unit settings	Language and units
Opening the speed limit settings	Speed
Opening the light settings	Lighting
Opening the door lock settings	Door locks

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