Amazon Alexa Built-in Quick Start Guide

Alexa Built-in Quick Start Guide for BMW

When you activate Alexa Built-in voice technology in your BMW vehicle, you can ask to play music, listen to audiobooks,
hear the news, check the weather, control smart home devices, get directions, find parking, and more — all with your
voice, and all while you keep your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road. The more you talk to Alexa, the more she
adapts to your personal speech patterns, vocabulary, and preferences. This tutorial will explain how to enable Alexa Auto
features in your BMW.

Attention: Before first usage make sure your BMW is connected in the MyBMW app.

Start Using Alexa in Your BMW

You will need a smartphone, internet connection, and the login details for your Amazon account. Once set up, users can use the voice controls in
their vehicle to activate Amazon Alexa content using their BMW multimedia dashboard display and the voice recognition system in their vehicle.

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MyBMW App: On your mobile device, open the MyBMW app and go to Profile >
Amazon Alexa and press Connect with Amazon. Enter your Amazon Log In data

and press Sign in. Choose your preferred language. Make sure to turn on Share My
Location With Amazon to get localized information like the weather. Allow your
myBMW App the usage of mobile data.

In your BMW:

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MyBMW app. Go to Car > Settings > General Settings > Personal
Assistant>Voice Control > Check the boxes Online Speech Processing and Third

Party Providers. By checking the box Activation word you can simply talk to Alexa
directly, if you don't check the box you need to use the push to talk button before
you talk to Alexa.

Make sure you are logged in with the same BMW ID as in the

Now, pair your mobile device with your vehicle via Bluetooth. On the
vehicle dashboard display, go to COM > Mobile Devices > New Device >

Phone calls and audio, Check if all three icons Music Note, Telephone
and Apps (and Wi-Fi for Android) are active.

On the Dashboard select the Connected Mobile Device and make sure the

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box Allow Connections

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If you checked the Activation Word box just say Alexa directly followed by
your command or press the Push To Talk button on the steering wheel and
then say e.g "Alexa ,how is the weather in Munich today?"

under Apps is checked.

Required Equipment

• Option Codes: SA6C3 or SA6C4 (Connected Package Professional)

Watch the video at this link, to review setting up your Alexa in your BMW.

How to disconnect Alexa Voice Services in Your BMW

• On dashboard interface: On dashboard interface: Go toGo to Car > Settings > General Settings > Personal Assistants > Voice
Control Third Party Providers disabled

• On mobile device: Open On mobile device: Open MyBMW App > Profile > Amazon Alexa > Disconnect

Alexa Auto Set Up Guide