Apple Carplay "activation"

[BeeBopp]

So i have a longer commute in my 640 and I've been looking into a retrofit for apple carplay so i can choose podcasts easier, control BBC sounds and maybe use Waze. I can use Spotify and Audible BMW Apps and they work quite well so its not a dead cert that i would pay the £££ for the retrofit.

However, from doing some research, it seems as though as i have NBT ID5, then some coding through a USB stick could activate it, and the price for such a USB stick can range from £80 to £299. The other option seems to be to spend £600 on a piece of kit attached to the back of the headunit to do the same job.

Anyone got any experience of the coding route?

[SteBrown91]

If carplay is available via the connected drive store then it’s easy. My old 3 series with ID5 had it as an option in the store but don’t know if the 5/6 series had the hardware for it. If I remember correctly there is ID5 and ID5 lite with the latter being little more than a skin/theme over the later ID4 hardware