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BMW

Extended prospects for premium connectivity: BMW integrates Ubigi’s world Personal eSIM resolution.

Munich. Starting at the moment, BMW prospects in France and Germany can activate the Personal eSIM of their car with Transatel’s Ubigi 5G information plans to get pleasure from further infotainment options and WiFi connectivity, regardless of their major community operator for his or her common smartphone subscription. The service will likely be out there for BMW autos with BMW Operating System 8, 8.5 and 9 with the choice Personal eSIM (SA6PA). Depending on the car mannequin, the Personal eSIM permits the in-vehicle WiFi-Hotspot, first-row video streaming providers and within the case of seven sequence autos outfitted with the BMW Theatre Screen, all kinds of leisure powered by Amazon Fire TV.

Following Germany and France, the service will quickly be rolled out to different European nations, too. To activate it in eligible BMW autos, house owners can conveniently configure their Personal eSIM by the My BMW App and subscribe to Ubigi’s European information plans (EU 27 + UK + CH). Cost of the service is €10 per thirty days for limitless information allowance*.

Dr. Céline Laurent-Winter, Vice President Connected Vehicle Platforms at BMW Group: “The partnership with Ubigi now offers our customers additional flexibility connecting their vehicle with an unlimited data plan. This enables even more digital content in our BMW fleet.”

“Since 2018, our footprint in the connected car industry has been significantly growing and we look forward to our extended connectivity partnership with BMW Group in the coming years,” stated Jacques Bonifay, CEO of NTT DATA’s world MVNO Transatel.

 

* Fair Use Policy with 100 GB excessive pace and roaming in 27 nations in Europe

Cars, News

Hackers Discover Method to Unlock Expensive Tesla Features without Payment

According to a recent report, hackers have found a new exploit that allows them to unlock expensive features in Tesla electric vehicles (EVs) without actually paying for them. This exploit could potentially even enable hackers to activate the self-driving feature, which costs $15,000, in regions where it is locked out. However, the researchers who discovered the exploit have not attempted this themselves. The vulnerability affecting the software capabilities of the EVs is actually hardware-based, meaning that Tesla cannot simply patch it through software updates. The researchers mentioned that fixing the vulnerability would require Tesla to replace the affected hardware. When approached for comment on the exploit, Tesla did not respond to TechCrunch’s request.

This is not the first time that hackers have targeted Tesla vehicles. However, the consequences of this new exploit are more far-reaching compared to previous hacks. Previous hacks included a targeted takeover of a specific Model S car, shutting down a Model S using a connected laptop, and rooting the Model 3 to run Ubuntu on it, among other modifications with varying intentions. Tesla endeavors to monitor such hacking attempts closely. In fact, a Tesla driver in 2014 was contacted by the Tesla service center after using an exploit to install Firefox on the dashboard display of their Model S. The company does not take hacking attempts lightly.

Cars

How To Enable Split Screen On Android Auto

To activate the split-screen mode in Android Auto, you just have to connect your device to your car like normal.

  1. On the Home screen, you should tap the Apps button on the bottom left corner of the screen.
  2. Once you do this, there should be a multi-window button that will replace it in that same bottom left corner.
  3. Pressing this will automatically switch the main display to split-screen mode.

If this button doesn’t appear, you will probably need to ensure the Android Auto app is fully up-to-date. Split screen is a relatively recent feature and you will need the latest version of the app if you want to take advantage of it. To ensure you have this, open the Google Play store and search for the Android Auto app. There should be an Update button that appears here if you do not already have the latest version. Once it’s finished updating, you should be able to easily turn split screen mode on and off. That’s all you need to do to enjoy Android Auto split screen — but you can still customize it further.