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      05-11-2016, 03:44 PM   #1
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BMW 330e with advanced BT, unable to stream podcasts from Android

I was wondering if anybody can replicate this on their iDrive systems.

I have a UK spec 2016 330e with:
Navigation system Professional
Head-up display
DAB tuner
HiFi speaker system
Comfort telephony w/ enhanced Smartphone

When pairing my Samsung Galaxy S6, I can play Spotify, Google Play Music, or any other music player through the bluetooth connection, but Pocket Casts (or a number of other podcast apps I have tried) just don't work. The bluetooth connection symbol disappears and I get no audio at all.

This is incredibly frustrating, and I wonder if it's just me, just the S6, just Android, or just BMW!

Has anybody experienced similar or fancies trying with a similar setup?
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      05-15-2016, 03:42 PM   #2
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That has to do with the Application itself and nothing else. If the app doesn't support audio through Bluetooth then I suppose it won't work.
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      05-16-2016, 10:41 AM   #3
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That has to do with the Application itself and nothing else. If the app doesn't support audio through Bluetooth then I suppose it won't work.
I haven't taken delivery of my F32 yet, but in my current car pocketcasts works fine over bluetooth, so I doubt it's the app not supporting bluetooth audio.
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      05-18-2016, 04:36 PM   #4
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OK, I have looked into this further. My old Nexus 5 streams through Pocketcasts with no problem at all, so the problem is apparently specific to either the Galaxy S6 or possibly all Samsung phones.
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      05-18-2016, 04:51 PM   #5
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My S7 Edge streams from Pocketcast to my 2014 F30, my old dual SIM S6 did too.

Try reinstalling Pocketcast.

One more thing - you may need to go into Media and select your phone as the BT audio devices before it plays. My phone is random in that way.
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