Hey guys and welcome to my channel my name is Nick O'Leary and
today I wanted to share a little tip and trick with you all for us iPhone users!
Now if you have an Android you may already be using this feature
but there is a hidden thing on iPhones with iOS that you might not know about!
And what I'm referring to is Text Messages in your multimedia system.
So if your Mercedes-Benz is built after 2014, it's probably got that feature built right into it!
Now as everyone knows it is against the law to use your phone while driving because you
can find yourself with points, a fine or even in worst case scenario a ban!
So this feature is definitely something that you might want to enable.
Now if you own an Android then you may already have this enabled as
it is presented to you when you first link it up via Bluetooth but just in
case you skipped it or you accidentally press 'Don't Allow' you can easily set it up again.
So what you do is just delete the pairing on the car delete the pairing on your phone
and reconnect it back up via Bluetooth and most Androids do support this feature so
when you link it up via Bluetooth it'll ask you to pair just like this and then
it'll ask you to 'Allow Contacts' then you can 'Allow Messages'.
Now iPhones are slightly different
mainly because they're owned by Apple they're extremely focused on privacy.
So you do need to enable this if you want to it won't be enabled by default.
So if you go to 'Settings' on your phone of course once your car is linked up on Bluetooth
go onto the Bluetooth menu and you should see your car in this list here,
in this particular car it's called 'MBUX' however if you have COMAND it will say
'MB Bluetooth' with some numbers they're both the same kind of similar thing.
Go into MBUX though tap on the 'i' and find the thing that says 'Show Notifications'.
If you enable this the next time you get back in the car any people who text you
on iMessage will come through to the car you can even have MBUX read it out to you!
Now if you're looking for some more advanced features what I might recommend then is the
thing called In-Car Office now 'Show Notifications' on iPhones
only enables text messages to come through.
So you won't get any notifications for emails or that sort of thing.
Now of course road safety is all priority number one so obviously
make sure you obviously pay attention to the road ahead but In-Car Office can enable emails,
to-do lists and even your calendar appointments and things like that come through to the car.
Now it is a Mercedes me service so it is a subscribable and chargeable service so
you can access this on the Mercedes me store and I have covered a dedicated video on In-Car
office which I'm going to link up above just in case you wanted to know more about it.
But it is very very useful and it could be especially useful
if you need to visit lots of clients or customers or something like that say you
you're out on the road all day and visiting different people. All the information for the
location on the calendar can actually relay to the sat nav and saves you having to type in each time!
Alternatively if your car has the capability of Smartphone Integration
which is Apple CarPlay & Android Auto then you could just make use of this.
As it is running directly off of your phone, any reminders and calendar appointments will naturally
come through to the car and if you're using Apple CarPlay there's even a dedicated Calendar app
which does a very similar thing to the In-Car Office on the Mercedes me store.
And there we go then guys that concludes this
week's video on how to enable text messages on your iPhone.
Now for Android users out there you're probably already using this so absolutely
great but for iPhone users you do need to go into that Settings menu to enable it.
But guys let me know what you think down below!
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of course as always huge shout out to these guys Sandown Mercedes-Benz
as they help provide access to all these awesome cars you see in the videos today!
Guys thank you!
Until next week, see you then!