Enabling access to this function through BMW Apps allows drivers to use the car's familiar controls to share their location and arrival time while en route, without the dangers of picking up their phone.

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As it stands, you still go through a network for this vital human function.

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Through all this madness, the state assembly, remarkably, continues to function.

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