OBDeleven, the intelligent automotive device, has added support for BMW Group vehicles, namely BMW, MINI, and Rolls-Royce with the launch of its new BMW application. The newest update to the device’s supported list of car brands marks another step to help Voltas IT become the leading developer of intelligent automotive solutions globally.

The newest solution on the market will enable BMW drivers to customize and diagnose their cars with their smartphones. As a result, drivers of one of the most recognizable car brands in the world can now unlock hidden features and avoid unnecessary trips to the dealership, as OBDeleven provides enough information with dealership-level diagnostics to know the exact issue with the vehicle.

Officially licensed by the BMW Group, the application will work with: 

•  BMW (F, G, and I-series)
•  MINI (F-series)
• select Rolls-Royce models

The three names join other brands that OBDeleven supports, namely the Volkswagen Group (VAG) badges of Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Cupra, Škoda, Bentley, and Lamborghini. Officially licensed by VAG, the device was the first third-party tool to provide SFD unlocking for the latest models from VAG.

“The BMW application is launched after a diligent process of development, ensuring that the final product would satisfy our users’ needs,” stated Edvardas Astrauskas, the Chief Executive Officer at Voltas IT. “With an official license, we can provide these solutions to drivers of even the latest BMW vehicles, as our development team has worked to ensure that users could enable or disable functions without having to do any of the coding themselves,” he continued.

Hidden features and dealership-level diagnostics

While the quest for manufacturing efficiency has resulted in software and software-related solutions having more and more influence in the car-building business, this has also meant that some features were disabled for those users who did not opt for certain equipment when they were buying their cars.

Thus, that is how modern cars are filled with various hidden features, which can be enabled by coding the control units of the car. At the same time, not everyone has the knowledge or the capacity to learn about software development in cars, which is why OBDeleven is also popular among the people who just drive their cars from point A to point B. With the help of the solution’s signature One-Click Apps, which are pre-made coding functions, users can easily enable or disable various features on their cars by clicking on their smartphones once.

“We have developed and tested the most-desired One-Click Apps for users following extensive market research, which also allowed us to identify the most-popular BMW, MINI, and Rolls-Royce models, enabling us to deliver a customization solution that is not offered by anyone else on the intelligent automotive device market,” explained Astrauskas. The CEO mentioned the fact that the number of available One-Click Apps will continue growing in the future “keeping in line with the continuous growth of our pre-made VAG-focused programming functions.”

In addition to the customization capabilities of OBDeleven, the BMW application will also offer dealership-level diagnostics to users, which will allow them to save money, as they will know the exact reason why a warning light has come up on the dashboard. Whether it would be the engine, the transmission, or any other control unit, the OBDeleven device will go through each of them to determine the problem.

More solutions for drivers globally

Following the launch of the BMW application, the question that had to be addressed was what does the future hold for OBDeleven? Although the development and other teams at Voltas IT will work to improve the BMW and VAG-focused applications, the company will continue looking for solutions that are in high demand from drivers of various vehicles.

“We are proud of the work we have done with OBDeleven since 2014 – but the future is bright and we are ready to take on the next challenge that will only cement our positions as the leading intelligent diagnostic device globally,” concluded Astrauskas.

The OBDeleven BMW application is available in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom (UK), and the United States (US) and its territories.

Voltas IT is the company behind OBDeleven, the intelligent automotive software and hardware solution that has been in development since 2014. With official licenses from the Volkswagen Group and BMW Group, the device and application provide users with full functionality to diagnose and customize their vehicles and have connected over 2 million vehicles since the device has been available to the public in 2015.