BMW 1 Series E81 E82 E87 E88 12.3 inch Android Screen with Wireless CarPlay and 4G | QGB24UMB12E87L

This screen is for left-hand drive BMW 1 Series E81, E82, E87 and E88 cars from 2006-2012 with no original display. If your car has a factory screen, choose the QGB24CCB12E87C for CCC or the QGB24CIB12E87C for CIC.

Fitting it may mean cutting a permanent hole in the dashboard. If there's a storage box on top of the dash, removing that does the job instead, with no cutting. A template sticker is supplied to mark the hole accurately, and a controller comes with it for operating the screen.

CarPlay connects your iPhone without a cable, so maps, music, messages and calls come up on the wide screen while the phone stays in your pocket. Siri handles requests by voice.

Android phones connect wirelessly too. Google Maps and music apps sit in a layout made for driving, and Google Assistant takes voice commands.

The QHD 2K IPS panel has a 2400 x 900 resolution and rich, accurate colour. It's fully laminated with a G+G touch screen, so it responds quickly and stays clear from both front seats.

With a SIM card, integrated 4G LTE gives the unit its own data connection for music streaming and real-time navigation, which you can share with passengers. A 4G antenna is supplied.

Dual-band Wi-Fi supports 2.4GHz and 5GHz, so the unit can join a hotspot or home network for faster browsing, streaming and downloads.

A GPS antenna is in the box, so a sat nav app can run on the screen with real-time GPS navigation. That's a big step up for a car that never had factory navigation.

For DAB+ through the screen, add an XTRONS USB DAB tuner such as the USBDAB01, USBDAB02, USBDAB04, ACUSBDAB05T or ACUSBDAB06 (sold separately).

An external XTRONS microphone (MIC001, MIC002, MIC003 or ACMIC005) gives clearer hands-free calls and voice commands. It's sold separately.

XTRONS reversing cameras such as the CAM009S (AHD 720P) or ACCAM10802 (AHD 1080P) can be added for a clear view when parking.

The unit also works with XTRONS dash cams (DVR025S, DVR027S, DVR028S, DVR030S, ACDVR2K01, ACWIFIDVR02), OBD2 scanners (OBD01S to OBD04) for reading trouble codes, and TPMS sensors to show tyre pressures. All are sold separately.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 is a 6nm, 64-bit octa-core processor running at up to 2.4GHz, with dual channel 8GB DDR4 RAM and 128GB solid state ROM. Navigation, streaming and apps can run together without slowing down.