BMW's new cars temporarily won't ship with Apple CarPlay, Android Auto

If you're planning to buy or already bought a BMW recently, that might not come with Apple CarPlay or Android Auto on board. The carmaker is in the middle of switching chip suppliers to improve its supply chain in the long term as it continues to feel the impact of the global chip shortage. The new chips built into many of the new BMWs manufactured this year require updated software to run Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. According to MacRumors, the BMW customers who received a new car without CarPlay or Android Auto were asked by dealerships to wait for an over-the-air update to enable the feature "by the end of June at the latest."

Snap's Pixy drone gets an extended shipping time up to 4 months

If you just recently decided you wanted to pick up Snap's Pixy drone, then you'll have to be okay with a wait of up to four months. If you check Snap's website, the estimated shipment for the drone will take around 15 to 16 weeks. As The Verge pointed out, this could mean the drone is selling well, but also, it might be that the company hasn't made enough. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel has hinted to The Verge before Pixy's launch that it might have made too few of them. The company might have wanted to avoid the loss it experienced when it made too many Spectacles. Unfortunately, you'll have a longer waiting time to get yours.

Apple reportedly plans to add a nutrition and payment services into Health app

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Apple might be looking to expand the services of its Health app. In his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman writes that Apple is planning to offer an "Instacart-like" grocery service with nutrition data integrated into the Health app. Alongside that, Apple is reportedly planning to expand the workout types it offers on Apple Fitness+ when iOS 16 launches later this year. Gurman noted the service might be potentially complex and "fairly low-margin."

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