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Which functions of my BMW with BMW Operating System 8 or newer are not available in the "Guest" driver profile?

The following limitations apply to the guest profile: 

▷ Selected functions that edit personal data are not available in the guest profile. This includes functions of the navigation and the saving of favorites. More information on data processing is available in the ConnectedDrive data protection notes / service descriptions.

▷ The guest profile cannot be renamed.

▷ It is not possible to assign a PIN to the guest profile.

▷ It is not possible to assign driver detection to the guest profile. 

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