Some one complained about the dropped support for pre-2018 mini and here’s a developer response from Friday. Might be useless considering previous BMW cases, but here it is still some hope for the rest of us preLCI minis

 

I am thoroughly pissed about the update. All the features that I loved, and part of the reasons I chose the car, are gone! The app no longer speaks to the calendar and sends directions to the car and notifies me when I need to leave for an appointment.

edited to add: I was just looking in my car trying to get settings right and see that the Mini Calendar app in the car is gone.

 

And... the Find Mate option is gone too.

 

Seems like the future update is soon. At least the requirement is defined this time. Finger crossed