Owners of the latest BMWs will even get more complex software updates, in areas such as driver assistance and partial automation.
#BMW IDRIVE 8 REVIEW BLUETOOTH#
With automotive technology moving quickly, though, what's covered by these updates is moving beyond just keeping your Bluetooth working with your new phone.
#BMW IDRIVE 8 REVIEW DRIVERS#
Like in 2018 and later vehicles with BMW iDrive 7, BMW drivers with iDrive 8 will be able to keep their vehicles up to date with the latest software at all times, thanks to the remote software upgrade feature. To keep your new vehicular friend performing their best, with BMW iDrive 8, BMW offers over-the-air software updates, to bring the latest features to your car. The future is well and truly here, friends. BMW claims that even complaining about which parts of your body are hot and cold should be enough to prompt a quick change in the air conditioning settings.
It shouldn't need quite as long to get to grips with what you're thinking, though. It all looks great, but it might take a little while until you've figured out exactly what's on your car's mind. Those non-verbal pointers boil down to glowing spheres of light of different brightnesses. What good is naming something if you can't build a relationship with it, though? Fortunately, the BMW virtual assistant is (and these are BMW's words, not ours) "trustworthy" and "appealing", and can even "express different emotions and states of mind non-verbally and in a human-like manner." Uhh… OK then. Great if your children happen to be called "Alexa", "Amazon" and "Computer" (and whose aren't?). Instead of relying on what somebody else thought would be a nice name for a cyborg, you can give the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant a name of your choice, which you can then use as a prompt when driving. It's not short and snappy, like "Alexa", "Siri", "Google" or *scratches head* ".Cortana?"īut BMW's spinning that into a strength of the new iDrive 8 infotainment system. One thing that separates BMW's Intelligent Personal Assistant from other virtual assistants is the fact that… well, just look at the name. Missing out on some of these futuristic features in your car? You don't need to wait for iDrive 8! You might still be able to activate gesture control for BMW in your car. But if you prefer to stick with your favorite computerized humanoid, Amazon Alexa for BMW is available through the My BMW App.
Gesture control, already found in many vehicles with the previous iDrive 7.0.A curved iDrive display with touch support, for quickly interacting with on-screen elements.The iconic iDrive controller sitting in the center console.You'll now have four main touchpoints with your car when driving: Perhaps most importantly, BMW has gone all in on voice, gesture and touch control, for ease of use behind the wheel. In keeping with the latest trends in in-car infotainment, BMW has revamped the look and feel of the iDrive system with a minimal, distraction-free design language for the new BMW 8 operating system.
It all starts with the things you as a driver will see most – the display and the controls. We can then expect to see it featuring in all of BMW's latest cars. The new iDrive will be rolled out gradually in all vehicle categories, but it will start in BMW's i electric vehicles – the upcoming iX, followed by the i4. And because no man is an island, it also intelligently adapts to the situation. The primary focus of iDrive 8 is to make everything under your BMW iDrive system's control – from navigation and comfort features to vehicle settings and software configuration – perfectly match your needs. Which all sounds very exciting indeed, but what does it mean? In March 2021, BMW introduced a new generation of BMW iDrive the company promises will bring driver-vehicle interaction into a smart, digital future.
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