5/30/2023 0 Comments Idrive reviews 2014The new, flat menu structure makes activating functions and settings much faster and simpler. The operating concept for the new BMW iDrive therefore aligns with user habits established with today’s consumer electronics devices. And once the relevant settings have been chosen, a quick tap on the home icon at the lower edge of the display is all it takes to return to the home screen.īMW orientates itself on today’s operating habits and offers a user experience that fits the high standards of the brand. The QuickSelect functionality makes it possible to directly select entertainment programmes, contact lists and vehicle settings, start interaction with the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant or activate other menu options, all by touch. Other individually configurable graphics can also be displayed here at all times as an alternative to the navigation system’s map view. The next-generation BMW iDrive turns the home screen on the BMW Curved Display into a permanently viewable user interface. New home screen shows functions on a single level and enables rapid access. The BMW Curved Display will continue to serve as the point of interaction for the multi-sensory BMW iDrive experience. With its new graphical interface and optimized menu structure, BMW iDrive will in future focus even more squarely on interaction by using the touchscreen and natural language. “As we said at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2023, we are continuously enhancing the associated user experience based on the latest available technology.” This translates into a broader offering of digital content for information and entertainment, shorter function update cycles, better information on charging points for electric vehicles and improved access to a host of specific online services. “Today, BMW iDrive is more than just a control and operating system – it’s a digital world of experience allowing human and car to interact with one another and exchange information,” remarks Stephan Durach, Senior Vice President BMW Group Connected Company Development. The new BMW iDrive system will be gradually introduced in current models over the course of 2023. The new BMW iDrive plays a unique role in delivering a focused, assured driving experience by showing the right information in the right place. The system’s QuickSelect concept additionally brings an improved menu structure that takes its cues from consumer electronics devices. A new home screen with clearly arranged functions offers greater ease of use on the BMW Curved Display. The BMW Group has reached the latest stage of development with the BMW iDrive system. Official Release: BMW Previews iDrive 8.5 and 9.0 BMW 2 Series Active Tourer from November 2023. We’ll see iDrive 9 in the following cars: It also foretells BMW’s next steps which will likely see the iDrive multi-function controller being eliminated from the line-up entirely. It’s called iDrive 9 because the underlying Android system is newer than the technology underpinning iDrive 8.5. This will be a bit more of an evolution in design with a focus on a customized home screen and new UI. iDrive 9īMW Operating System 9 (iDrive 9) is a fully touch-based system that we’ll see on all smaller, front wheel drive FAAR based cars. BMW is saying that further models will but is offering no specifics yet. This update will rollout gradually from July 2023. We’ll see this system on the following cars (if they’re equipped with the Curved Display): It’s a system that is both touch and multi-function controller based and will feel familiar to most BMW owners – so we’re told. iDrive 8.5īMW Operating System 8.5 (or iDrive 8.5) is based on the technical and physical architecture in the larger CLAAR based BMWs. These function icons can be easily selected and also configured individually. Supporting this will be live widgets in a vertical arrangement on the driver’s side of the user interface. Zero-layer means that all key functionality and information will be shown on a single level, making it easier to select a functions without having engage a submenu. Key to the update is what BMW is calling the zero-layer concept. But the real question is what models will get this new update? The focus on the update is a refreshed home screen and a revised UI that should work better with BMW’s new curved display now available on most models. BMW is introducing two new versions of iDrive – iDrive 8.5 and iDrive 9.0 later this year.
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