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Title: BMW’s new iDrive system still supports CarPlay, but only barely Post by: HCK on January 18, 2025, 04:05:08 pm BMW’s new iDrive system still supports CarPlay, but only barely
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/bmw-idrive-1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>At CES last week, BMW <a href="https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0447111EN/new-bmw-panoramic-idrive-revolutionises-vehicle-operation-visionary-technology-package-for-the-neue-klasse-celebrates-world-premiere-at-ces-2025" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">unveiled[/url] a major revamp to its iDrive infotainment system, built on the new “BMW Operating System X.” The revamp brings a new “BMW Panoramic Vision” design with infotainment that stretches around, described as “high tech meets highly intuitive operation.”</p> <p>The good news is that the new iDrive system still supports Apple CarPlay. The bad news, however, is that BMW has done the bare minimum to integrate CarPlay – and it’s actually a downgrade in some ways.</p> <a data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="carplay" data-layer-viewtype="unknown" data-post-id="985705" href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/13/bmw-carplay-idrive-panoramic/#more-985705" class="more-link">more…[/url] Source: BMW’s new iDrive system still supports CarPlay, but only barely (https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/13/bmw-carplay-idrive-panoramic/) |