BMW iDrive Update 2016: New menu in almost all BMW
With the facelift for summer 2016 are among many new engines also a major update for the BMW iDrive infotainment system. From production in July 2016 ...
With the facelift for summer 2016 are among many new engines also a major update for the BMW iDrive infotainment system. From production in July 2016, in virtually all models with navigation system Professional installed a new display with a higher resolution and the software revised so that in future many recalls in the smaller ranges to the new 7 Series. The menu will no longer be designed in the form of a list of mutually arranged menu items, but the more modern tile design take with adjacent symbols.
From iDrive update the BMW profit of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 as well as the large SUV models X5 and X6. The smaller and currently very successful ongoing BMW X1 F48 must be exactly as 2er Active Tourer and Gran Tourer apparently still a little wait, for already in the autumn of their life cycle 5 Series, the update is not performed. BMW X3 and X4 have already received the same update and the first delivery in these days with the refreshed navigation system Professional.
Next will also optimizes the speech recognition of the navigation system Professional. This dominates the future 'Natural Language', the function can also be natural and free understand and interpret spoken sentences in addition to some predefined phrases. Instructions such as "Navigate me to BMW Welt in Munich" should be sufficient to provide the appropriate command.
All the above models can also be equipped with the new optional equipment "telephony with Wireless Charging". Mobiles, which are suitable for inductive charging, can then be wirelessly recharged in a mobile phone storage in the center console area. At the same time a wireless connection to the external antenna and of course the ConnectedDrive system is manufactured. Optional equipment also includes a Wi-Fi hotspot, which supplies up to eight devices with high-speed Internet.
