BMW has unveiled a new version of the company's ground-breaking iDrive infotainment system. With numerous enhancements at play, including 5G connectivity, the iDrive 8 interface delivers a more ...

It’s been 20 years since BMW led the charge into the now ubiquitous world of centrally accessed infotainment systems. The new iDrive 8 offers more features than you’ll grasp at first, and now includes ...

The new iDrive will be seen first in the 2022 iX. BMW says the new system builds on the Operating System 7 software launched in 2018 and that the new iDrive is going to take “the burgeoning ...

BMW may be most famous for its high-revving inline-six engines and luxurious V8-powered Autobahn cruisers, but it's actually nailing the electric vehicle transition better than most. EV sales made up ...

Our own Ed Loh called it "an idea so simple, so elegant, yet so powerful it was to change the way the world interacted with the automobile." Arthur St. Antoine said it was a "maddeningly convoluted ...

The next generation of BMW electric vehicles will offer one of the biggest changes in infotainment systems we’ve seen to date ...

Before the company royally angered its fanbase with bucktooth grilles and charging a subscription fee for heated seats, BMW pissed traditionalists off in the early 2000s with its then-new iDrive ...

Eileen Falkenberg-Hull leads the Autos team at Newsweek. She has written extensively about the auto industry for U.S. News & World Report, CarGurus, Trucks.com, AutomotiveMap, and American City ...

Automotive screens get seemingly larger every year, but none are as big as the room-size dashboard that BMW used to showcase its next-generation cabin technology suite at CES 2025, with a touchscreen ...

BMW has unveiled a new version of the company's ground-breaking iDrive infotainment system. With numerous enhancements at play, including 5G connectivity, the iDrive 8 interface delivers a more ...