This new iDrive 8 will first launch in the BMW iX and then the BMW i4. Soon after that, the Bavarians will begin rolling it out, installing it in other models. It’s said to be vastly superior to the seventh-generation iDrive system it replaces, with improvements made to natural voice recognition, user interface, and even cloud-based machine learning.


You can rest easy knowing that, at least in the BMW iX, the classic iDrive rotary controller remains. While iDrive 8 only furthers the digitization of BMWs, and the actual iDrive screen itself is touchscreen, iDrive 8 does have some physical inputs. In addition to the rotary dial mounted on the center console, as always, there’s a dedicated volume knob and some touch-capacitive buttons, which are easier to use than touchscreens.



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