BMW Confirms It Has No Plans to Offer CarPlay Ultra

[Dr Nobody Important]

That probably won’t and can’t happen. You are going to find aftermarket instrument clusters, steering wheels, and infotainment screens?

I alone would not have enough pull to force BMW to change their mind, unless I purchased BMW. If I wanted a BMW, then I could make them if I so choose. I am sure others could as well. I am looking forward to cars only have ports that allow the customer to connect their phone for the experience that they choose. Ultimately BMW will have no choice to support Apple CarPlay Ultra, too many people will demand it.

 

[jole]

I Confirm I Have No Plans to Purchase Another BMW​

 

[jole]

Carmakers cant make proper software UIs. From what I have seen they can only offer horrible solutions.

Two have proven to be able to make quite decent software: Tesla and Rivian.

Even they are doomed for two fundamental reasons:

1. Only two ecosystems in the world are large enough to get sufficient attention from developers to build 3rd party apps: iOS and Android
2. AI assistants will become ubiquitous, but need the data and authorizations to act. Those are locked inside your phone.

Apple and Google have managed to play excellent long game with AA and CarPlay.

 

[oldoneeye]

Which version of iDrive?

My car has iDrive 7 and it’s great, but iDrive 8/8.5 look like a mess from what I’ve seen

I have 8.5 ... and I think its great