BMW Is Abandoning Gesture Controls
With the iDrive X infotainment, BMW is waving (pun intended) goodbye to gesture controls. Instead, it will focus on touch and voice controls.
With the iDrive X infotainment, BMW is waving (pun intended) goodbye to gesture controls. Instead, it will focus on touch and voice controls.
BMW's new iDrive X is all about screens, but rest assured, there will still be physical controls inside future models.
BMW has told us the new pillar-to-pillar display debuting in Neue Klasse cars will show functions of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
We spoke with BMW design boss Adrian van Hooydonk about Neue Klasse and how next-generation EVs will share their fresh styling with ICE cars.
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