On March 15th, BMW Group passed the Idrive 8 system in the world through the online conference. At this point, it launched the first generation
Idrive (ie Intelligent-Drive System Smart Driving Control System), just in the past 20 years.
For the past two decades, the BMW IDRIVE system will be replaced every three years. Every change is both a technical leap, and it contains Reflections on the future. In 2001, BMW has launched a smart driving concept that has become mainstream. Today, 20 years later, the BMW IDRIVE 8.0 also contains what thinking about future cars? And see the details below.
A new height 
in people-oriented
is different from the present, and the car is moving rapidly in the direction of the mobile intelligent terminal. And has endless imagination space, early people’s positioning is only a vehicle. At one of the first generation of Idrive as one of the most well-known car operating systems, it can be described as a primary river in the car interior. BMW This advanced consciousness has continued and evolved today and continued to lead the development of the industry. The eighth generation Idrive released this time has quietly evolved the concept of human-machine interaction: “Driver is the core.”
From the hardware, such a concept is implemented. The 12.3-inch meter display and a 14.9-inch medium control screen have been connected to a piece of curved screen, such a bend, just like a curved screen TV, more suitable for the driver’s reading perspective. In addition, the screen pixel density is as high as 200ppi, with a new design language, a more bold graphic design, more popular pictures and a richer light and shadow effect, and the visual effect is more shocking.
Further, IDRIVE 8.0 retains a classic knob operation control key to upgrade the style to a more high-level crystal transparent material, and do DrillThe stone cutting effect, and the touch button in the wood is creating a luxury car atmosphere. Such a design BAO master has experienced last year’s CES booth, which retains the advantages of the traditional physical buttons, and shaped full-time technology in the form of touch, and then equipped with minimal design style. (The number of buttons is reduced by 50%), which shows the most intuitive future technology.
There is a more lifeful intelligent assistant
As one of the highlights of this release, the intelligent voice assistant has brought a “lively” atmosphere. BMW designer identifies its animation image from more than 100-me-in design: the size and brightness of the luminous spheres, and will generate breathing and rhythm with voice and dialogue, and it also shows the uniqueness of the brand. Effective and safe delivery in terms of functionality and visual form, especially in non-language forms. This pushes the interaction of the vehicle to a new dimension. 
The AI assistant can distinguish the object of the conversation, judge the state at this moment by the camera, and even make predictions and smart reminders to your behavior. When you communicate with it with the natural language, it is no longer as facing the machine, but a system with life, intelligent.
On the intelligence, BMW has brought more personalized gameplay. Luxury driving, focusing, and simple art, three topics are available, newly added “My Modes” mode can also be adjusted on driving mode, steering characteristics, chassis settings, atmosphere, etc. according to your preferences, create a single belongs to you Sensory experience.
In Id8, BMW improves the version of ConnectedDrive, and the driving experience can be customized by BMW ID. The system will automatically learn from the daily driver’s use and car preferences, actively adapt the owner’s habits, by setting a unique profile, can carry the interior temperature, air conditioner of the vehicle and the favorite song list Customization. This way when you take it into the car, everything is your familiar style. BMW watchShow, the BMW ID in the owner mobile phone will soon upgrade from the Connected App to my BMW App.
5G era into the future intelligent network
The biggest breakthrough of Idrive 8 is that 5G mobile network technology is first equipped with 5G mobile network technology, further upgrading the Digital Experience of BMW. Faster transfer speed, lower 5G, so that the high-speed interconnection of the vehicle is possible. The cloud-based navigation system can quickly calculate the active path according to the real-time information and predictive model, and the intelligent connection of global cars will be achieved after combining V2X functionality.
It is understood that IDRIVE 8.0 will be taken first on BMW smart SUV IX, the model will use Gigabit Ethernet technology, the fastest speed Can be 30Gbit per second, 10-20 times faster than the current vehicle, and can complete the vehicle OTA upgrade within 20 minutes, while the idRive 8 system has also added remote OTA function than the previous generation.
The change of human-computer interaction in the early 1920s contains more than 700 operations Idrive System, to today’s more warm, smarter, higher IDRIVE 8.0, BMW through the definition of “car” once again, and gets more and more people from “people”. In this era of changing, only such a footsteps that have not stopped, in order to seize more future opportunities.