BMW Panoramic iDrive | Review - video Dailymotion

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The BMW Panoramic iDrive system transforms your windshield into a 3D head-up display that shows you critical navigation data right in your field of view, like lane info and your next turn. And you can totally customize the ultra wide display below it with the widgets of your choosing. It's coming to all BMW vehicles by the end of 2025.

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00:00When it comes to cars, I'm a fan of buttons, but now that BMW is getting rid of all of them,

00:04I'm actually a fan of what they're doing instead. And it all comes down to the panoramic iDrive

00:09that's coming to all BMW models starting next year, and it's going to be in one car by the

00:13end of this year. And there's some key components that you need to know when it comes to this

00:17system. It all starts with a panoramic display that goes from the left side to the right side

00:22of the vehicle, and you can completely customize this with various apps and widgets to your

00:26preference. And all of the key information is right above the steering wheel, and it's a

00:30multifunction steering wheel, as you can see behind me. And those functions change based on what you're

00:36doing, and it actually pings you based on what's happening in the car. Probably the coolest thing

00:41about this whole thing is the heads-up display that it's 3D above the steering wheel. So in your

00:46real-world vision, when you're making turns, you'll actually see those turn signals and those indicators

00:51when you want to make them. You don't have to actually stare over to the central display

00:55if you don't want to, where the map is always there if you want it. But I'd rather have those

01:00directions right where I'm driving, and that's probably the best part about this whole thing.

01:04When it comes to the central display, that's actually customizable too. Now this is definitely

01:08larger than light that you'd see over my shoulder, but all of those buttons right there, there's a

01:13home button so you can always get back home, but all of the main functions are always at your

01:17fingertips. So you can scroll through them, like up and down to go to different features,

01:21or within an app, you can actually go left to right, so it's actually fairly intuitive.

01:26For me, the game-changing feature is the 3D heads-up display. Now a lot of people think

01:30that when it comes to technology in cars, it's really about distracting you, but what

01:33I'm seeing here is that BMW is flipping that on its head. Be sure to follow us at Tom's Guide

01:38across all of our social channels to see all the latest news from CES 2025, and I can't wait

01:43to test drive the real thing.

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