After years of anticipation CarPlay finally arrived on MINIs last year. Offered in its latest and great wireless form, it promised unequalled mobile integration and ease of use. We’ve been living with it in our new JCW Countryman and over the last 5,000 miles have formed a few well informed opinions. Notably that CarPlay is at best medicroe and should be classified as beta software until major updates are offered.
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Get ready, “Hey MINI” is something we’re going to saying a lot. According to sources BMW is prepping a MINI version of the recently…
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BMW has taken the wraps off it’s forthcoming in-car Virtual Assistant (think Siri for the car) that will allow for smarter (and quicker) access…
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The arms race for autonomous driving is reaching new heights at BMW. The BMW Group (BMW, MINI and Rolls Royce) have broken ground on…
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MINI’s recent addition of CarPlay has been of interest to current and prospective owners alike. While we think there’s still a bit of polish…
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With companies like Apple and Tesla showing how its done, BMW and MINI are moving cautiously to over the air updates (OTA) in future…
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The idea of using your phone as a digital key (to open to start your car) has been bandied about almost since the invention…
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It’s hard to believe but BMW and MINI ConnectedDrive is Turing 20 this year. It was back in 1998 when the BMW Assist package…
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While most of the visuals represent BMWs, MINI will be leveraging this technology and UX structure for upcoming iDrive updates. Official Release: Digitalisation is…
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Official Release: The BMW Group is to invest more than €10 million in a new Additive Manufacturing Campus tp build its 3D Printing enterprise….
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