Q&A With The Head of the BMW Autonomous Driving Program
The BMW Autonomous Driving Program is pressing ahead with its level 3 and 4 autonomy features for its upcoming products – including MINIs. Key this is the new campus and more flexible...
MF Garage: CarPlay is Here and We’ve Already Turned it Off
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.
MINI Personal Assistant Being Planned For Release
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 announced BMW personal assistant. Powered by articificial intelligence...
BMW Introduces an In-Car Virtual Assistant – is MINI Next?
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 to in-car functionality. Powered by the car’s always-on...
BMW Group Builds New Driving Simulation Center Focusing on Autonomous Driving
The arms race for autonomous driving is reaching new heights at BMW. The BMW Group (BMW, MINI and Rolls Royce) have broken ground on the world’s most advanced facility for the simulation...
Video How-To: Apple CarPlay in a MINI
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 left to put on the Apple software, it’s...
BMW & MINI to Begin Using Over the Air Updates for Software
With companies like Apple and Tesla showing how its done, BMW and MINI are moving cautiously to over the air updates (OTA) in future vehicles. How would OTAs work in the auto...
BMW, MINI, Apple and Others Working on a Digital Key Standard
The idea of using your phone as a digital key (to open to start your car) has been bandied about almost since the invention of the smartphone. But for years automakers have...
20 Years of BMW and MINI ConnectedDrive – a Look Back
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 was introduced under the product heading of “BMW...
BMW’s Digital Day Previews iDrive 7.0
While most of the visuals represent BMWs, MINI will be leveraging this technology and UX structure for upcoming iDrive updates. Official Release: Digitalisation is the dominant element in the radical ongoing transformation...