Official – BMW & MINI to Offer CarPlay & Android Auto
Earlier this year we broke the news that BMW and MINI were working to bring CarPlay and Android Auto to its cars. Today BMW’s CEO Harold Krüger officially announced the initiative: >The...
The US Moves to Protect Your Right to Hack and Tune Your Car
Let freedom ring. The Library of Congress defined a few new exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) as part of its typical review process. The one we care about? Allowing...
MINI and BMW Double Down on Digital
Automotive News caught up with BMW Executive Ian Robertson to chat about BMW’s digital future. Robertson was unusually candid, telling the publication: > “The big catalyst of change is now the digital...
MINI Goes Virtual Reality
While not being a new concept, Virtual Reality has been heating up significantly over the past 24 months. Video game companies, movie production businesses, and now car manufacturers are jumping on the...
CarPlay is Coming to the MINI with Touchscreen iDrive
MINI is working on bringing CarPlay to market. That’s the latest from our sources who are now telling us it’s not a matter of if but when. The current time-table for BMW...
Would You Want a Self Parking MINI?
We’ve read about the feature and seen photos of it in action on BimmerFile. Now we get to see the 2016 7 Series do the seemingly impossible with its self parking function....
MINI Connected Officially Relaunches on iTunes
The wait is over. MINI’s completely new Connected app has dropped on iTunes as a brand new app and as  a free update for current users. The new version of the app...
MINI’s 2020 Technology Revealed in the 2016 BMW 7 Series
If MINI and BMW follow protocol much of the technology we see in the 2016 G01/G02 7 Series should make its way to the 4th generation (2020) MINI. What is it and...
MINI Reboots its MINI Connected App With Less Functionality & More Sophistication
A month ago MINI released its new brand strategy focused on a less is more philosophy and a higher degree of sophistication. While the 2016 Clubman was held up as an example...
AUDI, BMW & Daimler Agree to Buy Nokia’s HERE Digital Mapping Business
With suitors reportedly ranging from from Apple to Uber, Nokia’s mapping business HERE finally has new owners. Several of them. Given the importance of Nokia’s mapping data to Audi, BMW, Mercedes and...