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      04-14-2021, 08:19 AM   #23
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Will current cars get updated to iDrive 8 or will it require new hardware?
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Eh probably not, I think it's pretty likely the current iD7 cars will get some level of update, the only thing they will be missing is slightly bigger displays. I could see some features being watered down If the processing power in the iD7 cars isn't up to snuff
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I'm pretty sure the current G20's will get this iDrive8 upgrade sometime in the future. As the only difference between this new iDrive screens vs the current setup is the new one has one long display screen (still have a partition between Display cluster & control display, I guess it's 12.3 * 2). But in current G20 we already have 12.3 Display cluster and 10.25 Control display. So realistically the content that are going to display in Control display is little lesser (probably a half tile is hidden & needs to be scrolled) there won't be anything missed in Display cluster as we already have 12.3
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I'm pretty sure the current G20's will get this iDrive8 upgrade sometime in the future. As the only difference between this new iDrive screens vs the current setup is the new one has one long display screen (still have a partition between Display cluster & control display, I guess it's 12.3 * 2). But in current G20 we already have 12.3 Display cluster and 10.25 Control display. So realistically the content that are going to display in Control display is little lesser (probably a half tile is hidden & needs to be scrolled) there won't be anything missed in Display cluster as we already have 12.3
I would be very surprised if we get it.
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If you were interested in the Driver Assistance Pro package I’d wait if I were you, it looks like it’s off the options list for the foreseeable future. I’ve just heard from my dealer who told me the order I have will not include this option, and they have no idea when it’ll be available again.
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I would be very surprised if we get it.
Same here.

There maybe a chance will we see some sort of highly watered down version but I'm certainly not expecting to see anything like iD8's full suite of functions.
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I would be very surprised if we get it.
I'm sure we will, as their ultimate vision of having the remote software updates capability is to have the customers update their car's OS to the latest (as long as there is no significant hardware changes required in the new generation), but of course we are not getting the iDrive 8 anytime soon in G20s, probably in 3 to 5 years based on the speed BMW is rolling out the software updates for iDrive 7. Still not everyone have their latest software in their G20's, they are really slow in rolling the updates.
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I'm sure we will, as their ultimate vision of having the remote software updates capability is to have the customers update their car's OS to the latest (as long as there is no significant hardware changes required in the new generation), but of course we are not getting the iDrive 8 anytime soon in G20s, probably in 3 to 5 years based on the speed BMW is rolling out the software updates for iDrive 7. Still not everyone have their latest software in their G20's, they are really slow in rolling the updates.
I expect they would prefer we bought a new car!
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