BMW iDRIVE 8.5 - Tips, Tricks, Features! EASY TUTORIAL! 2023+

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[kevindavies]

Can the music artwork be changed to be on the drivers side from passenger side and I'd so how is it done. Many thanks

[kirkmason]

Hi Dee. How do you add third party apps to Idrive 8.5 like ParkMobile etc? Thank you.

[yili]

Thanks for tons of useful info. I just got an x5 from Sudbury but I am having trouble of finding the data privacy option in system settings. It is missing. Any suggestions on how to turn it on?

[rajiv]

Can BMW update 8 to 8.5 over the air? And any plans they will do this?

[carlb]

Apple Maps also shows up on the heads up display.

And for anyone wondering, my dealer said this OS will be available for my 2023 BMW X5M… I assume that may mean all the other BMWs for 2023 will have the upgrade.

[timluu]

thanks for the video, it's helping get use to my X5. can I hide the widget on the left, I prefer to just have the nav shown in the full screen

[calvindragneel]

I'm playing my music and I can't see the text/name is it is too long to show on the screen. Is there a way to make the text animate/scroll?

[Teocosta]

Excuse me do you know if we have 4 zones climate control how it works the control of the back seats???? Thanks in advance

[mf]

Thanks mate. Really helpful information. I didn’t know most of it.

[shaguftamalik]

Hi I just wanted to know how to add widgets I want to add the record and wanted to know how I can add that to the widget section

[stephanever]

Is it possible to change/move the widgets, customize? I mean if I want to see weather and radio together, both are "half" widgets. Instead of having to scroll to see each?

[kimpyeatt]

Does the media box still show album art for whatever is playing?

[salguod]

Very helpful explanation as I am a Merc owner used to MBUX NTG7 transitioning to BMW.

[marzzz]

Is a shortcut the fastest way to activate Drive Recorder? I have tried Voice Commands but it only opens the app, I would like some way to start recording as quickly as possible. Also, is there some way (say, by connecting your phone directly with a USB cable) that you can do continuous recording beyond the 60 second maximum? Thank you

[VeritasMysterium]

Thanks for making the video. I’ve been curious about 8.5 in particular. I still have the 7 on my 2021 3 series with physical buttons, which I personally think is the best implementation of iDrive, CarPlay, and both touchscreen and physical control interfaces.

[PorscheguyGT]

BMW navigation works better with the hybrid mode to switch between gas/electric also it displays the AR on the screen where I don’t think Waze and Google map would. I like Waze live traffic updates though.

[pavelk]

Hello! Could you tell me how to install Spotify music streaming on IDRIVE 8.5? After the last update 2 days ago, it disappeared...on the BMW service they said that they had broken off cooperation

[joemyers]

I would love a gauge cluster update so you could change your speedometer and rev counter. Its pretty ugly really, even before I purchased the car I thought these are really ugly though with all that tech, you'd think you could change the view.

[nhtna]

Cool video buy,
1. Is the air blow really working where it blows the air towards the upper body???? I see a big glitch with the system n BMW owners are not really into testing this functionality ?
2. Is the version upgrade available on all new vehicles? I did not get to see any new versions waiting to be installed, am I missing something??

[carlb]

Great overview! Definitely interested in that “automate habits” icon… will be checking out your next video on it. 😊