Integration of Amazon Alexa is enabled for BMW Operating System 8 (for all models with BMW Operating System 8 manufactured before July 2022).

New skills and greater visual expression for the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant (for all models with BMW Operating System 8 manufactured before July 2022).

Extensive improvements to the charging- route (for BMW iX and i4 models manufactured before July 2022).

The main elements of the Remote Software Upgrade 07-22 at a glance (followed by a detailed description in the text below): The free upgrades comprise both improvements and extensions to infotainment, driving, drive system, driver assistance, comfort and safety features. The duration of the installation process also sets the benchmark courtesy of a software architecture that has been gradually refined over the course of the last 15 years, enabling BMW to install software on all control units within the vehicle’s on-board network in around 20 minutes. Since 2019, the BMW Group has been able to modify every line of programming code in vehicle software remotely, making it one of the first manufacturers in the world to offer a functionality that is far more involved than mere navigation map updates. Thus, improvements for a total of around 3.8 million vehicles will be made available over-the-air. A new Remote Software Upgrade for vehicles with BMW Operating System 7 will also be available shortly. The latest Remote Software Upgrade offered free of charge for vehicles with BMW Operating System 8 has been available since last week.

Upgrade idrive 7 to 8