BMW is giving owners of its latest cars a special New Year surprise – beamed into their car’s infotainment screens automatically via a Tesla-style over-the-air update.
The New Year festive animation goes live from today (31 December) and will be available to customers with the latest software between 1-7 January 2021.
Described as a “stunningly orchestrated ambient lighting sequence”, the New Year treat is played to a backdrop of fittingly festive music.
It’s activated through a special Christmas banner that appears in the Control Display. Owners clicking this are treated to the New Year programme.
It can also be triggered manually, by saying “Hey BMW, Happy New Year“, or through the app in the Vehicle menu.
BMW says the New Year banner will automatically appear uo to three times on starting the car and can be accessed anytime in the Messages menu after the first activation.
To see the message, owners need to have a model with BMW Operating System 7.0, running software status 07/2020 or later.
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