The BMW X5 is entering the 2023 model year with some changes to equipment and packages, as well as a revised starting price. The biggest among them is a change that’s also affected other names in the ...

Customers of cars like the BMW 7-Series expect groundbreaking new innovations and technologies with every new generation, and one of these came in the form of a feature called "Gesture Control" when ...

Twirl your finger, and the volume changes. Stick your thumb out like a hitchhiker and watch your BMW switch to the next song. Throw two fingers at the screen like you're about to poke someone in the ...

BMW added a touchscreen to the iDrive controller and then Gesture Control in the 2016 BMW 7 Series and now, at CES 2016, it's showing off AirTouch. Like an air kiss, there's no actual touching, only ...

Pour one out for the iDrive knob. Nearly a quarter-century after debuting in production form back in 2001 in the E65/E66-generation 7 Series and becoming a staple of the carmaker's models, BMW is ...

With its "gesture control" system, the 2016 BMW 7 Series has set its sights on introducing a few more hand gestures to a driver's lexicon. And the middle finger is not involved. This standard system ...

BMW has been equipping its cars with in-air gesture control for several years and I never paid attention to it. It seemed redundant. Why wave your hand in the air when there are dials, buttons and ...

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