The new "BMW iDrive" system, including windshield-length display, and "BMW Operating System X" was revealed Tuesday during the CES tech show.

This isn’t the first time that BMW has teased the new heads-up display called BMW Panoramic iDrive. The company showed off a version of it at CES 2023 in the iVision Dee concept, and it’s all part of the new platform called BMW Operating System X.

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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 retiring the trusty click-wheel controller with the arrival of its newest Panoramic iDrive system.

This is a big moment, folks: BMW has revealed its all-new iDrive infotainment system at CES in Las Vegas, and it represents a complete rethink on how to weave tech into a car. Starting from scratch; a clean slate; hitting Ctrl+Alt+Del on the past. Buckle up, because sacrifices have been made.

Called Panoramic iDrive with BMW Operating System X, the tech includes a full windscreen-width display capable of showing a raft of info, along with additional head-up display and touchscreens. Is it a good thing? We attended an early hands-on demo of the system to find out…

The terminology, in typical Germanic fashion, is a little confusing. The entire system is called "Panoramic iDrive," with “Panoramic Vision” being the funky horizontal band display across the whole dash; meanwhile, the all-new software the whole enchilada runs on is named “BMW Operating System X.”

Revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Panoramic iDrive is what we can expect to find in the Neue Klasse cars, then the rest of the BMW lineup, from the end of this year. The system at the show is said to be close to full production,

BMW's next-gen user interface has no buttons, knobs, or physical controls Dubbed Panoramic iDrive, the system uses a touchscreen, projection, and the steering wheel Panoramic iDrive will debut later in 2025 in the Neue Klasse EVs BMW's upcoming electric car won't just debut the automaker's new design language and platform.