Someone needs to update the press release in post 1. Seems like there was an update to the release per BMW USA News:
https://www.bmwusanews.com/newsrelease.do?id=4113&mid=
Quote:
BMW Operating System 8.5 and BMW Operating System 9 lay the foundations.
The new BMW iDrive with QuickSelect is a further development of the BMW Operating System 8 fitted in current BMW models with BMW Curved Display, and is based on the latest-generation infotainment head units, which is also responsible for graphic processing.
The new BMW Operating System 8.5 will be introduced incrementally – either in production or via a remote software upgrade in certain vehicles already running Operating System 8 – in the following models beginning in the summer of 2023:
BMW 7 Series
BMW iX
BMW i4
BMW X5
BMW X6
BMW X7
BMW XM
It will continue to be based on Linux and will be combined with the largest version of the BMW Curved Display.
The new BMW Operating System 9, based on Android Open Source Project software, will appear in the compact class first in the 2024 BMW X1.
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