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Starting in October 2026, the BMW Group will introduce BMW Maps with driver assistance for BMW vehicles equipped with the BMW Operating System X. The feature combines route guidance, the vehicle’s surroundings, and driver assistance information into a single 3D view on the central display. This allows drivers to see not only the next navigation step, but also how the vehicle perceives its surroundings and which assistance functions are supporting the driving task.

The display shows the driver's own vehicle precisely within its lane and at the correct road level. This helps with navigation on highways, at intersections, and in city traffic. At the same time, it makes assisted and semi-automated driving even easier to understand in the context of the current driving situation.

This integration is particularly relevant when driver-assistance systems support driving over long distances or in complex traffic situations. For example, the Highway Assistant 2 enables hands-free driving on highways at speeds of up to 130 km/h. The system controls both longitudinal and lateral movement and supports automated lane changes after the driver confirms with a glance. With active route guidance via BMW Maps, the system provides support from the highway on-ramp all the way to the exit.

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00:02So I brought the new iX3 with me. It's completely equipped with the new panoramic
00:07iDrive. We have our 3D head-up display, we have our panoramic vision and our central
00:12information display. I've planned a route that we can take and enjoy the ride.
00:17So let's do this. Perfect. Okay, let's go.
00:23Really cool thing that we've done together, which is visualizing all the things around you
00:29directly on the map on a display. The cars, the cycling ahead of us and it's all very accurately
00:35represented so you can picture your car in space and time. All of that is fused in a single seamless
00:41experience, really providing a lot of context and reducing the cognitive load as you as you navigate
00:48it. It's really useful with this blue marking on the road where it's actually described the lane you
00:54have to drive through. It's super clear where to go to. So here we see that you can be in
00:58any of this
00:58lanes but as you're about to take a maneuver the blue carpet would funnel you into that maneuver
01:04making it really pretty easy to take those maneuvers. And I think then we should turn on our 8s
01:11functionality which gives you a good view of what the car is capable of doing. The system is checking
01:16if I still pay attention and looking to the road. So this is certainly what we do. However, the system
01:23is doing it right now by itself. So there's nothing I have to do. I can use the indicator to
01:28say go
01:29on and change the lane or the system can propose me a lane change and I can confirm the lane
01:35change by
01:35just looking in the outside mirror. And of course, while we are in this mode, you have this protective
01:42green walls around the vehicle telling you that it's the lane keeping, you know, that's exactly
01:48where I say, okay, this is the lane you're in. And so we stick with it. It's interesting about this
01:53turn is that we're taking the exit. And while the car is doing it itself, really pretty impressive.
02:00And now it's making it another turn. So you see how the exit here is really quite tricky because you
02:07have to make really split second decisions. Yeah. And this is a good example, you know, right here,
02:12it's super complicated thing. You have this divider in the middle and you have to decide if you go left
02:18and right. It was super easy to understand. And the carpet just tells you exactly where you need to be.
02:22Exactly where to go to. It's a heavy traffic right now. A lot of cars around us and it's so
02:28relaxing.
02:29It's super relaxing. I can take off my hands from the wheel and my BMW is doing a perfect truck
02:34by getting me to this traffic.
02:37I can take off my hands.
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