Sorry managed to post this is the wrong place. Must be age.

Apple CarPlay would be nice imho

Evo agrees on the touchscreen ...

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I didn't have a long test drive as we were going to buy one anyway, but I hope the touchscreen can be improved. I dint have any major issues on our drive. Hopefully they will improve it with software updates. I wonder if the my 15.5 cars are any different?

This is exactly what I was worried about. I''m currently in a 2014 X5 with the new idrive which even allows me to use the idrove as a touch pad and write things on it which turns to predictive text. It plays music videos, reads my texts, reads my emails, shows news and twitter feeds (and facebook should I say!). It interfaces my calendar, plays internet radio, has a full browser with google interfacing into the sat nav! And I've got to go from that to the RRS Infotainment! It definitely is making me wonder about whether I've made the right decision.

The BMW idrive is a great unit. I have it in my BMW and much prefer it to the LR system. 2014 L405 SDV8 RR Autobiography

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The problem for LR is when do you stop driving the car and start driving an office desk around - who on this earth needs all of these things in a car? You are supposed to be concentrating on the other idiots on the road and not contributing to being another when you are concentrating on writing a text or writing things on the screen............ hardly surprising that BMW drivers have a reputation for not knowing what is happening around them - they are all too busy doing other things and not concentrating on driving. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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I agree, I've been driving an Evoque around for the last year (upgrading go a RRS Autobiography Dynamic next year) and I have very little complaints about the InfoTainment system. A quicker/better SatNav would be nice and a better/sharper/faster screen. For the rest the unit does it's work properly without offering many distracting items. Also, I find that the interface matches the car nicely. It's clean/clear, this matches the interior of the car nicely, not very graphic intensive (as in too 'busy'). I would love album pictures with my music, though, that would be a nice addition (I'm a music freak, so music is very important to me).

As for extra content I don't need all the extra bells and whistles with added apps, I have my iPhone and iPad for that. Facebook/Twitter on the main display? No thanks, again, there are other and better things for that.

I'm going to check the new interface out next wednesday, I have to bring in my Evoque for service, they have a Discovery Sport there which has the new interface. I'm curious.

Baco, the current RRS Satnav software is the same as in my 2014 Evoque Dynamic Lux Plus Black Intelligence........ the difference is that there are now touch buttons on the screen where the Evoque has dedicated conventional buttons on the dash for the functions, it looks more hi-tech with them integhrated to the screen and not the surround. When a screen maker makes a touch screen that doesn't need cleaning every week, then we will have a real leap in technology! I have also gone from the 825w Meridfian with 19 speaker, surround sound etc etc to the lower spec Meridian system with 8 speakers - as a radio listener in the car the quality of the sound is less critical than for a person who plays HiFi music, but there seems to my ears to be little advantage to having the 1700w over the 825w or the 825w over the basic system! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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It all depends what you're used to. For example, some of te features on the BMW are actually safety first! For example, when you elect to have HUD on a BMW it also brings all of the music up on that. Land Rover owners have to look left and down to change tracks - on a BMW with iDrive and HUD, you say "next track" and look at the HUD and it will sort it for you. And for many people that spend a lot of time on the road, as I do, the feature of having text messages read out is pretty important - it actually takes away any temptation to read that cheeky text! Having said that, Land Rovers go offroad, BMWs don't! (even the X5 is pretty naff in the snow as they put H rate tyres on them). So its swings and roundabouts.

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I don't understand why people wouldn't use the Incontrol app for music over the standard Land Rover one - it looks much better!

Good debate

I agree that touchscreen could end up being more distraction than good! So is HUD the answer with voice control? if so then that starts to add weight to the BMW system being safer to use - yes it gives a lot of info but it can be tailored to what you need to see. It can all happen via Bluetooth, and the screen can come up on the Head Up Display so you don't have to even look away from the road and can then use voice control. There must be a middle ground of function and safety I believe.

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So is HUD the answer with voice control? if so then that starts to add weight to the BMW system being safer to use

Same on the Land Rover HUD, not all is visible with polarised sunglasses, it states in the manual