FULL DEMO: MINI OS9 With CarPlay and Experience Modes 

Thank you for this video. The experiences are strange. I understand them as “themes” but do not care for them changing functionality of the car, auto playing music, etc. If they’re customizable, great. I don’t know what was ever wrong with a good ol drive mode selector. I feel strongly that drive mode and overall theme should be separate. In my fiat500, the cluster TFT display (what I believe is one of the most under rated and unknown really good software gauges out there) subtly changes its font/character when in sport drive mode. It doesn’t scream “I’m a race car” it is just enough of a nice screen transition to allow the driver to know you’re in sport driving mode. The “app” menu is too “on the nose” with resembling the app launcher of a galaxy model phone. Core functions such as HVAC shouldn’t be an “app” but rather something consistent in the UI and easy as ever living possible to get to, such as physical tactile knobs on the dash. Sure, Samsung has their hands on Harmon now (who makes this system) but that app launcher menu loses all of the fun menu navigation character of previous mini OS interface. The old interfaces were very interesting and almost sci-fi like without being gimmicky at all. The old interface gave you a glimpse of the next and previous menus to avoid making mistakes when searching for a function. Loved that. This new interface is a whole lot of love and hate.

Couple of questions: Can you set the re-circulate air cabin to on all the time? I hate it in my current Mini where it closes the outside air but only for like 10 seconds and then it opens back up. I hate smelling the exhaust from other cars while driving my EV. 2nd question, is the J01 still not coming to the US until 2027?

Massage seat on a mini cooper. Oh how far we’ve come

I'm excited for it, looks, fresh, modern but not something that will feel outdated quickly, and responsive (particularly for pre-production software and firmware). Are the experiences customizable? Or, for example, are some of the settings tied only to the different experiences? I think the experiences are cool and all, but custom settings are where it's at (for all vehicles) in my opinion.

Do you know if CarPlay works with the heads-up display now like Navigation?

The CarPlay makes those controls almost part of it. I love it. I wonder if MINI will get Apple's Next Gen CarPlay because of this alone.

How do you change the temperature and radio while driving without crashing??

Luckily native MINI Maps finally looks good because CarPlay got neutered hard. 9" screen with approximately a 5.5" square for CarPlay - that gets even smaller when a notification pops in - WTF were they thinking. I fully understand circles are part of the brand (despite replacing nearly every circle with an rounded off rectangle) but circles are terrible for modern information display. Your video proves it with CarPlay and any other "windowed" type content. Some peoples phones can literally show more information.

Question…are some of the features you’re showing us require MINI CONNECTED PLUS which is a SUBSCRIPTION FEE? If so, what is the cost of the subscription fee, I cannot find it anywhere. Thanks.

While in all these different modes, were is the speed, engine speed, and gear position info?

What does it look like when you have full navigation working but you have music playing and want to skip/change album etc… ?

I wish they kept old controls and improved touchscreen

Would options be available for the fabric dashboard? If not for the JCW, for the regular models. Aside from those already revealed.. I was thrilled when I saw the concept aceman's. It'd be sad if they only stick with these very inoffensive designs. 😬

Common misconception: The adaptive suspension is NOT sharper in Go-Kart Mode! The dampers are *self-adapting*, but can't be adapted by chosing a drive mode. This is the same for all current UKL2 platform cars: BMW X1 U11, BMW X2 U10, BMW 2 series Active Tourer U06 and the Mini Countryman U25.

I don’t like the squared CarPlay interface, especially for navigation via Google maps/map. For the full screen view you have to buy the mini navigation package and use it instead the phone..I think.

Have you tried using this while driving? Seems too distracting.

Is the touch so laggy? Or is it the video?

I hear you say it is very quick just before the screen takes 4 hits with your finger to change the profile. The software is very laggy and will freeze if you touch it too many times or too quickly, that is from my ownership of this mini so far. I hope BMW will fix this soon, it is getting very tiresome.

A nightmare to change cooling while driving

Mini is going off the deep end

Lol, my 2024 jcw has os6, somehow jumped to os9 haha. Mini just been doing nothing for their customers for 10 years

They have infinite amount of space to fit a faster CPU, a faster VGA, more memory in a car versus a smartphone .... and still, the infotainment is laggy. Why???? Just buy the tech from any phone manufacturer, make a partnership with Apple, Samsung, etc.

Too fast! Screens make no sense because you change the screen to often.

Ugly interior

Toggle switch was way better.