BMW wants to turn your car into a rolling cinema
https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/05/bmw-wants-to-turn-your-car-into-a-rolling-cinema/
After fitting some of its cars with comfy lounge chairs at CES 2020, BMW today unveiled the next step in its in-car entertainment story: a 31-inch 8K smart TV with support for Amazon’s Fire TV service (with a country-specific streaming service for China in the works, too). This new 32:9 “My Mode Theatre” screen for rear passengers, combined with a Bowers & Wilkins Diamond Surround Sound System, is meant to give passengers a cinema-like experience while they cruise down the highway.
With its 5G connection, the car will be able to stream the latest shows on demand, while BMW’s My Mode system will set the mood for binge-watching the latest episodes of The Expanse. For now, there isn’t a lot of 8K content to watch — and Fire TV doesn’t support it yet — but at least your car will be ready for it when that time comes.