[RSnic]

Well, I must admit that I have been following this thread LMAO & agreeing with most opinions.

My car has gesture control, BUT after several days of inadvertently acrewing up iDrive, I turned it off -- maybe some day soon, I'll figure it out!

The BMW Personal Assistant is OK, not great, BUT OK. While it understands some simple commands (like putting specific channels on SiriusXM), you have to get used to its idiosyncrasies (like using last name then first name, when calling or navigating). The enigma is why BMW doesn't just adopt Google's voice assistant which is quite accurate in picking up on what I'm asking??

Two really useful items. The HUD is an absolute keeper! It provides me useful info without me taking my eyes off the road! Additionally, I have the 8 preset buttons set up so I can get other useful info quickly-- like equalizer or by-turn directions

Perhaps, most useful voice function for me is ability to read & dictate messages -- but here too it's a mixed bag. My previous '14 328 allowed me to read & dictate BOTH Email & text; however, my M340 can only handle text messages-- ugh!? Up until a few weeks ago, it did a good job of that, BUT lately, sometimes messages are read in Spanish & system apparently has a had a hearing loss develop as I have to say replies several times

So, in summary, I think it's a mixed bag, BUT my car is an absolute blast to drive!!