BMW Is Showing Full-Screen Ads on Its Cars' Main Dashboard Control Display
In 2020 the company announced a subscription that charged drivers a recurring fee to activate the heated seats already fitted to their cars.[6] Forbes described that heated-seat subscription as controversial, and BMW dropped it in 2023 in a reversal of the practice. Forbes reported the reversal, quoting BMW board member Pieter Nota on the practices the company would abandon.[6] The heated-seat episode sits in the same family as Features on demand, the broader practice of gating capability a buyer's car already contains behind a paywall. Two months after dropping the heated-seat subscription, BMW addressed a separate question: whether it would put advertising on the screens inside its cars.
- ▪In 2020 the company announced a subscription that charged drivers a recurring fee to activate the heated seats already fitted to their cars.[6] Forbes described that heated-seat subscription as controversial, and BMW dropped it in 2023 in a
- ▪Forbes reported the reversal, quoting BMW board member Pieter Nota on the practices the company would abandon.[6] The heated-seat episode sits in the same family as Features on demand, the broader practice of gating capability a buyer's car
- ▪Two months after dropping the heated-seat subscription, BMW addressed a separate question: whether it would put advertising on the screens inside its cars.
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Toggle the table of contents BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising PageDiscussion English ReadEditEdit sourceView history Give feedback Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions ReadEditEdit sourceView history Give feedback General What links hereRelated changesPrintable versionPermanent linkPage informationCargo data Appearance move to sidebar hide From Consumer Rights Wiki On July 27, 2026, BMW began delivering a full-screen Spider-Man: Brand New Day movie advertisement to the dashboard Control Display (the car's main center screen) of customer BMW vehicles, placing a branded third-party advertisement in cars their owners had already bought.[1][2] The advertisement appears as a banner at car startup that the driver clicks to play a full-screen animation with backing music and an…
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