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Most of the changes are visual changes, rather than functional changes. Below I have summarised the changes I've noticed so far. (Australian Data & Metric units mentioned):

Version 26
- Shows as 4-1/60 on the Settings Screen

Display
- Boot up ==BMW== slightly different ('better' shades of grey). Not obviously different really...
- Antialiased display (no longer 'blocky') with smooth scrolling
- Colouring improved (water, forests, roads, etc - better contrast & clearer)
- Car 'icon' now clearer (white ring, with blue triangle, with shadow)
- Destination icon is a Chequered Flag
- POI icons are greyscale in white boxes (much cleaner icon design)
- 'City Centre' or 'Suburb Centre' icons are now small grey targets which are more subtle
- Major road labels are more accurate now (M3 instead of 3, for example)
- Use of subtle shadows (road labels, POI icons, car icon)
- Street names are easier to read, but only show at scales of 200m or less
- Landmarks (parks, etc) have a font which looks embossed.
- When zoomed out, cities are labeled with small square next to the name (see images).
- 'Direction of Travel' viewing mode:

- car icon is fixed in its position on the monitor and the map rotates
- rotation is fairly quick and smooth, particularly at lower scales
- this works even when zoomed out to 200km, above which it reverts to a 'North Orientated' view

Function
- POI Icons appear at larger scales (start to be seen at 5km scale cf 2km)
- POI Icons can be switched off (Function under 'Information - General Destinations' called 'Disable Icons')
- When a POI is selected as a destination its icon is replaced by the flag icon
- Route List shows list to the destination even if guidance never started and it updates on the fly.

Minor Glitches
- Some roads & map items appear to not draw properly (can be fixed by just zooming out and back in again).
- Destination Input Map:

- Scrolling is faster but quite jerky
- Smaller Roads (the brown ones) don't show at a scale of 500m (have to be 200m or less, unlike the old system).
- At scales of 1km or less, the 'smaller' yellow roads do not appear unlike the old system

Other
- Accept Screen still gone
- Split-screen for the radio still works.

That's about all that I've noticed so far. I hope this is of some use.

Cheers,

Paul Martin
Australia

Very informative, now I will just wait for my update via this site or when I go in for a replacement windscreen/rain sensor combination in a couple of weeks on my X5 !

cheers,
Seedar.

New to the forums here. I just bought a 2006 X5 4.4. I am a junky with upgrades and stuff so I checked the nav first. Anyhow, I noticed that my software is 4-1/60. I purchased it on 9/13/05... so looks like the new ones are shipping with the v26 software? The display is really nice! I've never seen the old ones so I can't compare, but I've seen other nav units, and for OEM this one is pretty hot!

what do u mean the Accept Screen is gone? is that part of the upgrade or did u do the downgrade then upgrade trick?

Hi guyz

I'm new here, so I hope to be helpful with the V26 download link.
So I have a BMW E38 750i with upgraded 16:9 Disp. and MK4.
I have the link for download V26 but I will give it to xoutpost.com, they'll
set it to the Nav-OS link at main site!

I updated to V26 and I recommend to everyone to update. It is realy
wonderful!


Greetz

Thank you and welcome. We will be looking for that link to V26 and hope to see it soon. Your willingness to help is very much appreciated!

I did the downgrade/upgrade trick a while ago to remove it. I was worried that it might make an appearance again!

Thank you very much!

Paul Martin
Australia

Those display glitches (large chunks of the screen not refreshing - big visual gaps on the map) are a little annoying. It is sometimes hard to tell if the map hasn't drawn itself properly or the road does indeed come to an end!

Maybe this is why my service department guys claimed that version 27 has just been released? I can't yet confirm this - can anyone else?

Paul Martin
Australia