Cool, then as aforementioned, there will be either an MMI box you can attach or a replacement Android screen that'll do it
Link?Has your car currently got iDrive?
If so you can easily buy a replacement iDrive screen, that can still be used with iDrive, but also runs Android and supports Android and Apple Carplay
Or you can buy a little 'MMI box' that you plug into your existing setup, and then hold down a button and it boots your existing iDrive system, into that box
Just type F31 Android into the popular auction website, list via UK only sellers, and choose the screensize that you fancy, but make sure it's got 6 or 8GB of ram and 8 cores, then you'll have a snappy interface.
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Yeah, but a grand versus £289 and keep your existing, working iDrive, and gain a way nicer, bigger screen that fits where the OEM does and looks completely factory? It's a no brainer
, and at the push of a button you have the Android setup, and push the button again and it's back to iDrive, or just plug in an MMI for the same price and keep the original screen, either way can't loose! 
Yeah, but a grand versus £289 and keep your existing, working iDrive, and gain a way nicer, bigger screen that fits where the OEM does and looks completely factory? It's a no brainer
No faffing about with coding either like with a retrofit
Yeah but the replacement iDrive screen looks factory, only it's a better screen, of which you can spec to be bigger size, if you wanted.
You'll find you don't use iDrive once you have Android, I only find iDrive useful for servicing and checking oil levels/tyre pressures, which can be done at the touch of a button from the iDrive controls, returning you back into iDrive from the Android OS, so you get to have your cake and eat it
I've not heard of anyone having issues with MMI boxes, but personally when they're the price of a replacement screen with Android built in, you'd be mad to buy a little box over a better than factory screen
Did you skim read what I said in my first reply?
You could always ask on the BMW owners forums/social media groups, to try out someone local's setup with one of the above, and see if you like it - but make sure it's the 8GB Ram/8 Core variant, or it will run poorly, compared to how well it can.
Did you skim read what I said in my first reply?
If you go for the 8GB ram/8 Core, it runs nicely. If you buy the lower spec one, then sure it's rubbish and slow. That's why I only recommended the higher spec one
He can't run a Linux screen though can he, hence my suggestion, as it replaces the OEM screen for a new one, that looks physically the same, but has Android guts, and retains the original iDrive functions at the press of holding down the home button.
If you're referring to those rubbish drill a hole for a cheap ugly bracket onto your dash, cheap Chinese Androids, all rebranded but the same underneath but sold at different prices, then they really are rubbish and slow - if so, that's rather ironic.
