Banyan 1.0.0c is now released

The main features are as follows:

Comfortable Environment Experience

1. Supports heated steering wheel, three-level heating and ventilation for front and rear seats, and automatically turns on heating or turns off depending on user settings when the vehicle is unlocked and the temperature inside the car meets certain conditions；

2. Supports air conditioning operation control, able to adjust multiple wind modes, such as free, sweep, or symmetric, and supports independent control of three zones, including front driver, passenger, and rear seats for temperature and wind speed;

3. Supports intelligent fragrance system control, able to switch between three fragrances, adjust the concentration in two levels, and provide residual amount reminder, and ET7 also adds a new “Exploration 1°” fragrance；

4. Supports surround light waterfall ambient light control, able to choose from the nine official defined colors, or independently adjust the color of the door panel, storage, and floor’s ambient light through 256 colors adjustments, and able to adjust the frequency of the breathing mode.

5. Supports reading light control, able to adjust the brightness with linear adjustment by long-pressing the reading light or independently turning on/off and adjusting the brightness with NOMI’s voice source position recognition, and supports three new lighting modes, including finding objects, night light, and stealth mode.

Comfortable Riding Experience

1. Supports fourteen-direction electric adjustment of the driver and passenger seats, able to independently set the position, backrest, and cushion, and support position memory for both the driver and passenger seats for quick one-button adjustment.

2. Supports rear-seat exclusive functions. In situations where there is no one on the passenger seat, it can adjust the space for a spacious and comfortable rear seat riding space with just one button.

3. Supports five back massage modes of two levels of strength for front and rear seats, able to achieve five modes of cat step, wave, waist, upper back, and dynamic mode by controlling the inflation and deflation of eight airbags.

4. Supports rear-end Air Cushion soothing system, able to adjust the angle of the backrest of the rear seat by controlling the inflation and deflation of three independent airbags, enhances support for the back and waist of users of different body types, effectively improving riding comfort, and provides three back soothing modes, including upper back, waist, and dynamic, with each mode lasting for 20 minutes;

5. Supports the adjustment of the position of the rearview mirror and steering wheel by controlling the steering wheel and quickly setting it through a shortcut control panel；

6. Supports height and angle adjustment of the HUD enhanced line-of-sight display system.

Immersive Audio and Visual Experience

1. Supports 7.1.4 immersive sound system, equipped with Dolby Atmos panoramic sound as standard.2. Support intelligent sound field mode, which detects the number and position of users through the cabin detection system to switch to the best sound field mode applicable to the current scene. Users can also manually adjust six sound field modes including driver, front row, rear row, all car, surround, and theater settings based on different sound sources, and can independently control mute for front and rear rows.

2. Support EQ adjustment, through a 7-segment equalizer function, users can freely adjust the parameters of each frequency band to meet their own listening preferences. At the same time, it also provides a quick setup function based on a built-in piece of music, allowing users to adjust different sound effects based on their preferences and listening habits.

3. The new NIO immersive sound, NIO’s newly launched high-quality music area, aggregates high-quality online sound sources such as 5.1 and Dolby, allowing users to easily access high-quality music resources.

4. NIO Radio supports Dolby panoramic sound content, and will provide users with high-quality broadcast content in the future.

5. The in-car video application has added a Dolby panoramic sound section, providing rich Dolby panoramic sound sources for users to enjoy while riding.

NOMI

1. NOMI Mate and NOMI Halo have upgraded their natural language ability and significantly improved their sound quality. They use new-generation neural network-based offline and online mixed TTS technology, and support multiple emotional expressions that better suit the actual usage scenarios of vehicles, enhancing the sensory experience of voice interaction while driving and more truly realizing NOMI’s original design intention.

2. NOMI Halo has added an exclusive default sound color “Technology” with electronic music added, instantly creating a voice effect like in a science fiction movie, making users feel as if they are in a spaceship. Users can also switch to the “Natural” sound color.

3. NOMI’s voice command control range and recognition ability have been comprehensively improved, fully supporting the new air conditioning mode, smart fragrance system, atmosphere lighting, multimedia, seat comfort and driving modes newly added to the Banyan platform. Meanwhile, targeted optimization has also been made to high-frequency commands such as vehicle control, navigation and media, greatly improving the success rate for executing these commands.

Map Navigation Experience

1. Equipped with Gaode Map, it has richer map data, more accurate positioning ability, more efficient route planning, as well as better interactive experience and visual effects.

2. Added a HUD intersection magnification map. In the Gaode Map navigation state, it will display the driving route and current location of the intersection.

Driving Control Experience

1. Support multiple driving mode settings, providing five driving modes including Comfort, Eco, Sport, Sport+ and Personalized, as well as opening up fine adjustments of braking energy recovery, steering mode, suspension height and other details under the default driving mode.

2. The new Sport+ mode, with an aggressive power output curve, supports a 3.8-second 0-100km/h acceleration time.

Driving Safety Experience1.360° HD panoramic image has been upgraded, with higher clarity, better night vision effect, and larger field of view. The new features include front and rear view tire track lines, front and rear hub views, left and right 3D views, and 3D free views.

2. Supports dynamic transparent chassis. When activated, the transparency of the car model during driving can be adjusted. The default transparency is medium, and it supports four positions of opaque, high, medium, and low.

3. The driving recorder has been upgraded. The main camera supports 4K ultra-clear video recording, and can preview and record up to five videos simultaneously. New features include video recording and driving data watermark.

4. Supports one-click video recording, which saves the video within a certain period of time before and after the trigger of the save function. It records in five-way video and users can view and manage them in the album.

5. The recorded videos in the album support image zooming to better clarify details such as license plates. A new feature of video screenshot has been added, where users can take a screenshot of a specific frame of the video and quickly share it to the phone through cloud upload.

Worry-Free Mileage

1. Supports battery swapping. Due to the risk of chassis scratching at some first-generation charging stations for ET7, and the limitation of road conditions and renovation conditions on site, for safety reasons, some first-generation stations will not be able to provide battery swapping for ET7, and these stations will indicate “This station does not support battery swapping” in the battery swapping station information. For the first-generation station that supports battery swapping, the car suspension will be adjusted higher before entering the battery swapping station to ensure that the ET7 will not scratch the chassis.

2. New super energy-saving mode. When this mode is turned on, it can reduce unnecessary power consumption to support longer driving range by maximizing the reduction of electronic component power consumption while maintaining minimum driving power output.

Operating System Upgrades and Optimizations

1. The cabin is based on NOMI, linking the 12.8-inch AMOLED central control screen, the 10.2-inch HDR digital instrument panel, the rear 6.6-inch HDR multifunction control screen, and the HUD enhanced display system for multi-screen interaction.

2. Supports 5G wireless network, in-car Wi-Fi 6.0, and Bluetooth 5.2.

3. The user account system has been upgraded for faster switching and supports switching without network connection and password-free switching.

4. New quick scene function. Through this function, users can freely combine various car applications to achieve custom scene modes, providing multi-functional one-step direct package operations. Currently, it supports over 45 trigger and tuning items and 150 executable actions, which can be configured flexibly according to needs. Meanwhile, the official will also have preset scenes for users to use. In addition, the scenes created by users can also be shared with their friends.

5. Supports quick control. Swipe right on the left side of the screen to bring up the quick control page to support quick operations of specific functions. The function modules can be customized for addition, deletion, and position adjustment.6. Optimized tidal experience, added rear seat monitoring, improved user experience, and provided three modes of rest, meditation, and breathing;

6. Supports both light and dark mode themes, allowing users to switch according to their preference or application scenario. The center screen can support three modes: “light/dark/auto”, and the instrument panel can support two modes: “dark/auto”.

7. Supports seamless animation switching of instrument and center screen 3D car models during gear shifting, door opening and closing, etc. Real-time rendering of scene switching between half-screen comfort control panel is provided when operating electric air vents, seat comfort functions, and fragrances.

8. Real-time rendering of the 3D car model settings is supported, which can achieve real-time display of external full lights effect, door and window movement effects, front and rear trunks, wipers, etc. Users can also freely drag the car model perspective for easy viewing and understanding.

9. Supports screen saver mode. When parking or driving at night, users can activate the screen saver function. At this time, the screen brightness will be lowered to the lowest adjustable range, and only necessary functions will be displayed, reducing the interference of the center screen to the user.

Safety and Driving Assistance Features

NIO’s safety and assisted driving, from map positioning to perception algorithms, from underlying systems to control strategies, possesses full-stack autonomous driving technology capabilities, providing the ultimate easy-to-use and reassuring driving experience, and fulfilling our vision of making cars a safe and free mobile living space.

It is said that there are many updated contents in the ADAS section that have not been mentioned in this announcement. We look forward to an exclusive announcement from the official in the future.

This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.