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I'm very glad, the lack of buttons are a safety hazard... Looking at these stupid TESLA cars especially... You can't even adjust the AC without messing with the touchscreen, which means your eyes are not on the road...
Still not going to own a car, but at least it will be slightly safer by bringing back physical buttons, so hurray for small victories.
I might be the one of the weirdos that want buttons back on phones as well lol. π I loved keyboards.
Judging from reviews, people are avoiding VW now because of really shitty infotainment systems...
Oh look they sre following in Hyundais footsteps
I've always wondered how these things happen. Clearly a massive car manufacturer should have some kind of a feedback group about what will potentially go into new vehicles, right? I can't imagine anyone enjoying getting distracted from the road, to navigate between piano black plastic, and laggy nested touchscreen buttons
Car manufacturers are the epitome of slow ass waterfall product development. They commit to a dashboard / infotainment solution that will last for 4-5 years. VW basically started following Tesla in 2019-2020, and realized it sucked, and theyβre now going back. Changing course in 3-4 years is actually pretty βquickβ for a vehicle manufacturer.
The first focus group to try out a touch screen in a car was like "ooh, novel!", then they didn't have a second focus group ever after. The end.
Touchscreens in Cars, a short story.
Tom Paris was right.
A great reminder that your voice does matter. Apply it other things as well, and things can actually improve...
And I'll continue complaining about stuff, nothing will stop me, not even getting what I want!
A big part of why I chose my Mazda is so I didn't have touchscreen everything.
Imagine paying the same price for a car that lacks the technology of:
Smart screen
But the screen still sucks because you can literally buy a magnet and stick your phone there, and still be able to do literally everything a smart screen car do.
I mean id still buy it because I prefer cars that are not so impractical, but it's a shame that it still costs practically the same.
Conceptually, a smart screen sounds like a good idea, but the implementation is bad.
Reason why I love my Subaru is that it still has buttons for almost everything, yet still has Android Auto.
I wonder if people who took the decision to put the touchscreens even drive.
and to add insult to injury, I couldn't turn the heater on countless times because the climate portion of the OS was unresponsive. Other times, it would simply say that the function couldn't be performed at the time. Why? No idea.
This is the main problem, not something about the UI being wonky. That my AC can freeze not because of the radiator but because of a shitty UI system? That's insane.
The telematics on EV VWs was designed by someone who lost a bet.
