Mercedes Boss Says The Auto Industry Went 'Too Far' With Removing Buttons
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After virtually eliminating all physical buttons from its cars, Mercedes acknowledges that this strategy isn't ideal. However, the company has no intention of abandoning its massive screens. [Read more] Great deals don't wait: subscribe to our Frandroid Deals WhatsApp channel! (Zero spam, we promise, just amazing deals).
Physical switches are returning, but giant displays remain.
For years, Mercedes has turned its dashboards into screen walls. To the point that some electric sedans look like an Apple Store on wheels. Behind these XXL slabs, a choice assumed: to push the home multimedia system, the MBUX Hyperscreen or the Superscreen, until to cover almost the entire width of the dashboard. But this large digital household was made at the expense of the good old physical buttons. And there, even the star brand acknowledge…
Ola Källenius, the boss of Mercedes, acknowledged that the automotive industry had gone too far by removing the buttons. He announced the return of some physical controls, but the screens won't disappear yet... Read more Touch screens instead of the physical buttons: Mercedes acknowledges that the industry has gone too far, but... appeared first on Automobile Clean.
Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Kallenius believes that touchscreens in cars will likely continue to get larger in the future, but automakers may have already reached the peak of the “minimum buttons” era. Like many of its competitors, the Stuttgart-based automaker has increasingly favored large touchscreens in its cars in recent years, while reducing the number of physical buttons and switches. The three-screen MBUX Hyperscreen used in some Mercedes-Benz…
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