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
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...
there should never be a fucking touch screen menu in a car for any reason
Maps? Android Auto / CarPlay? Gotta have the screen anyway for the mandatory backup camera.
We can have both! Physical buttons for everything that doesn't actually benefit from having a display, (like music or heat/ac), touch screen for the rest.
And I'll continue complaining about stuff, nothing will stop me, not even getting what I want!
Not all of the buttons. Please be reasonable. Just some of the buttons.
I don't need memory buttons.
I don't want to push the button half a dozen times, just to miss the menu I wanted by 1 click, and have to go around again.
I don't need separate am fm and cd buttons.
I really don't mind a touch screen for climate control, or audio interface. Just keep the business from moving around the screen at all and I'm pretty happy.
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.
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.
Reason why I love my Subaru is that it still has buttons for almost everything, yet still has Android Auto.
Unpopular opinion: Unresponsive buttons are just as bad as unresponsive touchscreens. And touchscreens are not bad if you don't have 5 keys presses to get what you want, if you can customise your layout and if the system is not underpowered as they always seem to be.
Main reason I canceled my ID4 reservation
Thank god. End this shitty touchscreen fad. I have problems reading things too close, so the buttons/knobs in my 10+ year old car are a lifesaver.
I'd rather have a "non-touch" screen with buttons in a car. Just to show info. And be it right in front of me.
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