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Re:Apple CarPlay, Android Auto distract drivers more than po... by xedeon on Saturday March 21, 2020 @08:10PM (#22651420)
A recent software update introduced Natural Language Processing and opened up pretty much every control that would otherwise require a button or dial.

I can literally tell it "Turn on driver seat heaters to 3 bacons" and it will set the seat heater to the max setting (1-3).

https://youtu.be/mV8h2doorrc?t=58

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/voice-command...

So no, I disagree that physical buttons are safer than an NLP enabled infotainment/dashboard display where I can turn on/off and adjust things using voice. Without taking my eyes off the road and hands off the wheel.

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