News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on BMW to shame out-of-warranty UK drivers with smart billboards. Parent comment

Re:BMW to shame out-of-warranty UK drivers with smart billbo... by tracker1 on Thursday December 24, 2020 @01:49PM (#25530198)
I absolutely hate the UConnect software/entertainment systems in Dodge/Chrysler models, not sure how much this is/was from Daimler though. AFAIK they've relatively recently switched to Android Mobile systems, but I haven't tried them.

It's hard to believe that nobody came up with a good/open AV integration for mobile/smart phones a decade ago. Gotta love proprietary interfaces that stop getting updates 2 years in for a car that should last 10+ years at least.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:BMW to shame out-of-warranty UK drivers with smart billbo... by moooo99 on Thursday December 24, 2020 @07:34PM (#25533037)
A friend of mine owns a Jeep with a Uconnect infotainment system and let me tell you, Daimler is very far ahead with their current generation of infotainment system.

They launched their MBUX platform a few years ago and hat huge goals, since I don't own a mercedes, I don't know if they managed to keep up with those. However, from what I read online, it doesn't look like it

[ Parent | on HN ]