Re:Car touchscreens are cheap, not good
by aiisjustanif on Monday July 06, 2026 @12:46PM
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I cried when Mercedes go rid of the click wheel. Research in this article be damned, Iād argue that rotary knobs with directional shifting like Mercedes paired with great software are the best car infotainment interface in recent history for screens in cars.
Curiously Teslas currently have two click wheels in the steering wheel.
It used to be that it would focus buttons in notifications, making it easy to interact with. Now the focus doesn't seem to change at all (or only sometimes) making it a nightmare to do simple things. I dare not use the new Gemini assistant since the last time I was completely unable to navigate to the buttons in its panel at all.
I really hope they don't phase out the wheel just because Google sucks at supporting it. I know they have both touch and the wheel in newer models now.