Unfortunately that’s absolutely hideous.
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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Meanwhile in my Volvo
June@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Functional vs pretty… When it comes to something that affects safety I’ll take functional.
June@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That’s totally fair and everyone has different preferences. But I really don’t think it needs to be a trade off at all. My ‘13 Focus has buttons for everything important in addition to the touch screen controls and they made it look nice too.
If I’m gonna spend XC60 money, I want the styling to be something I enjoy as much as I enjoy the rest of the car. This console might actually be a deal breaker for me if I were shopping.
NotSoCoolWhip@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What year model?
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
2017 xc60 in my case, it’s not exactly like that (I’ve got a couple of blanks this one doesn’t have) but they still had it up to 2018 in the S60 and V60.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Although it’s been this for a long while now
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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I know, I intentionally bought a 2017 so I would have physical buttons 😂
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Thing is, I really wanted CarPlay / Android Auto support. Having had that with a 3rd party Alpine deck, I really got used to it. It’s hard to go back.
But, having some of those controls behind several menus and screens is really annoying. Oh well, at least it’s not a Telsa and I can turn the air vents manually.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I usually just prop my cellphone in front of the car’s screen if I don’t want to bother setting the car’s NAV and I only play two radio stations when I drive so it doesn’t bother me, but I understand what you’re saying (although my experience with Android auto wasn’t great).
NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
At least they have physical buttons below the screen for media, hazards and heated windscreens & seats, plus all the steering wheel controls.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
For now. The new Volvos are getting what they developed for Polestar. Android Automotive for the head unit platform, which is dope, but even fewer physical buttons on the dash. 😬
techcrunch.com/2023/08/08/…/amp/
My guess is that this will change though. I don’t even see hazards on the dash. I don’t think that’s even legal in a lot of places.