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- Swedish publication Vi Bilägare wanted to find out if buttons in cars are better than screens.
- Turns out that a car relying on physical switches beat out all other modern cars in the test.
- Is the popularity of Android Auto and CarPlay moving us in the wrong direction?
In-vehicle infotainment systems such as Android Auto and Apple CarPlay have drastically changed the way we drive. With touchscreen interfaces pretty much standard in most vehicles, car manufacturers don’t need to rely so much on physical switches for various controls. Meanwhile, Tesla vehicles are already living in the future with pretty much zero physical buttons.
You don’t need to go hunting for criticisms of this shift away from physical buttons in cars. Social media is filled with complaints about it and it’s a regular discussion amongst car enthusiasts. Now, finally, there’s some evidence to support the idea that touchscreen interfaces are objectively worse than physical switches.
