Mercedes: Big screens stay but we went “too far” removing buttons

Mercedes’ screens can span the entire width of a dashboard The industry isn’t yet at ‘peak screen’ but has hit ‘low button’, says Ola Källenius Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius says touchscreens in cars could continue to grow in the future – but he believes the industry might have reached peak “low button”. As with many of its rivals, the Stuttgart firm’s cars have focused on introducing large touchscreens in recent years at the expense of physical buttons. The tri-screen MBUX Hyperscreen can measure up to 1410mm wide in some cars, making it the largest such display in any production car. There have been complaints about the increasing number of controls…

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