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Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola K\u00e4llenius says touchscreens in cars could continue to grow in the future – but he believes the industry might have reached peak “low button”.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The tri-screen MBUX Hyperscreen can measure up to 1410mm wide in some cars, making it the largest such display in any production car.<\/p>\n

There have been complaints about the increasing number of controls moved from physical switches to the screen.<\/p>\n

However, while K\u00e4llenius acknowledged such concerns, he said: “We spend countless hours on UI [user interface]. I spend hours every year discussing this with our engineers and we joke it needs to be so easy that either a five-year-old kid or a Mercedes board member can use it. That is the hurdle, and once you familiarise yourself with it, it becomes second nature.”<\/p>\n

K\u00e4llenius also cited efforts to improve voice control systems but conceded “the industry as a whole might have gone a little bit too far” towards digital controls.<\/p>\n

He noted Mercedes has now introduced physical controls on the steering wheels in its cars and said: “Sometimes you get a bit ahead of yourself and do technology for the sake of technology and maybe forget a little bit about the customer. So from now on, you will see us reintroduce the most sensible buttons.”<\/p>\n

Asked if that meant the car industry had reached ‘peak screen’, K\u00e4llenius said: “I don’t know if we’re at peak screen, but we’re at low button.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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