Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons
Key takeaways
- + 9PhotosMercedes-Benz joins the growing list of manufacturers listening to customers and admitting that touch-sensitive controls and burying controls in menus were mistakes.
- The German brand remains committed to offering large screens in its models, but has listened to its customers and will offer physical buttons for key functions in future.
- This is partly unlike Audi and Volkswagen, which have chosen to reduce the size of their infotainment screens to make room for the returning physical controls.
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+ 9PhotosMercedes-Benz joins the growing list of manufacturers listening to customers and admitting that touch-sensitive controls and burying controls in menus were mistakes.
The German brand remains committed to offering large screens in its models, but has listened to its customers and will offer physical buttons for key functions in future.