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Mercedes-Benz previews its operating system MB.OS

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Re: Mercedes-Benz previews its operating system MB.OS

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Post by babypuncher »

unglaublich wrote: post #17
Hamuko wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd personally love if manufacturers actually offered upgrades on their older cars. I had an older Mercedes-Benz and I would've absolutely given Mercedes-Benz money if they had a first-party CarPlay solution for my then car.

You're effectively saying that you want more disabled features, just in case you want to upgrade your property at some point.

No, they're saying they would pay for new software. Many ~10 year old cars have all the hardware necessary to support things like CarPlay, but because CarPlay didn't exist yet they do not have it. A lot of people would probably happily pay $200 to add it to their car without having to shoehorn in a third party head unit.

Re: Mercedes-Benz previews its operating system MB.OS

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Post by orbifold »

ElijahLynn wrote: post #24
whalesalad wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree. Sometimes you need to invent things yourself. Mercedes is an absolutely massive company with many subsidiary brands. This is not an automatic bad move.

But they are not a software company at the core. They need to be to pull this off.

Both Mercedes and Volkswagen have absolutely massive software divisions, easily 10k+ people. They pay really well for German standards and have access to a large talent pool of people that would like to live in Germany.

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Post by megatoaster »

“In China, Mercedes-Benz is engaging in a local cloud partnership with Tencent to support its automated driving systems. An enriched UI for automated driving functions including an advanced lane-level map view is planned.”

Tencent, really? How did that come about?

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Post by k8sToGo »

kensai wrote: post #40

Software is what legacy car manufacturers have been lacking so it’s a move to the right direction indeed. Curious also about the future OSes of BMW and VW Group.

VW tried to do their own software with the ID series and failed horribly to the point the CEO had to be replaced.

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Post by antipaul »

These people should be banned from making software. Some imposed penance would be good too.

“MBUX” is buggy and confusing as heck in a brand new 2023 model.

Apparently one of the most requested features in new cars [1] has been CarPlay - people are tired of the native “infotainment” garbage

[1] It's also a top feature for many drivers and car buyers. Twenty-three percent of new car buyers in the U.S. say they "must have" CarPlay https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/05/29/apple-carplay-massive-su...

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Post by ryanianian »

_hcuq wrote: post #36

Ok... What car brand has the least bad UI these days? I have been putting off getting a new car for about a year.

I have a recent Mazda.

It boots to CarPlay pretty quickly. Its native controls are pretty utilitarian when they are needed (e.g. to switch to native SiriusXM when cell signal is spotty). I even prefer the look of its maps although I don't use them. Nothing in the car is a touchscreen.

And, get a load of this: they still have actual and intuitive physical buttons for climate controls, defrosters, and driving modes.

Oh, and the car itself is decent as well if you forgive the meh fuel-economy.

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Post by abfan1127 »

unglaublich wrote: post #17
Hamuko wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd personally love if manufacturers actually offered upgrades on their older cars. I had an older Mercedes-Benz and I would've absolutely given Mercedes-Benz money if they had a first-party CarPlay solution for my then car.

You're effectively saying that you want more disabled features, just in case you want to upgrade your property at some point.

I think it was more about offering features on cars manufactured prior the new feature was released...

Re: Mercedes-Benz previews its operating system MB.OS

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Post by babypuncher »

haliskerbas wrote: post #29

The best car OS so far (even better than Tesla IMO) has been Apple CarPlay. Just be dumb and let my phone handle it, and make the touch screen decent. Bonus points if you implement the multi screen CarPlay concept! Just give up!

Yes! Every car infotainment system should only cover the basics (bluetooth, radio, critical car controls). Then act as a dumb terminal for CarPlay and Android Auto.

Cars are trying too hard to do things our smartphones already do way better.

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