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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 delecti »

mackman wrote: post #9
ElijahLynn wrote: post #6

Yuck: > MB.OS is designed and developed in-house to retain full control You better have some world class software engineers to pull this off, a LOT of them. And retain them. If not, you better go open source. You can still retain full control with open source. Good software is the KEY to good cars, especially electric ones. Why are we inventing 100 different models of cars every year? What a waste of human potential.

I’d be surprised if this isn’t just another Android fork.

I work there, and I'd be massively surprised if it were.

Historically, their in-vehicle software has been handled by other companies they've contracted, and is radically different from generation to generation (different company each time).

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

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Post by babypuncher »

qrohlf wrote: post #5

I was recently an owner of a Merced-Benz commercial van, and the software was by far the worst part of that whole experience. It had obvious race-condition type bugs when it came to the user interface layer, but most frustrating was its tendency to succumb to some kind of memory leak on long drives where the entire head unit would just lock up and crash to a black screen after 6-7 hours of being turned on. Because th…

I don't think I've ever used software provided by an automaker that I would classify as "good". Just varying degrees from "functional, but barebones and clunky" down to "so buggy and useless it's a legitimate safety hazard".

As a result, I'm firmly on team "make every infotainment system a dumb terminal for your phone" and refuse to buy any car that doesn't support both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.

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

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Post by maldev »

Everyones talking about alot of negatives. But I have a E53 AMG 4matic+ coup. It looks amazing, like constant compliments, i've even had people compliment it and give me their number in a wendy's drive through.

But the OS(MBUX 2) is actually really good, at first I was a bit negative on it. But the way they have everything integrated that isn't really possible with apple play is nice. The dash is customizable, I have my setup with speed, an array right in the center on when to turn, and the right is a mini map so I can see the road. On top of that the screen in the center is amazing and has a few views.

The voice assistant is really nice, does everything I want, they have it baked in so each seat can activate it and it knows based off a mic. Can't do that with apple play. So when a girl in my car says "Turn on the massage" or "Turn the temperature to 70", it only does for their side. And honestly, besides the map not having police checkpoints, it's a bit better than apple maps or google maps. And on top of that, I can lookup the location on apple maps on my phone, then send it to the car.

And according to my dealer, most people forgo using carplay for anything other than music in alot of the benzes.

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Post by killerpopiller »

qrohlf wrote: post #5

I was recently an owner of a Merced-Benz commercial van, and the software was by far the worst part of that whole experience. It had obvious race-condition type bugs when it came to the user interface layer, but most frustrating was its tendency to succumb to some kind of memory leak on long drives where the entire head unit would just lock up and crash to a black screen after 6-7 hours of being turned on. Because th…

I own a MB V-class and had no software issue I remember.

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

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Post by HellDunkel »

ElijahLynn wrote: post #6

Yuck: > MB.OS is designed and developed in-house to retain full control You better have some world class software engineers to pull this off, a LOT of them. And retain them. If not, you better go open source. You can still retain full control with open source. Good software is the KEY to good cars, especially electric ones. Why are we inventing 100 different models of cars every year? What a waste of human potential.

The name MB.OS is misleading. It is not a new operating system but a linux or android based hmi sytem.

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

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Post by ryanianian »

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.

Not really. CarPlay didn't exist when the car was made. The car manufacturer had to add software integration even if the hardware was already competent. Parent comment is saying they'd pay to receive this added integration.

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

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Post by mtillman »

qrohlf wrote: post #5

I was recently an owner of a Merced-Benz commercial van, and the software was by far the worst part of that whole experience. It had obvious race-condition type bugs when it came to the user interface layer, but most frustrating was its tendency to succumb to some kind of memory leak on long drives where the entire head unit would just lock up and crash to a black screen after 6-7 hours of being turned on. Because th…

This is why I only buy used MBs from pre-2016. They're fantastic and they don't require a subscription. Though the 2016 E/S is a wifi hotspot if you really want that in a car.
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