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Infotainment systems
Raised as a usability problem by 13 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2017–2025), in 12 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Car touchscreen apps distract drivers like phones doUnreviewed
20172026- Touch screen climate controls require looking at the screen, distracting from driving2025-03-05
- Many functions moved to touch controls, dangerous to use while driving2024-11-30
- Bumpy roads make touchscreen buttons hard to press accurately and safely2023-04-27
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 13 complaints
- Touch screen climate controls require looking at the screen, distracting from driving2025-03-05
- Many functions moved to touch controls, dangerous to use while driving2024-11-30
- Many EVs have antiquated, unusable infotainment systems designed for legacy cars2024-10-24
- Bumpy roads make touchscreen buttons hard to press accurately and safely2023-04-27
- Car infotainment systems have ridiculous, hard-to-use interface design2022-08-17
- Touchscreens replace physical controls, making basic car functions harder to reach2021-03-30
- Infotainment UI lags noticeably when interacting with it2021-03-30
- Car touchscreen apps distract drivers much like phones do2021-03-06
- Current car infotainment feels disconnected and not like a powerful command console2021-01-04
- Full touch-screen controls lack a physical power switch fail-safe2020-10-27
- Touchscreen infotainment is distracting to use while driving2018-02-20
- Car infotainment screens cannot be turned off, only one rental car had a shutdown option2017-11-09
- Changing settings needs stopping the car; controls are awkward, unresponsive, and spread across screens2017-09-20