Is it really necessary to control the big screen? After Mazda 3, Fit also said to it: No!

In recent years, the word intelligence is very popular, and all walks of life are full of the word intelligence, and the automobile industry is no exception. In order to cater to the so-called technology and intelligence, both joint venture car companies and independent brands are on the central control screen, as if the bigger the screen, the higher the sales volume.

Although I don't know who sent this confusing "metaphysics", from the feedback of consumers, they are beginning to get a little tired of the big screen now. In the long-term car life, they found that the main functions commonly used can be realized by physical buttons, and it is also risky to open the big screen at night.

Recently, a British road safety research report pointed out that touching the big screen is more dangerous than drunk driving and drug driving. When operating with a touch screen? CarPlay？ And then what? Android? Cars? When waiting for an interconnected system, the driver's response time to road conditions will increase by as much as 57% and? 53%。

For this problem, car companies have long been concerned.

At the beginning of July last year, Mazda officially announced that it would cancel the large-size central control screen on all new models in the future, and only keep the small display screen. Mazda 3, which will be listed overseas, will no longer be equipped with a touch screen.

Recently, Honda also officially announced that it will adjust the overseas version of Fit, that is, cancel the touch function of air conditioner and return to physical buttons. The person in charge of the project said that this move is mainly to reduce visual interference during driving and improve safety during driving. It is understood that the domestic 2020 Honda Fit canceled the touch button of air conditioner.

The person in charge also said: "According to user feedback, if the air conditioner or seat heating function uses a touch screen, it is necessary to look at the screen and be distracted to complete the operation, which is not conducive to driving safety; Physical keys can awaken the action memory of the human brain, and users can complete the operation by remembering the position of the dial, and their eyes can always pay attention to the road conditions. Therefore, Honda has returned to the physical buttons, so that users can be less distracted when operating. "

In fact, physical buttons or touch screens, this topic has always been the focus of debate. Physical buttons are accompanied by the birth and development of automobiles, and consumers from generation to generation have passed year after year. For older consumers, physical buttons are definitely more inclined. For younger consumers, they are used to touch-screen electronic devices, and they may be more suitable for touch-screen control, but the problem of safe driving at night also exists.

The debate about using physical buttons and touch screens is more like a collision between tradition and intelligence. The traditional design is more in line with the operation logic of consumers, and the security will be relatively high, while the touch screen is smarter and the visual effect is simpler. Moreover, with the vigorous development of the Internet, it is also a future trend for cars to gradually become intelligent. We can't change the industry trend, but we can kindly remind you.

Perhaps, as more and more mainstream car companies begin to abandon the central control big screen, between the physical buttons and the touch big screen, voice interaction+physical buttons will gradually become the mainstream, for example, navigation, music, air conditioning, lifting windows, opening/closing skylights, etc. , may be a good choice.

Finally, the author personally supports Mazda and Honda's decision to really develop from the driver's point of view, which is a product made with heart. Do you think Honda's operation is a plus or a minus?

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