Review: Volvo's 2019 S60 Sedan Offers a Striking Sensus Infotainment Display and CarPlay, but Usability Needs Some Work

[Neepman]

One more reason I plan on driving my 2001 non-tech car for another 100,000 miles.

 

[TechViking]

Looks like a stunning machine. Personally I would rather have had them include a capacitive touchscreen and be forced to buy capacitive-capable gloves than have a resistive touch screen in a $55,000 car.

I dont know where this comes from or why it says so in the article, but the Sensus infotainment system does *not* have a resistive touch screen. The Sensus touch screen is completely and solely using infra-red technology. The maker of the touch screen tech is another Swedish company called Neonode and their touch tech is called zForce: https://www.neonode.com/applications/infotainment-systems/ .

 

[york2600]

People are trashing on the Volvo interface, but I'd take their UX any day over the BMW interface and small screens. The only solid part of the BMW experience is the scrollwheel navigation, which is quite nice. Paying yearly for carplay on a screen that has been small for their price point for at least 5 years is a big turn off for going for a 3/5/X series. It would be great if BMW would adopt a similar sized system. It's quite nice to use as a driver.

 

[beanbaguk]

When will car manufacturers learn? Touch screens are dreadful for interacting with when driving.

The only manufacturer who's been able to nail this is BMW with the combined touch screen, gesture but more importantly, iDrive control system.

Don't take my word for it. Try to tap a phone number into your display while driving along a fairly standard road and avoid any mistakes. Near impossible!

Then you have standard controls such as climate and control and fan functions hidden away behind a UI. Dreadful. These should never be part of a touch UI.

Don't even get me started on the apps homepage! What the....