Mercedes defends the use of screens on car dashboards

We are at a time when screens are present in almost every car cabin. Their defenders say they are practical, that they allow quick interaction with the vehicle’s elements and that they create a safer environment inside it. For others, on the other hand, they represent a danger to safe driving.

Those who oppose their installation, or at least their overuse, claim that they cause distraction and that they are not at all suitable for improving driving safety. In fact, some designers are considering reducing their presence and functionality or even eliminating them altogether.

Mercedes wants screens, large and efficient

Faced with the trend of removing screens and the dependence on use they create, Mercedes stands firm and says it will continue to use its Mercedes UX system, the user experience system. To justify its decision, the head of Mercedes UX, Klaus Frenzel, says the screen offers a great number of opportunities to improve the onboard experience.

According to Frenzel, “The screen is like a playing field: the bigger the screen, the more you can do. The visual part is not everything, the rest goes beyond the screen. It is the combination that makes the difference“.

The executive referred to other features installed around this screen that make the difference. The combination of the screen, the sound experience, voice interaction and other elements that are linked to it and work together.

Screens, for Mercedes, offer safety and an outstanding user experience, if they are well designed. For them, they are understood as part of a system, the Mercedes UX, which seeks precisely that: for the driver to be safe, drive safely and enjoy the journey.

The screens of Mercedes UX are also an important design element in cars. These hyperscreens reproduce the shape of the front grille, so they are one more identity mark of the brand’s models. One of the goals is for a driver who sits behind the wheel of a Mercedes, wherever in the world, to be able to start the car and learn all its features in less than 20 seconds.

So, although several brands have given up putting all the weight on touchscreens, Mercedes’s designers will keep working on them to make them as functional as possible.