I agree. Auto-park, rain-sensing wipers, auto-headlight…but you know I’ve also owned a lot of cars from quite a few brands and I see that in a lot of places. I’m probably a lot more forgiving of design choices having been in that spot of having a vision/roadmap and having to release it in stages.
Personally, I
like these new changes. For me I feel like the UI is actually an improvement, except I would like to see the font used for the speed being larger.
For example before this update I was doing a quick test on my ability to see the current speed either in front of me (like in an S) vs to the right of me (like the 3). My eyes felt far less fatigue looking to the right than looking down. The new UI puts the speed a bit closer to the edge, so
for me its actually easier. I also really love that the left side is big enough now to show nav directions when the main screen is covered - for example with cameras. I
like driving with my camera view open, but I hated that it covered the map. Now I have what I want: Nav directions + camera view.
What I don’t like is the positioning of the (HOLD), speed limit sight, auto-pilot symbol, and TACC speed. I would re-order those. I also don’t like the monochrome battery. Also, the position of the battery now looks perfect to have both a % and range.
For me at least, the refinement I would like to see:
- Bigger current speed font
- Battery icon back to green
- % + Range
- Reorder the icons next to the current speed
- Option to change layout/size - as per Elon’s tweet.
Tweet from Elon on future stuff coming that makes me think the above:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1342577920565411841?s=21