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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Steve Fowler

‘No one was clamouring to get rid of buttons’: Why drivers are fed up with car touchscreens

Inside the Volvo EX30 - (Volvo)

The article below is an excerpt from Steve Fowler’s DriveSmart newsletter. To get the email delivered straight to your inbox every Monday, simply enter your email address in the box above.

A couple of weeks ago in this newsletter, I broached the subject of saying goodbye to buttons and relying on voice control instead. Like many of you, I’d been frustrated by some car makers’ over-reliance on touchscreens rather than proper buttons – especially when simple functions are buried deep within menu systems.

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