Ford Revamping MyFord Touch, Adding Buttons
Big news out of Dearborn; the Blue Oval will be adding buttons to its MyFord Touch infotainment system, but they won’t be getting rid of the maligned touchscreen system entirely.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Ford will be adding more buttons and knobs as vehicles get refreshed or redesigned, and move away from the near-exclusively touchscreen based interface. While Ford claims that consumers are overwhelmingly happy with the system, the automotive press has been resoundingly negative.
While MFT has improved in the years since it was introduced, it’s far from perfect. Ford has also been forced to add a full suite of tactile controls on versions of the F-Series pickup, as customers wearing work gloves were unable to use the touchscreen controls.
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Have made a few trips in my friend's 2013 Explorer and can't believe how difficult MFT is to use, even from the passenger seat. Am not a Luddite, but ther's got t obe a better way to do this. Maybe putting some of this stuff on a HUD and use the steering wheel buttons to navigate?
This is just a ford problem. Most car companies systems are okay once you get the hang of em. Audi seem fine, BWM i-drive seems to work, Chrysler stuff is okay too. A touch screen is okay (not great) as long as you have buttons or dials for the stuff you need to do right now..
Just returned a CMAX that I rented for the past 6 days and put 1200 miles on it. Really liked it, awesome trip car. First experience with My Touch and I really liked that too. Was prepared to hate it but found it simple to use and no glitches for the week I had it. But the CMAX does have a separate volume knob and tuner buttons along with a separate climate control area. Probably wouldn't have liked it as much of I had to use it for climate control too. Volume knob very handy. Was blown away by the interior and driving experience of the CMAX. Coworker has an R class Mercedes and inside of this was nicer.
What are you folks with new cars even doing with your vehicles that you need so many menus integrated into your infotainment system in the first place?