It's Android Auto and Apple Carplay. Not sure how that's an "isolated HW function". That would be an issue if they put the turn signals or AC controls on the screen only.

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DangitBobby 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

My car has AC controls that are only accessible via touch screen. Most new cars do.

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BeetleB 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> That would be an issue if they put the turn signals or AC controls on the screen only.

Many cars have AC controls on the screen only.

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lmz 2 days ago | parent [-]

I know, and that is a separate issue from what the post is complaining about being broken.

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BeetleB 2 days ago | parent [-]

And my point was that this isn't merely a "poor SW testing" problem, but something broken from the get go. Disparate systems shouldn't be connected together such that one thing breaking can cause others to break.

	▲	lmz 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		It does not follow from the article. You're just complaining about a different annoying thing that uses the same screen on some cars. A lot of controls are quite far away from simple on/off switches nowadays, so there's probably software behind that too (hopefully simpler and with better testing).