I have driven a 2018 Mazda 3 quite a lot. The touchscreen is disabled while the car is moving. For complicated things while driving - that you wish you had a t

I have driven a 2018 Mazda 3 quite a lot. The touchscreen is disabled while the car is moving. For complicated things while driving - that you wish you had a touchscreen to accomplish - I wish you wouldn't do them while driving. I say this after more than a decade working responding to road accidents. However, the Mazda interface has been great for all the Android Auto functions (including Google maps and Spotify) simply using the physical buttons. They clearly went to some effort to make it work well. And if you prefer, you can use voice controls fairly effectively via Android Auto or Apple carplay. Please keep your eyes on the road.