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Mazda provides physical buttons for 90% of the controls you need on a daily basis but there's no realistic way to use apple carplay without looking at a screen.
by ghostpepper 4y ago
Mazda provides physical buttons for 90% of the controls you need on a daily basis but there's no realistic way to use apple carplay without looking at a screen. Were you expecting mazda to have a "Search for a song" dedicated button on the steering wheel?
In my view Mazda's modern interface is almost as safe as you can get while still having modern features that require a touchscreen. I only wish there was a button to physically turn the entire screen off when driving at night (you can do this but it's buried in a menu).
In my 2020 CX5, the screen is actually a touchscreen as well, but it only works at low speeds which may be safer but is not very convenient when a passenger wants to control it at speed.
- m-ee 4y agoThere’s a way to put it into developer mode and unlock it, but I haven’t bothered since I like the wheel better.
- dillondoyle 4y agoWhen will amazon put an echo branded voice prompt car control in? Or whoever. If it works well it seems like a great solution. Talking on the phone is distracting, but feels less so than trying to find touchscreen areas.
- izacus 4y agoBoth Apple Carplay and Android Auto support voice controls via their respective assistants. And most cars come with native voice control these days as well.
- dillondoyle 4y agoI've tried the one on my dad's car but it's pretty crap.
- sizzle 4y agoYou can press the speak button on the steering wheel and say “turn screen off” and it will turn off on the Mazda 2 door hatch. Might have changed for latest version, I would google it to find the magic phrase incantation.