Comment by bigstrat2003

My wife has a 2024 Volvo and I expected to hate the touchscreen, but it's been fine. The reason why it's fine is that the functions you might need to adjust while driving (hazard lights, defrosters, sound volume) all have physical controls. So the touchscreen winds up being used for things which are ancillary to the operation of the car. It's not like Tesla which went all the way in removing physical buttons.

The issue I've had with the Volvo has been that the software is pretty bad. Sometimes the sound just... doesn't come on unless you reboot the system, which is really bad because it turns out that the turn signal clicks play through the stereo rather than being a discrete component. Similarly, I would say about half the time I drive the car it doesn't tilt the side mirrors down when I back up (as I have set in the settings). In my mind, these software issues, while they don't render the car impossible to drive or anything, are completely unacceptable for a car that costs $60,000. They really need to do better.