Remote Touch Navigation is terrible and backwards technology IMO
really? how do you know this? link? my guess is that within 3-5 years all models will use the new RTI Touchpad. i say this because i would think that Lexus would want a uniform consistent technology for both customer experience as well as component/production/R&D/sales & marketing simplicity. however within 5 years they might also have a new leading edge tech that'll they introduce with one vehicle and start the cycle all over again. perhaps by then it would be Apple and/or Google based?
but seriously - isn't that what they do? introduce a new tech to one vehicle than slowly roll it out to all over the next few years? that's what they did with the OG Remote Touch.
my target for a new car buy is around 2018. maybe an ES, GS, RX, or NX. and i despise the OG Remote Touch so i hope it's gone by then.
but seriously - isn't that what they do? introduce a new tech to one vehicle than slowly roll it out to all over the next few years? that's what they did with the OG Remote Touch.
my target for a new car buy is around 2018. maybe an ES, GS, RX, or NX. and i despise the OG Remote Touch so i hope it's gone by then.
Perhaps but not everything is uniform, the bigger SUVs for example likely will use touchscreen unless the dash is redesigned. 2016 GS with it's revised (3rd) version of RT bucks the trend too. So no consistency or commitment with 4 different RT interfaces currently on Lexus models.
So hard to fathom 2018 models when so much can happen in three years however it's safe to say we'll see new models, new powertrains and new trims and tech by then
Glad to hear
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mazda got it right.
They have a capacitive touch screen up top. Works as good as your phone, presumably.
with the lexus, scrolling from screen to screen has a stuttering effect, like there's only a 10mhz processor in there.
They have a capacitive touch screen up top. Works as good as your phone, presumably.
with the lexus, scrolling from screen to screen has a stuttering effect, like there's only a 10mhz processor in there.
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Just passing along information I've gathered from Lexus corporate and reporting in the Future of Lexus thread. Anything is subject to change, however if it was the case then RTI would be introduced on 4RX which as reported is a Legacy model and therefore will not get the touchpad.
At first I found the RTI touchpad finicky and harder to control in the NX than the physical **** in the RX, but once I disabled the haptic feedback, the touch control, precision, and feel is much better and ore natural.
Surprised to hear this. I expected the RTI touchpad to be the next gen for all new redesigned models, i,e, the 4RX. Like you said, we'll know for sure in Detroit hopefully this week.
At first I found the RTI touchpad finicky and harder to control in the NX than the physical **** in the RX, but once I disabled the haptic feedback, the touch control, precision, and feel is much better and ore natural.
At first I found the RTI touchpad finicky and harder to control in the NX than the physical **** in the RX, but once I disabled the haptic feedback, the touch control, precision, and feel is much better and ore natural.
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Please, Apple--Anyone--Fix My ****** "Smart" Car
Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan
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In a prescient post from almost a year ago, the product designer Geoff Teehan took a look at the state on in-car UX. "Despite the growth and maturity of the design industry, I firmly believe that most automotive interfaces have actually gotten worse in recent years," Teehan wrote, listing the many reasons that UX in cars is particularly poor, from the exponential increase in functions in the dashboard to the stifling regulation carmakers must navigate.
http://gizmodo.com/please-apple-anyo...car-1685798044
Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan
Yesterday 6:00pm
In a prescient post from almost a year ago, the product designer Geoff Teehan took a look at the state on in-car UX. "Despite the growth and maturity of the design industry, I firmly believe that most automotive interfaces have actually gotten worse in recent years," Teehan wrote, listing the many reasons that UX in cars is particularly poor, from the exponential increase in functions in the dashboard to the stifling regulation carmakers must navigate.
http://gizmodo.com/please-apple-anyo...car-1685798044
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did any of the new year Lexus models (refreshes or redesigns) get the new "RTI Touchpad" Navigation like the RC and NX? i was hoping all models would eventually transition over as i don't think it would be practical for Lexus to fork their navigation offering into the future.
did any of the new year Lexus models (refreshes or redesigns) get the new "RTI Touchpad" Navigation like the RC and NX? i was hoping all models would eventually transition over as i don't think it would be practical for Lexus to fork their navigation offering into the future.
All current Lexus models utilize RT albeit revised with 'ENTER' buttons on the sides like the 2010-2012 models, also re-adding MAP on some (MENU and HOME temporarily replaced it), and a back arrow now.
The GX is the only touchscreen now, as the 2016 LX now uses RT.
RC and NX are the only two that use RTI, though the upcoming LC will also use it:
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Remote Touch has the flat-topped joystick (available on all models except the NX), whereas Remote Touch Interface has a laptop computer-like touchpad (only available right now on the NX).
If RTI can read English alphanumeric characters written on the touchpad, that could really help entering addresses into the navigation system.
If RTI can read English alphanumeric characters written on the touchpad, that could really help entering addresses into the navigation system.
