Cadillac's new 'Cue' infotainment system is the latest in a long line of touch-screen interfaces designed to meet the demands of an ever-connected customer base and also attempt to reduce distracted driving accidents. This is essentially the "I want more power and better fuel economy" for the iPhone generation.
Cue handles this with a large touch screen with large, simple graphics (with pinch-zoom nav!) and "natural speech" voice recognition. No more "Stereo...iPhone...playlists..." As the demo shows, "night out playlist" will work just fine. This is very similar to the iPhone 4S's new Siri function.
Watch the Cadillac-provided demo after the jump.
saxdogg says:
01:41 PM, 10/12/11
Me rikey.
200kmiletaco says:
02:23 PM, 10/12/11
Think of all the gas he burned just sitting there!
Looks great, but maybe even a little too complicated.
pisswilly says:
03:14 PM, 10/12/11
This leaves My Ford Bust in the crapper, way more advanced and easier to use. Also, it is based on Linux, open software and none of that silly Microsoft rebooting like you have in a ford!
cardrvr says:
05:13 PM, 10/12/11
Concept looks good, but let's wait for the actual implementation.
05forenza says:
06:47 PM, 10/12/11
This is cool. If it drives well too, this could actually sway me to buy my first american vehicle.
hondacura4 says:
09:39 PM, 10/12/11
Impressive to say the least!
mk40 says:
03:39 PM, 10/13/11
What good is it all if you don't even have real buttons and knobs for secordary controls for most commonly used functions for when the car is moving... When ur actually driving?
sure they are on the steering wheel but some people prefer the ones the center console. If you don't have this, then for many drivers overall the car is harder to use than a basic cheap car.
I mean I like the crystal clear HUD, the beautiful LCD instrument cluster that can display navigation maps etc. and can be custom configured. It's all nice, but they really need real buttons/knobs on the center stack. Capacitive buttons on the center stack is a big ergonomic flaw and very disappointing to me. I would never consider a car with those... it's deal breaker.