BYD unveils Flexible Buttons removable physical controller to modernize car infotainment interiors and modular design
Carmaker BYD unveil its removable physical controller – dubbed “Flexible Buttons” that is poised to clean up the infotainment systems of your car, detaching from its magnetic mount in the interior to serve as either your command device or your mobile charging pad. Based on the automaker’s published design documents, BYD intend for it to make the controls of tertiary systems more readily available and remove the limitations of a rigid center stack layout. BYD’s answer is a smart cabin, controller, a sort of physical mobile device.
The buttons connect to the car via Bluetooth and are physically removable from its base via magnetism which also functions as a wireless charging base for portable devices like your phone.
When not attached to its base, you can simply control media, audio, or Climate controls from a 1 button arrangement, or remove entirely to free yourself from the smartphone or from reaching deep into your infotainment screen. When it’s attached, the base operates as a powered wireless charge. With its tactile feedback dial and buttons, BYD is looking to appeal to drivers that are looking for an alternative to touchscreen functionality whilst driving, where even with their simplified interfaces some users still find the controls too distracting or clunky to handle whilst on the move.
BYD’s approach with a new magnetic mounting platform is intended to give the car manufacturer the opportunity to create a larger system of modular cabin devices The platform powers and communicates with potential add on peripherals, allowing future car accessories to be mounted and charge up on the console. It represents BYD’s plan to expand to an hardware ecosystem designed to be integrated into the core architecture of future automobiles.
This innovative technology is first expected to arrive on the manufacturer's Great Tang EV, showing off BYD's plan to transition to a more modular interior design with user changeable controls.
