Mercedes MBUX infotainment system finally ditches all those menus

Instead of relying on a single input type, MBUX brings the touchscreen back into action, working alongside both a touchpad and touch-sensitive buttons on the steering wheel.

The MBUX system involves two widescreen displays, one to replace the traditional gauge cluster and one for the infotainment.    

The gauge cluster screen has a traditional two-gauge layout, but those gauges can be changed out for others.    

Over on the right, a home screen displays large images for quick-tap access to media, navigation and phone menus.     

Full-screen navigation maps always look so fancy.

This is a huge UI upgrade from the previous Comand system.

There's also a new digital assistant.     

By saying, "Hey, Mercedes," drivers can do things like get weather information or change the climate control settings.

MBUX will debut on the new Mercedes A-Class. In markets outside the US, that'll happen in the spring.     

In the US, where we'll get a sedan variant instead of the hatchback, the debut won't happen until late 2018.

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