#Incontrol touch pro pro

Like all things you can’t just slip behind the wheel and tap away at the screen and expect to know all of the ins and outs and even after a week with the Jaguar XE I’m positive I still didn’t plumb the absolute depths or total capabilities of the system. Whether some sort of external controller would mean you’re eyes are on the road more when using the system is debatable, but we have heard that argument being made. But it’s much quicker to simply reach across than try and scroll via the steering controls.

#Incontrol touch pro pro

Unlike some competitors which offers control units down by gear levers, as well as capacitive functionality, the InControl Touchscreen Pro system only works via touch, or the steering controls. And anyone who owns an older model Jaguar or Land Rover will tell you just how clumsy the old units were. So, in this brave new world has Jaguar been able to produce a better infotainment and communication system? Well, even without turning the car on you’d have to say, yes. And now, the touchscreen units we have in even the cheapest of cars are able to connect with you phone and while all will stream the music on it, many, depending on the connectivity, will even be able to display the maps and more from your phone, read out text messages and even allow you to dictate a response.

And no sooner does one car maker reveal its latest tablet-esque system than another has released its system that’s either bigger or faster.īut it wasn’t so long ago that we never needed our infotainment systems to do much more than change the radio station from either AM to FM, or use a safe-cracker’s touch to finely tune a radio station.Īnd then along came sat-nav units and map book publishers began going broke. IN-CAR INFOTAINMENT AND communication systems are in a constant state of flux.