Does Details Better than Accord - 2015 Hyundai Sonata Long-Term Road Test

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Does Details Better than Accord - 2015 Hyundai Sonata Long-Term Road Test

There are lots of nice little details in the 2015 Hyundai Sonata; for example, the fact that the driver information center and the central touchscreen have matching fonts and styles.

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don_quixote

That's neat!
Can you also test Android Auto sometime?

tsdriver27

Sorry mate, I prefer my '15 Accord V-6 for far more many reasons than I can list here. Besides, the Hyundai instrument center cluster has too much info to read on the fly. Sometimes, less detail is better so I can read it as I drive, I can toggle through the inst. center cluster and have the same info, yet on diff. screens with a larger font than the Hyundai - much preferred and easier to read - at least for me.

clownstrike

Yes, it is excellent integration. And the gauge cluster display does a great job of being uncluttered. The high res monochrome display works very well. I've driven more expensive cars that have color gauge cluster displays, but the designer used the colors to distraction and not for maximum legibility.

One example of the integration: when the gauge cluster display signals low fuel, the nav screen will also display a prompt about the low fuel along with an offer to display the list of nearest gas stations and navigate to your choice.

clownstrike

By the way, I got Android Auto added to my Sonata today (was already scheduled to take the car in for something else). I haven't used it extensively yet, but it works without any problems (my phone is Sony Z3). My immediate first impressions are two:
1) Having the full power of Google voice prompts at the push of a steering wheel button is probably the best aspect (same as if you picked up your phone and said 'OK Google')
2) Number of compatible apps seems limited so far. The only choices available to me are Google Play Music and TuneIn Radio. There are other compatible apps available (Spotify maybe the most notable, which I don't use), but as far as apps I already had on my phone it was only those two. I'm going to do some searching to see what else might be worth trying. (Then again, the point is NOT to be fooling with apps while driving, so maybe not!)