Over the last couple of years, several automakers have declared war on the good ol' button. We're seeing more cars with basic functions being moved to the touchscreen, along with smooth haptic ...

BMW is waving goodbye to tactile controls with its new Panoramic iDrive system, which features a head-up display, AI assistant, and haptic controls. The automaker unveiled its screen-filled setup this ...

The new 2026 CX5 drops its physical buttons for a giant touchscreen and AI controls in a controversial shift toward fully ...

Volkswagen has already learned the hard way that drivers aren’t keen on haptic controls, which is why the brand is reversing course and slowly, but gradually restoring physical buttons to the steering ...

Mercedes-Benz is reverting to using more buttons and rocker controls in its interiors by popular demand, even while launching its software-savviest vehicles to date and forecasting the end of app use ...

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The DRV2605 is designed to give extremely flexible haptic control of ERM and LRA actuators over a shared I2C compatible bus. This relieves the host processor from ever generating pulse-width modulated ...

Haptic feedback and adaptive triggers bring serious next-gen tech to your hands. Black Friday is the one time of year when ...

Before the iPhone 15 Pro launched, a lot of people suspected Apple would ditch its physical buttons in lieu of haptic feedback buttons. As we now know, that didn’t happen, nor did any of the iPhone 16 ...