Of course, designing multi-screen cabins is a challenge in terms of originality. Go full panorama with square edges and you risk imitating BMW’s curved display. Likewise if you round off the edges you get the MBUX screens we’ve seen over the last few years in the A-Class and G-Class. So we sympathise with the challenge.
Functionality wise, it’s Audi. Which means it’ll just work. Audi has perhaps been the most consistent over the last 25 years and the rise of the in-car screen, with delivering MMI operating systems that are intuitive and easy on the eye. The latest should be no different. High-tech new features for the Q6 include Audi’s new self-learning voice assistant, which can be hailed with a ‘hey Audi’ – oh yes. The assistance even has an avatar in the Audi Assistant Dashboard and in the HUD. As time progresses, the system will come to better-understand your needs and habits behind the wheel and improve how it assists you.
New for the Q6 too is a display for the passenger, a feature first seen on the Porsche Taycan. Privacy mode means the passenger can for instance watch movies, without their screen being a distraction for the driver. The driver can also enlist the passenger as navigator, with the map and route able to be displayed on the far-side screen too.