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The good news is, cars are about to go from zero to sixty when it comes to their interfaces (and it can’t happen fast enough for me). Can you imagine having a smartphone for 5 or 10 years but never getting a software update? You would be left in the dust, technologically speaking! Car dashboards have to mimic their smaller mobile counterparts, with the capacity for regular updates and improvements. No software updates no interface design changes. That means that what you have is what you get – for the life of the car. To date, most car dashboards have had built-in software for navigation, music, etc. Technology obsolescence is speeding up.Every company has different standards, but we desperately need to think about the users first. Users would be endlessly frustrated by the myriad changes, yet that’s the state of car dashboards today. Every time you go to use a keypad, there’s a different keyboard with different controls. Imagine for a moment that the standard QWERTY keyboard doesn’t exist.

It’s time to forget physical car design and get down to the business of making interfaces for cars that work the same way as the rest of the devices we rely on every day. (Think about the first ebook readers, where you would see “pages” turn on the screen.) Interfaces are starting to trend away from these skeuomorphic designs because, in reality, that isn’t how you use your smartphone or tablet. Automakers continue to try and replicate physical buttons and knobs. Car dashboards have been very slow in evolving from their traditional roots.Here are the biggest problems auto interface designers have to overcome:

Notice a difference? Comparatively speaking, most cars are stuck in the Stone Age compared to the devices people are toting around in their pockets and purses. Think about the versatility and almost limitless capabilities of your computer, tablet, or smartphone. I’m not surprised on the focus on cars, since auto interfaces are ripe for redesign. The conclusion: the next revolution will not be televised … it will be in your car.