c4004matic

Quite frankly, automatic doors, gesture commands and climate control "experiences" are gadgets I could most definitely do without. I could also care less about augmented reality, I have the non HUD version in the GLS580 and its a useless distraction. Much more useful is a display with the arrow in the appropriate lane. I love the HUD but I only display 1/3 of the possible things more stuff is distracting rather than informative.

stealth.pilot

The new AR HUD does put an arrow in the appropriate lane - but on the windshield. I think that is pretty awesome. Agree that automatic doors and gesture commands are a total waste of time.

c4004matic

Much to my chagrin the hand gesture thing is standard. It tmay be a useful thing for German or northern European folks but for us hispanics its probably the first thing to turn off. It will drive us nuts if every time we flip someone off or have a "lively" conversation the lamp lights start going on and off or the radio volume goes crazy🤣🤣🤣

stealth.pilot

The hand gesture feature is not available if you get the Neva Blue and Gray interior. That’s what I ordered!

js_cls

You're not missing much, I tried it in the new S-Class and its pretty useless. The only good thing about the interior assistant is that it can detect which mirror you're looking at to adjust, although the touchpad to adjust the mirror is pretty finicky when not looking at it, so its hit or miss. Other than that, the two finger gesture rarely worked and illuminating the passenger light when moving a hand over there is not really something that I would need often.

Agree, first thing I turned off in my 540i, didn't really find it to bring any benefit to the usability of the car.