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Which display do you favour?

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View Poll Results: Which display do you use
Chrome rings 114 29.69%
Glass 79 20.57%
Sport 84 21.88%
Minimalist 107 27.86%
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Old Jan 25th, 2019, 09:37   #21
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What do you mean by that...? 🤔
The majority of photos that people take of sensus (reviews, this forum) are all with the dials set to chrome rings. I never realised that the setting altered the main central display because I set mine to minimalist at pickup and so haven’t really spent much time looking at the oth r options.

Therefore due to some crazy assumption on my part I assumed that my version was newer than the ones I had been seeing online lol
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I've long thought, the themes are a bit outdated. I'd prefer 'minimalist' but you get a great slab of beige across the main screen in stark contrast to the other 3 sections. I mean, come on, who signed that off?
Beige? I like Minimalist for the bigger map. Also because the others look like they were designed by a 7 year old using Microsoft Paint.
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Beige? I like Minimalist for the bigger map. Also because the others look like they were designed by a 7 year old using Microsoft Paint.
Yes, the phone section of the display is a solid beige (or whatever you might call it, I'm no expert!), in contrast to the others which are subtle shades. Seems an odd design choice in my opinion.

The other designs rely on a bit of skeuomorphism which is a dated design trend from a number of years ago. Sensus could do with new designs (again, in my opinion). They could be easily delivered via the systems updates tab, which I've yet to see used.

Or.....they've shelved Sensus development in favour of the Android partnership.
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Yes, the phone section of the display is a solid beige (or whatever you might call it, I'm no expert!), in contrast to the others which are subtle shades. Seems an odd design choice in my opinion.

The other designs rely on a bit of skeuomorphism which is a dated design trend from a number of years ago. Sensus could do with new designs (again, in my opinion). They could be easily delivered via the systems updates tab, which I've yet to see used.

Or.....they've shelved Sensus development in favour of the Android partnership.
Do you think there's a chance they might do it...? I just wish they would do it. It would be so cool. But maybe Sensus will stay like that for long years until a new model is released.

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The pessimist in me sees no reason why Volvo would bring the full Android interface as an update to previous generations without vast expense. According to my dealer Sensus is running on Windows Embedded at the moment.
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Probably right.

Looks like the Android partnership is real and up and running in prototype form though for future cars, which would mean owners with the current Sensus system are unlikely to see any major updates I'm guessing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVnqZS1fqRQ
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This video shows more of the driver display too which actually looks like the current glass theme with different maps in the centre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoGrE6t4ejQ
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This video shows more of the driver display too which actually looks like the current glass theme with different maps in the centre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoGrE6t4ejQ
I will keep calm 😁
and hope you are wrong and that they'll update in a near future.😎👍
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I'm not familiar with much of what this thread is about. Pretty sure I have a model with no selectable display options, but I am perplexed by one element.

I've recently got a V70 2011 with a horizontal 'progress bar' style fuel gauge rather than an analog needle display. To the right of the progress bar itself is a number 1. No idea what it means. The manual is entirely silent on this. Anyone any clues?
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I'm not familiar with much of what this thread is about. Pretty sure I have a model with no selectable display options, but I am perplexed by one element.

I've recently got a V70 2011 with a horizontal 'progress bar' style fuel gauge rather than an analog needle display. To the right of the progress bar itself is a number 1. No idea what it means. The manual is entirely silent on this. Anyone any clues?
Not sure if you’re being tongue-in-cheek!

If I recall, older fuel gauges simply showed 3/4, 1/2 or 1/4 filled and therefore by extension, 1 simply meant ‘full’. I presume it’s a legacy of this.
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