Most of the appliances in my kitchen have touch-sensitive buttons. None of them work reliably, and it's not only that they don't detect my fingers if they're wet (or at all). For instance ...

The Ford Expedition has an available 15.5-inch screen that replaces an array of audio and climate dials and buttons with touch controls. The Mercedes-Benz EQS features a full-dash “Hyperscreen ...

It's probably a little early to be warning of extinction, but in some new cars, buttons are becoming hard to find. Given that a screen has to go into the dashboard anyway (thanks to things like ...

In the interests of cost-saving and minimalist design, manufacturers have moved towards touch-based interfaces with fewer physical controls, but that trend might be reversed from 2026 thanks to ...

A handful of touch controls and a touchscreen can also be cheaper and easier to implement than populating buttons all over the cabin. Plus, for a time, they were a sign that an automaker was ...

“When the screen is touched, the previously flat display flexibly expands and protrudes touch buttons, making it easy to operate even while driving,” says the company. It doesn’t say how ...

Since then, Tesla has doubled down on its war against physical buttons, even removing the stalks in its most recent models. Instead, touch buttons and infotainment screen menus are used throughout.

A new patent from Samsung describes a system where the phone vibrates only at the point where you touch it. However, the system is designed to replace physical buttons. The USPTO received the ...

The tyranny of touch screens may be coming to an end. Companies have spent nearly two decades cramming ever more functions onto tappable, swipeable displays. Now buttons, knobs, sliders and other ...