Author: Master

“Unmatched in the same class?”

Introduction:

The era of “software-defined cars” has arrived. Here, “software” not only refers to the software for assisted driving, but also includes the “software” for intelligent cockpit and in-car systems. Therefore, we have launched the “Intelligent In-car System” special column program “In-car System Micro Experience”. In each issue, we will choose a in-car system product with unique characteristics for in-depth experience.

BYD’s first small pure electric car based on the E platform 3.0 – Dolphin, has officially started pre-sales. Although the pre-sale price of 96,800-124,800 yuan is not low among the same-class car models, it is because the new car has many remarkable performance and functional configurations. The in-car system of Dolphin is one of the highlights, not only with a huge size, but also with functions that are not inferior to BYD’s higher-positioned car models.

Today, let’s take a look at the performance of the BYD Dolphin in-car system, which is equipped with the Snapdragon 660 chipset for the first time.

Basic Configuration: Top-level among same-price car models

Although the BYD Dolphin has a completely new interior design, its hardware performance on the in-car system is still as good as before. It is equipped with a small full LCD instrument panel and a rotatable floating pad.

Instrument panel

The Dolphin’s instrument panel has a size of 5 inches and uses a similar floating design as the center pad, which is not integrated into the center control panel. There are two main theme modes for daytime and nighttime, and the internal information layout positions are the same in different modes. The information shown is very comprehensive, with simple and easy-to-recognize styles.

Center screen

The pad in the center of the dashboard of the Dolphin is the same as other BYD models, with a size of 12.8 inches (the base model is 10.1 inches) and can be manually rotated or automatically rotated when an APP in portrait mode is opened. Although the resolution and ppi of this screen have not been announced by the official, it seems to be high-resolution.

It is reported that the Dolphin’s infotainment system is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chip, which performs slightly lower than the Kirin 710 on BYD Han, considering the differences in their vehicle positioning, such configuration is reasonable and appropriate.

Moreover, Dolphin comes with a driving recorder. There are dual USB-A ports and a 12V cigarette lighter interface in the front row, and one USB-A port in the center of the rear row, which is enough to meet the charging needs of passengers’ mobile phones.

User-vehicle Interaction Experience: Quick Response, Rich Functionality

The infotainment system of Dolphin uses BYD’s DiLink 3.0 system, which has rich features and can basically be regarded as an Android Pad installed in the car. To cater to the new car’s “ocean elements”, the newly designed UI interface uses rounded graphics to present the desktop main elements, and the design style of the sea level is also integrated into the dashboard’s arc design.

The home page uses stacked multi-block card-type structure, and the contents of the bottom card can be freely adjusted.

Swipe down from the top of the screen to enter the negative one screen, where you can find quick function keys related to DiLink or the entire vehicle, and you can customize the keys for free.

On the second page, you can freely set three most commonly used software applications for quick access, and the music APP can also display play / pause and skip buttons directly.

The detailed settings for the air conditioning system are integrated at the bottom of the large screen and require clicking into a secondary menu bar to adjust. However, there are also independent automatic air conditioning and air conditioning switch buttons designed on the central console, which are actually convenient to use.

The screen not only can rotate electrically but also can achieve split-screen display.

The optimization of the Snapdragon 660 chip in the BYD dolphin car machine is quite good. The touch sensitivity of the screen, the response speed of opening apps, and the speed of intelligent speech recognition are all very fast. You can feel the speed of opening the navigation app. Although the opening speed of other apps is not as fast as navigation, it is still enough to satisfy people. However, the resolution of the navigation interface is significantly lower than that of the desktop and other apps. There is still room for optimization and upgrading.

The recognition speed of the BYD Dolphin’s intelligent speech system is satisfactory, and the voice feedback after receiving instructions is quite fast. It also supports sound zone locking and some functions of non-wake-up. However, the functions supported by its speech system are basically limited to some basic operations of the central control screen, such as setting navigation, searching music, and turning on the air conditioning. It does not support continuous conversation, and there is still some gap compared with new force vehicle models as a whole.

The problem of the multi-level menu and insufficiently clear overall layout logic of the DiLink system still exists, and the app icon is circular in some interfaces, while in other interfaces, it becomes rounded rectangles or even mixed, and the overall style is not very unified.

In terms of entertainment and expandability, the BYD Dolphin’s performance is quite good. Basically, any game and software that can be played on mobile phones can be downloaded from the dazzling application market.

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The major music, navigation, video, and gaming apps are available and can basically meet the needs of all users, just like our commonly used smartphones and tablets. However, installing too many apps may cause system lag, so cache clearance is necessary from time to time.

Summary

As the first pure electric small car using the E-platform 3.0, BYD equipped the Dolphin with such a high-standard car system, which is enough to prove its determination to create a truly exquisite small car. Although the performance of DiLink 3.0 on the Dolphin could still be improved, it is undoubtedly difficult to find a rival in this system among small cars of the same level.

Currently, BYD Dolphin has announced the pre-sale price of 96,800-124,800 yuan, and according to official announcements, the Dolphin is also about to be launched at the 24th Chengdu Auto Show soon. Let’s look forward to it together.

This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.