As an esteemed owner of the Zeekr001 car, I received the beta version 4.0 update of the Zeekr car system in advance, and have been deeply experiencing and exploring it recently. I have a lot to say about it.
Before we start, let’s take a look at the official update notes from Zeekr.
In addition, this experience is very subjective, and I am approaching it from the perspective of a car owner, so everything is with the mentality of demanding perfection.
Advantages
- The main interface of the car system has been redesigned to be similar to the actual car model of the Lotus ELECTRE, which looks more advanced than before. Overall sliding operations are also very smooth;
- In addition to the vehicle appearance modeling, the seat massage modeling in the settings is also very smooth and sleek;
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The instrument style has become even more concise (although it is too similar to NIO), and time display has been added to meet user needs;
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The overall font and UI style looks more upscale (this is very important);
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The driving recorder can be exported to a USB flash drive, which is awesome!
Suggestions (there may be a few)
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When not buckled safely, the instrument display cannot be switched by buttons, and the formation information cannot be viewed;
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The opening animations of various apps are inconsistent, and some don’t even have them. In contrast, some “!” prompts actually have better animations in the settings, so the overall feeling is a bit disjointed;
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Four small widgets have been added to the Dock bar for quick operation. However, the position switching cannot be set.
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The background of the music interface shows a lot of grayscale blocks in dark mode, which feels very mosaic.
Overall, this upgrade has made significant progress in terms of aesthetics.
However, as someone who uses it every day, there are still many areas where the system can continue to improve.
In addition, a friend asked many questions related to version 4.0 this afternoon, and I answered each one. Click here to jump to the link.
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