Skillzo1 The good part is it is constantly evolving to be better and we are not locked into a final version until support stops for that device.
I'm far from convinced that we're always going forward. I see a lot of sideways or even backwards steps for technology in general.
For example my phone had a great feature where when the alarms went off in the morning I could just say "snooze" and it would snooze the alarm. Then a software "update" came. No more voice command for that, and it's back to hunting for the insanely tiny snooze button. I really doubt the people who make the main decisions at most companies are actually using the devices they sell.
My "hey google" used to be able to call contacts when the phone was locked. Then I (somehow? I didn't ask for it) got the "update" to Gemini and now when I try it makes me physically unlock the phone. Also most of the calls I make are to my partner and I have to specifically say, "call XX on her mobile" every time, or else it asks me which one to call on every time and there's no way to set a default. AI will solve all our problems, my ass.
Maybe there's a way to solve both of those issues with workarounds or hunting for magic settings, but who can keep up with this shit? It's endless whack-a-mole all day every day with constant beta garbage being shoveled onto consumers.
I like things that work and I like functionality over form. Stability is a feature and I hate it when things change because 90% of the time it's for the worse or just different for the sake of being different. Perhaps I'm in the minority.
But having said that, I got the dudu7 a few days ago and so far I'm happy with it, with some reservations.
There's a few bugs, overlooked features, and downright weird stuff, some of it really surprising (like no lockscreen (WTF!), the confusing audio settings/eq screens, also the inability to delete SWC assignment for volume), but overall I can't actually think of another headunit that I'd rather have. Especially the locked-down, dated and limited kenwood/sony/etc overpriced crap that I used to have.
It's a pretty sad state of affairs really because with the number of cars out there and the amount of potential money there is on offer for the company that fully solves the problem, you'd think putting a tablet in a car that works completely smoothly would be something we as a species should have already done.
I hope duduaudio keeps improving their software and not taking too many sideways or backwards steps. My unit came with 3.6, and the settings of 3.6 seem like a sideways or backwards step from what I've seen of 3.5. I prefer a simple hierarchical menu structure and also find it difficult to find settings that I'm looking for, even when I know what I'm looking for and seen it before, because the category choices seem quite arbitrary.
I agree 100% that a search function for settings would solve a lot of that problem.
But I do agree with @Mikescotland that there are way too many posts in this forum that go completely unanswered.
