Yahoo Autos 2018 Honda Accord Infotainment
Infotainment Rating:
If the last-generation Accord was dipped into the River Styx by its infotainment system, this one got the full submersion treatment, rendering it invulnerable. The new infotainment setup is quicker, more attractive, and much easier to use than its predecessor.
Infotainment Features
Whatever the opposite of Stockholm Syndrome is, that’s what we feel for the infotainment system featured in the previous-generation Accord. Thankfully, that’s no longer the case; we’re rejoicing over the new physical volume and tuning knobs and the redundant buttons for menu functions. They replace the frustrating touch controls in the previous model—and if Honda had done nothing else to improve this system, we still would have been pleased. But response times have improved, too, making the system that much better and us that much happier. Feature availability is largely unchanged in this new generation of Accord, except that an auxiliary input has gone from being standard to nonexistent.
Vehicle Tested: 2018 Honda Accord Sport
Infotainment Performance
The Accord’s new system returned a Good result in our infotainment-response tests, making it only the third Honda we’ve tested to earn anything other than a Poor rating in this test. It can’t be said emphatically enough: if digital interfaces are important to you, this new Accord is the only one that will satisfy.
Our Infotainment Response Time test measures how quickly you can switch among home, audio, and navigation screens.
Test Results: Infotainment Response Time
By recording the infotainment screen while switching between various menus and then analyzing the high-speed video frame by frame, we are able to accurately measure the system’s response time. We rate infotainment response, or latency, on the following scale:
We measure the electrical current that each USB port provides. All USB ports found in a vehicle provide 5.0 volts, per the USB standard. Current, measured in amps, varies and dictates the charge times of devices. The higher the amps, the quicker a device’s charge time. Not all USB devices are created equal. Most modern smartphones can charge at 2.0 amps, while slow or stagnant charging can result from using current at 1.0 amp or lower when the device is in use.
Test Results: USB Performance
2018 Accord In-Depth
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