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Your next Mercedes-Benz could be powered by Garmin -- at least, the navigation system will be. The GPS navigation provider announced today that it has been selected by Daimler AG to provide navigation for future a Mercedes-Benz infotainment system.
Garmin's announcement states that its navigation system will be "seamlessly integrated" into Mercedes-Benz' infotainment system, so there is the possibility that Garmin's work will blend and disappear into the Benz COMAND interface rather than appearing as a separate Garmin software like in Chrysler's UConnect system.
We've criticized the Chrysler Group's Garmin integration in the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 300 for not being integrated enough. Its two menu systems, for example, were needlessly confusing and at times redundant. Hopefully this new Mercedes-Benz/Garmin partnership will yield a much more cohesive result.
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