Mercedes-Benz’s new $60,000 luxury sedan features in-car camera for Teams meetings

The German automobile company said that the 2026 luxury CLA is a camera inside the car that allows the Microsoft team to meet the participants to see drivers who flow on the road. The feature represents the latest attempt by Mercedes -Benz to provide a “more efficient way to work inside the car”, according to the announcement of the car maker. The 60 billion dollar auto maker aims to revolutionize the multimedia operating system that was developed at home, which operates the central display in the new model. Prices are expected to range from $ 55,000 to $ 65,000, depending on the pieces and options, according to the car and the driver.

A Mercedes -Benz spokesman, Mercedes -Benz spokesman said luck. Meetings for Teams was already available in previous auto models-but the camera inside the car used to display drivers in meetings is the first of its kind. The camera is built into the screen, over the central screen. However, when the car is in a state of movement, drivers cannot see a meeting but colleagues and presidents can see the driver. After pressing the gas, the driver sees the headphone connection icon, as if it was in a hand -free phone call. The feature is different from the enlargement meeting in Tesla, which requires that the car be in the garden to display the video feature.

The auto manufacturer will start the process of merging the update of this summer for cars with the experience of the Mercedes -Benz user of the fourth generation (MBux) initially in Europe and later this year in the United States, according to a spokesman for a spokesman. Vehicles with MBux will receive these features soon.

Certainly, the expected video flow is turned off on the central screen automatically, as soon as the car is in the movement, “to the minimum distraction and increase safety,” the spokesman said. This prevents drivers from watching the joint slides, screens or other participants at the meeting.

However, the safety feature does not prevent them from listening and contributing to a meeting, such as any other hand -free phone call.

A spokesman for Mercedes -Benz said that the application of updated meetings comes with features that include rapid access to favorite contacts, the ability to jump directly from the calendar to a team meeting, an expanded chat function to read and write messages, and the integration of voice control in the text inputs.

The National Transport Safety Council says that collision and research data indicates that personal electronic devices, such as mobile phones and tablets, is one of the greatest contributors to distracting drivers, and calls for a batch that distracts its attention to the “public health problem.”

“Hand free of risk -free,” NTSB said, adding that the use of hand -free devices does not reduce the distraction of the driver, but rather contributes to “cognitive distraction.”

The National Traffic Safety Administration on highways learn three categories of dispersed leadership: visual, handsome and cognitive distraction. Mobile phones and mobile devices are “often the perpetrator when it comes to dispersed driving,” according to NHTSA. In 2023, 3,275 people were killed in distraction, according to the federal agency.

“To prevent the driver from distraction when the participant watchs the content of the video or games on the movement,” said the camera spokesman for other jobs, including the follower of the driver’s Ain movement.

No NTSB recommendation has been implemented for a ban on the use of all personal electronic devices while driving except in the event of an emergency.

“Given the Mercedes -Benz’s commitment to safety, the use of the camera is proven by the laws of each country and was approved for use during the movement,” the spokesman said.