Last week, Mercedes announced that Vivaldi would be available in their new E-Class! We have been working with the Mercedes team for quite some time now. And we were very excited about this announcement.
Even though we were involved in the project, we didn’t know much about the details of the cars Vivaldi will be offering. So, I was super excited when they invited us to take a first look at the interiors of this shiny, new car at the Mercedes Benz Research and Development Facility in Sunnyvale, California.
A quick word of thanks to our friends in Mercedes Germany for making this happen.
To get to the venue, I took my beloved 15-year-old Louis Garneau bicycle. I like driving, especially getting to trails, camping, and other outdoor fun but I prefer biking when I can. For now, my wheels are old school, but I’ve recently started thinking about converting it to an E-bike.
From Palo Alto, I arrived at the Sunnyvale station and prepared to hop on my bike. I was tempted to take a quick detour to this great Japanese okonomiyaki place called Rokko. Highly recommended!
But I was too eager to feast my eyes on the new Mercedes!
I recorded a fun video narrating my experience checking out Vivaldi in action at the Mercedes Facility Centre.
Take a look 👇
And I have to say that I’m very impressed. It is a terrific car with an excellent sound system and many advanced features but most importantly Vivaldi browser works great on the large vividly lit superscreen.
Drivers and passengers will be able to run Vivaldi side-by-side independently from one another on their respective screens. This is a great feature because often the main screen might be occupied for essential tasks such as navigation or controlling different aspects of the vehicle. With the dual screen, the passenger can still browse using Vivaldi while the main screen is in use for other operations.
Vivaldi is currently the only browser on Android Automotive OS and has been available on a growing list of cars. At its core, it is essentially the same full-featured web browsers that you have on your Android-based smartphones. It gives you complete control of how it looks, feels, and works, just like our mobile and desktop browser family.
There are other apps as well such as TikTok, Angry Birds, collaboration app Webex, and Zoom, all available alongside the launch of the new E-Class.
Plus a new selfie and video camera will let drivers take photos and videos or join web conferences— while the car is stationary.
I could go on and on about the car, but this press release from Mercedes provides much finer details:
“Drivers can look forward to an immersive entertainment experience in the new E-Class with music, games, and streaming content. Thanks to digital innovations in the interior, the E-Class is now more intelligent, achieving a new dimension of personalization and interaction. At the same time, the electronic architecture is more software-driven and less hardware-driven. This forms the basis for more individual updating of the interior systems in the future.”
We are really looking forward to working along with the Mercedes Team to do a lot more – an experience that the users can enjoy while keeping their privacy and safety at the forefront!
Over to the Mercedes for some fun browsing. Drive safely!
Fitting to the topic also here:
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/84117/mercedes-e-class-from-2024-with-vivaldi?_=1677486946995
Never mind the cars, when do we get Vivaldi on our smart tvs???
@fred8615 That ship has sailed
But you can plant a Mercedes E‐Class in your living room instead 
@fred8615 I was able to install Vivaldi on my Nokia Streaming Box 8000 with Android TV and Google Chromecast.
@stardepp Android TV works of course. But would be nice WebOS TV (LG) and Samsung too (but I don't know if is do-able).
@Hadden89 , very needed in WebOS, the browser it has is horrible and no other in it's Store
@stardepp I've tried installing it on my Google TV, but because it's a touch interface, it doesn't work well. For one thing, I could never open the settings.
@fred8615 I have downloaded the Vivaldi .apk on my Win 11 computer and saved it to the Nokia TV Streaming Box 8000 (with Android TV version 10). In the Google Play Store (Android TV) search for the app "Downloader" and install it. Use "Downloader" to install Vivaldi.apk. Vivaldi is not linked in the Start menu, but can only be started via voice command "Open the Vivaldi browser". but then works quite well, even with Vivaldi Sync. Tip: Operate Vivaldi via Bluetooth keyboard and mouse instead of remote control.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.esaba.downloader
@stardepp
Aurora Store would be easier and comfortable if can be installed.
@tatsuki
Really very nice for Vivaldi!
But apps like TikTok, Webex and Zoom should not be promoted anymore, in my opinion.
Of course Vivaldi has no influence on the app selection, but the open source alternatives 'Jitsi Meet' and 'Big Blue Button' (BBB) work excellently in Vivaldi.
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