Impressions of UX 3.0 after a week:
I'm driving a 2023 AGT. Bought it used from Lucid, and had it for 13 months. I should note that the car has been reliable, and I love to drive it.
On to UX 3.0...
First few days were trouble free, then some little issues began to appear.
First, audio issues with USB music. UX 3.0 now lists 2 USB ports, and it keeps switching back and forth for some reason, or when I get in the car it says there is no media. I switch to the other port and my music appears.
On multiple occasions music from USB has stopped playing for no apparent reason, and again the car suddenly reports there's no media.
I unplug the USB stick, plug it back in, and the music comes back.
One of my gripes with the previous software was the system could not always keep track of what was playing when I exit the car and get back in. That's still true for USB playback. Sometimes it resumes what was playing, even after an overnight sleep, and sometimes it forgets.
I've had 2 times when I get in the car and the screens are black. All or some of them. They come back, but it's frustrating and something I didn't see on the older software.
Happened the other day when I got in the car to demo it to a potential Lucid buyer. Oops.
I don't understand the purpose of the 3 cards on the upper screen. Can I choose what cards appear? Like Waze would be nice.
Tire pressure suggestion displayed is wrong.
Front and back cameras seem to have better resolution.
Side cameras have not improved. Video jumps and skips like a movie from the 20's.
Outside temperature is now much more accurate. Before the update the display was often 10-12 degrees high. Now it is quite accurate.
Audio is much improved. There's more bass. What did they do in software? Nothing is listed in the release notes.
So that's it. I like the update, but it is not polished enough, and didn't seem to get adequate beta testing. (I get it, we're doing it.)
I've reported what I've seen to Lucid. There's a lot of good ideas in this update, so I think Lucid is on the right track.
As I said, I love the car, and the philosophy behind it, but with the management changes (firings and hirings), I expected a better rollout of UX 3.0. When people ask me about my car, they invariably say "Beautiful car, but I hear the software is awful".
That's a hard reputation to live down, and a really smooth rollout of UX 3.0 would have really helped in changing perceptions. I'm hoping for a quick update to address these issues, but so far Lucid has been silent.
If this happens with the Cosmos, Lucid is sunk and I don't want that to happen.
Once again I'll suggest Lucid send a monthly email news letter to owners with news, information, tips, known bugs, and plans to fix them.
Finally, we need complete documentation of UX 3.0. We should not have to rely on the forums and people discovering the good and the bad.
Onward, and I hope, upward.