LOL dead man's finger LOL.
Pixel 8 Pro here, and a history of problems with fingerprint sensors on both Apple and Google products. And I do get some misses in the Lucid - especially on the Glass Cockpit (not so much on the Pilot Panel). You have to have a pretty accurate placement, which is sometimes difficult due to approach angle and parallax, and no jiggle when making the touch. If your finger jiggles, all bets are off.
The industry trend away toward touch screens and away physical switches (just like with cell phones) has been broadly panned by the motoring press, but it's still trending up and is not likely to reverse - I'm pretty sure it saves a lot - a lot - of money. With discipline I've achieved mastery of most Lucid touch controls, although I really miss physical mirror controls on the door (especially the move-mirror-down when in reverse control). And I feel strongly that the few physical switches the Air has feel cheap, sloppy, give poor tactile feedback and delayed response - they are certainly not in the league of physical switches in any/all German cars.
After 6 weeks of struggling (and occastionally unwhittingly driving away with my garage doors going back up) I mastered Homelink - Lucid must be in park while closing the garage doors or they'll reverse. This is caused by Lucid's Lidar which Genie's safety sensors interpret as motion. There is actually no need to shield the sensors as others have done - just put the car in Park since no Lidar is transmitted in Park. But the pop-down Homelink menu absolutely is hard to use - you have to position your hand and finger exactly right or you'll make a wrong choice. Also, the pop-down pops down and then goes back up before I get a chance to use it, so it's easy to miss your chance.
All that said, now that I've got control of it, I would rather use Homelink than have a transmitter on my visor.
Do let us know if a dead man's finger helps - it won't surprise me.
