2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC: Dashboard Sensor Features
October 08 2025,
The Mercedes-Benz GLC introduces a revolutionary dashboard sensor system that redefines the driving experience for midsize SUV owners. With the integration of cutting-edge MB.OS technology, the new GLC dashboard transforms the vehicle interior into an intelligent command center that anticipates your needs, enhances your safety, and delivers unparalleled convenience. This dramatic evolution of dashboard technology represents the Mercedes-Benz commitment to innovation while maintaining the sophisticated luxury the brand is known for.
The Revolutionary MBUX Hyperscreen
The centrepiece of the GLC dashboard is the stunning optional MBUX Hyperscreen, a 39.1-inch seamless display that spans the entire dashboard. This technological masterpiece features the largest screen ever displayed in a Mercedes-Benz vehicle, offering exceptional clarity through high-resolution display and innovative matrix backlight technology with over 1,000 individual LEDs.
The Hyperscreen features zone dimming capability, enabling the simultaneous adjustment of two display areas via intuitive sliders. This groundbreaking technology, for which Mercedes-Benz has filed a patent, creates an immersive digital environment that responds to your preferences with smartphone-like intelligence.
For drivers who opt for the Exclusive or Pinnacle Trim levels, the MBUX Superscreen combines three separate displays under a large glass surface: a 10.25-inch driver display, a 14-inch central display, and a 14-inch front passenger display. The standard configuration includes a digital trim element in place of a passenger display, which can showcase a personal photo or one of 12 predefined images.
Advanced Sensor Network for Intelligent Assistance
What truly distinguishes the GLC dashboard is the comprehensive sensor network that powers its intelligent systems. Every model comes equipped with up to ten external cameras, five radar sensors, and twelve ultrasonic sensors that work in concert to deliver first-class driver assistance technologies.
These sensors are connected to a high-performance control unit running the advanced MB.OS operating system – essentially functioning as the brain of the GLC. This sophisticated MB.DRIVE system employs artificial intelligence to process vast amounts of raw data from the sensors, allowing it to comprehensively understand driving situations and respond accordingly.
The dashboard interface features MBUX Surround Navigation, providing enhanced situational awareness and clear insights into the operation of driver assistance systems. This allows drivers to understand not only what the vehicle is doing, but also why it's taking specific actions – creating a transparent relationship between the driver and the technology.
The Fourth-Generation MBUX Experience
The GLC features the fourth generation of the Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX), opening a new world of personalized interaction between vehicle and occupants. This system represents the world's first in-car infotainment system to integrate artificial intelligence from both Microsoft and Google, creating an exceptionally intuitive user experience.
The dashboard interface introduces the new MBUX Virtual Assistant with a "Multi Agent Approach," allowing natural interactions and personalized responses. Similar to a smartphone, the system remains up-to-date through regular updates that introduce new apps and enhanced functions. The Mercedes-Benz operating system MB.OS transforms the GLC into an intelligent companion that thinks, learns, and evolves with its driver.
Sensor-Powered Safety Systems
Safety remains a priority in the GLC, with dashboard sensors powering an array of protective features. The PRE-SAFE system utilizes dashboard and exterior sensors to detect potential collision scenarios, preparing the vehicle and occupants for impact by adjusting the seats, closing the windows, and tightening the seatbelts.
The dashboard integrates PRE-SAFE Sound technology, which emits a specific sound frequency through the audio system when sensors detect an imminent collision. This triggers a natural protective reflex in the human ear to reduce potential damage from the loud noise of an impact.
The Active Brake Assist system, powered by dashboard sensors, provides automated emergency braking with enhanced cross-traffic and turning functionality. Meanwhile, ATTENTION ASSIST monitors driver behaviour patterns through dashboard sensors to detect signs of fatigue or distraction, prompting alerts when necessary.
Ergonomic Interface and Tactile Controls
The GLC dashboard features a redesigned steering wheel that's more ergonomic and intuitive to operate. Responding to customer feedback, Mercedes-Benz has reintroduced the control concept with a rocker for the cruise control and Digital Extra: Distance Assist DISTRONIC, as well as a roller for volume control.
The dashboard integrates capacitive switch panels with tactile aids, helping drivers stay oriented and access important controls while keeping their focus on the road. This design balances technological advancement with practical usability.
Enhanced Visual Experience with DIGITAL LIGHT
The GLC features the next generation of DIGITAL LIGHT with micro-LED technology, which interfaces directly with dashboard sensors. The high-resolution lighting field is significantly larger than that of previous generations, enabling increased brightness for high beam and road projections while reducing energy consumption by approximately 50 percent.
The Ultra Wide high beam no longer shines rigidly forward, but is now incorporated into the cornering light and swivels dynamically with it. Thanks to combined camera information and map data processed through dashboard sensors, the cornering light reacts with unprecedented precision to the course of the road.
The Wellness Dashboard: ENERGIZING COMFORT
With the Digital Extra: MB.WELLBEING ENERGIZING Package, the diverse ENERGIZING COMFORT programs offer an extensive wellness experience that integrates with dashboard sensors. The newly designed programs are now available as a separate app accessible through the dashboard interface.
For the first time, drivers can deactivate the ENERGIZING sounds to enjoy the programs with personal music or podcasts. The seamless MBUX Hyperscreen animations and sounds (3D and 4D) are meticulously designed to enhance the ENERGIZING COMFORT programs, creating a dashboard experience that caters to both physical and mental wellbeing.
Facts About the 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC Dashboard Sensors
- The artificial intelligence powering the dashboard sensors processes information at a rate of 254 trillion operations per second, rivalling the complexity of the human brain.
- The illuminated grille of the GLC connects directly with dashboard systems, creating a unified lighting experience between exterior and interior elements.
- The dashboard's SKY CONTROL panoramic roof features optional switchable glass and ambient lighting that illuminates 162 stars in the night sky, all controlled through the central interface.
- Dashboard sensors include biometric authentication capabilities, allowing the vehicle to recognize individual drivers and automatically adjust settings to their preferences.
- The One-Box braking system connected to dashboard sensors creates exceptionally smooth deceleration, whether through regenerative braking or wheel brakes, analyzing driver input and road conditions 100 times per second.
Questions and Answers About the Mercedes-Benz GLC
How does the dashboard sensor system contribute to safety in the GLC?
- The comprehensive sensor network includes up to ten external cameras, five radar sensors, and twelve ultrasonic sensors connected to the MB. DRIVE system, which utilizes artificial intelligence to process data and comprehend driving situations. These sensors enable features such as Active Brake Assist, ATTENTION ASSIST, and PRE-SAFE technologies, which prepare the vehicle for potential collisions.
What makes the MBUX Hyperscreen different from previous Mercedes display systems?
- The MBUX Hyperscreen is a 39.1-inch seamless display that spans the entire dashboard, making it the largest screen ever featured in a Mercedes-Benz vehicle. It features innovative matrix backlight technology with over 1,000 individual LEDs, zone dimming capability, and state-of-the-art high-performance chips running real-time graphics from the Unity Game Engine.
How does the dashboard interact with the vehicle's exterior systems?
- Dashboard sensors are integrated with exterior systems through the MB.OS operating system. For example, DIGITAL LIGHT headlamps adjust based on road conditions detected by dashboard sensors, and the cornering light reacts precisely to the course of the road using combined camera information and map data processed by dashboard systems.
What personalization options are available for the dashboard interface?
- The dashboard offers extensive personalization through the MBUX system, including 11 background styles for the Hyperscreen, custom digital displays, and the ability to show personal photos on digital trim elements. The system also features MBUX profiles, routines, and templates that adapt to individual preferences and usage patterns.
What wellness features are integrated into the dashboard experience?
- The dashboard includes MB.WELLBEING ENERGIZING Package with comprehensive wellness programs accessible as a separate app. These programs can be enjoyed with personal music or podcasts, and are enhanced by seamless MBUX Hyperscreen animations and sounds in 3D and 4D, creating a holistic wellbeing experience during travel.
*Disclaimer: Content contained in this post is for informational purposes only and may include features and options from US or international models. Please contact the dealership for more information or to confirm vehicle, feature availability.*
