NAVI: Is it Night out?

[ukwildcat]

OK, I can't find a setting for this, so if there is one, please just point it to me and tell me to shut up.

I just discovered the "Night" setting for the NAVI display.
I also noticed it's MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE for night.

My Lexus used to switch automatically. Is this fancy new car not capable of switching it automatically, or is it a (weird) design choice?

I knew when I switched to a German car there would be many.. quirks.. to get used to, but so far so good. It has actually been very "organic" and not at all difficult, but some things are puzzling. This being one of them.

I finally got why I have to SWITCH ON my automatic wipers.
Might not be appropriate to turn them on and they would go on if they weren't turned OFF - I get that.

I understand why I have to either unlock it with the central unlock button OR pull the handle twice. Although in a Porsche, this is a user-configurable item. It is slowly driving my regular passengers mad. It does amuse me, however.

Seems to me, though, that in a cabin that is VERY OBVIOUSLY optimized for ease of use in the day and superior NIGHT VISION that the fact that the NAVI doesn't switch automatically is an oversight. I don't have a problem with it, but it's way too bright - throwing off the "red vision" - and the contrast is kind of harsh, so the "Night mode" is much better.

So.. Why doesn't it switch automatically?

I understand the whole "the driver should be in control" philosophy, but if that were wholly true, why do they offer all of these automatic features in places X and Y but not Z?