Up to now, I believe, these systems were not first-party but built by the manufacturers of the infotainment systems. Now, Mercedes is taking this in-house to get it right and integrate it with the rest of the far more properly?

Luckily I’m born on 07/07/2007 — finally my superpower comes into play.

It looks like the water is shooting outwards only. Maybe a carefully crafted shower head that sprays more to the sides and nothing in center?