- The Ford App Catalogue. Here’s where you will find the latest apps, all designed to be used with Ford SYNC with AppLink. So, have a browse then download your favourites from Google Play or the iTunes App store.
- View the list of mobile apps available for your vehicle's SYNC® AppLink® version. Select Ford® SYNC®, SYNC® with MyFord, or SYNC® 3 to see a full list of AppLink® compatible apps, & find which ones will work with your iPhone® or Android™ smartphone.
At the same time, Ford is quadrupling the number of engineers working on Sync and AppLink, and there are apparently 2,500 third-party developers working on AppLink apps. The first Sync-enabled.
Ford is adding Sync AppLink to ten 2012 models, extending the usefulness of smartphones in Fords. AppLink lets drivers control smartphone functions and applications through the Sync infotainment module, either by voice command or a touchscreen panel. Critics say Sync adds complexity to cars, and the current Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, says anything trickier than a cassette player and cigarette lighter should be banned from cars. And yes, he appears to be serious about that.
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Ford unveiled AppLink a year ago in the Ford Fiesta, its subcompact model. As of the 2012 model year, AppLink will be on the 2012 Ford Fusion, Fusion Hybrid, Fiesta, Mustang, Shelby GT500 (cars); F-150, F-150 SVT Raptor, Super Duty (pickups); Expedition (SUV); and E-Series (van). Doug VanDagens, director of Ford Connected Services Solutions, said Ford will get AppLink into all Fords and Lincolns over the next couple of model years. At the same time, Ford is quadrupling the number of engineers working on Sync and AppLink, and there are apparently 2,500 third-party developers working on AppLink apps. The first Sync-enabled apps include the Pandora music service (iPhone, Android, BlackBerry), Stitcher podcast and news streamer (iPhone now, Android this summer), and the OpenBeak Twitter app (BlackBerry).
Ford Sync is a $395 option on low-end trim lines and standard on higher-end trim lines. At its core, Sync provides a USB jack for almost any music player or USB key; Bluetooth; and Nuance-based voice control. MyFord Touch extends Sync with a touchscreen panel and sub-$1,000 navigation, which is cheap for in-car navi even if it’s outrageous compared to Garmin and Tom-Tom price points. As part of the announcement at the Ford Futuring and Trends Conference this week in Dearborn, Mich., Ford said it’s working with Nuance to increase the quality of voice recognition. One dissatisfier among car-buyers – at least if they think about it – is how much better free cloud-based voice recognition is (such as what Google provides on smartphones) is compared to on-board voice recognition that comes in a car for $395 to $2,000 extra, often as part of a navigation package.
LaHood and other critics say it’s inherently dangerous to turn American drivers loose with smartphones and iPods inside cars. LaHood wants to implement an automotive version of the Prohibition. Consumer Reports earlier this year said it wouldn’t recommend the Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX crossovers because of the complexity of the MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch interfaces. Some of that goes away if you spend an hour with the owner’s manual (unlikely), and some other aspects do need fixing such as too-small touchpoints on the screen corners that access basic functions — but Ford, rather limply, says the size meets industry standards, so it must be okay. Ford also says that people are going to use smartphones regardless (when smartphones are outlawed, only outlaws will have smartphones?), so the more realistic path is to let the car reduce the distraction by reading texts aloud, putting your iPod’s playlists on a big 8-inch LCD, and letting you choose an artist or genre by saying “Play artist Duffy,” for instance.
Regardless, Mark Fields, Ford’s president of operations for the Americas, says Ford is making software changes that can be installed on existing cars, and is offering customers more training.
Read more at Forward with Ford.
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LAS VEGAS — Just last month, Ford added Siri to its SYNC-equipped cars. Now it's following up with even more connectivity at 2016 International CES: Android Auto and a slew of new apps.
Just like Apple CarPlay, Android Auto allows drivers with Android-powered phones to plug their device into their Ford and access their smartphone from the dashboard or with voice commands.
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Ford owners with SYNC 3-equipped cars will not only get six new AppLink apps, including AAA, Conur, EventSeeker and CitySeeker, Ford is also finally enabling the onboard 4G LTE signal. With Wi-Fi onboard, owners will be able to use the new SYNC Connect app that allows them to remotely manage a few features of their car.
The six new apps diversify the SYNC AppLink universe a bit. The AAA app allows drivers to find fuel stations nearby with their vehicle's GPS signal as well as the Here2there route planning feature that includes realtime traffic. Concur is a business trip app that records miles driven on business trips.
EvenSeeker and CitySeeker use GPS to find not only music events the driver might like, based upon their profile, but also restaurants and other nightlife attractions. Lastly the SYNC update adds Tencent Chelian, which is a popular social media platform in China. Likely, this won't be available in the U.S., though Ford doesn't specifically say.
Ford also now allows owners to share their location from the car itself, rather than from their smartphone. This integrates with Glympse, a new feature that 'recognizes if a driver is actively sharing the realtime location via the app,' the Ford press release explains. If so, 'SYNC AppLink will ask if they would like to be routed to that destination.'
While all of this sounds great, there's a catch: The update is only on 2017 model year cars at first, starting with the 2017 Escape. Owners with 2016 model year cars with SYNC, however, will be able to update at a later date. Ford just isn't saying when quite yet.