Detroit, MI (written by Alisa Priddle/Detroit Free Press) -- Sync has its critics, but the in-car connectivity system designed for Ford's vehicles has been deemed innovative and pioneering enough to ...

to ship in March at a price that wasn’t announced. The module plugs into the Kenwood heads’ SiriusXM port, which normally connects to a universal SiriusXM satellite-radio tuner. The ADS module will be ...

The app works with Ford's new embedded modem, first arriving on the 2017 Escape, to bring vehicle functions to the owner's smartphone, no matter where they are. Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry ...

Where engineers initially proposed unique SYNC hardware modules for each possible vehicle configuration – resulting in more than 90 individual part numbers – Wi-Fi installation allows those different ...

When Ford first rolled out Sync eight years ago, I was favorably impressed with how well it interacted with my phone. I could push a button and ask it to call anyone in my contact list, or tell it to ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- When people think of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., names such as Microsoft, IBM, Cray, Apple and Google come to mind. Today, those technological ...

Ford's crisp, clean cabin for the 2021 Mustang Mach-E means there's no missing SYNC 4, the new infotainment system making its production car debut on the automakers EV. Announced last month, SYNC 4 ...

Ford pushes Sync AppLink as a legitimate interface on par with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and will offer all three. Toyota goes further; it adopts open AppLink, but not CarPlay or Android Auto.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Five years ago, Ford Motor Co. and Microsoft came together to launch the benchmark for in-vehicle connectivity systems with the introduction of Sync. Monday, at the GigaOM Roadmap ...

Is anyone going to miss the old Ford SYNC? Probably not. It had a slow touchscreen, a clunky voice interface, and other quirks. Ford deserves credit for being early to the infotainment game with SYNC.

Ford is calling off the car connectivity relationship with Microsoft that produced Ford Sync. Ford instead will partner with Blackberry and use its QNX operating system. Worse for Microsoft, it’s ...