Sync 3 Now Supports Apple CarPlay

Portage presently underpins SYNC 3 with programming updates to help Apple CarPlay and Android Auto™ for display year 2016 and 2017 vehicles. 

Clients would now be able to refresh by downloading the product to a USB drive, visiting a dealership or with an over-the-air Wi-Fi association. This is Ford's first programming refresh by means of Wi-Fi. It offers an advantageous and mechanized option in contrast to existing redesign strategies 

Clients with display year 2016 Ford vehicles can refresh to the new SYNC 3 form 2.2 to pick up this help for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. 

"Our SYNC 3 programming stage was intended to be anything but difficult to refresh so we can get our clients the most recent and most noteworthy highlights, practically and security upgrades," said Don Butler, official chief, Ford Connected Vehicle and Services. "With over-the-air refreshes, we can convey new highlights to clients out of sight while they keep utilizing their vehicles." 

Android Auto 

Perfect with Android™ gadgets 5.0 and higher, Android Auto brings the Android encounter into the vehicle securely and effectively. It offers Google Maps, Google Play Music, telephone, informing and outsider applications anticipated on the auto's worked in show and accessible through voice controls. With an improved interface, vast touch targets, Google voice look and simple to-utilize voice controls, Android Auto is intended to limit diversion while out and about. 

Android, Android Auto, Google Maps and Google Play are trademarks of Google Inc.

Apple CarPlay 

Apple CarPlay is good with iPhone 5 and later models running iOS 7.1 or higher. Apple CarPlay gives iPhone clients an instinctive method to make telephone calls, utilize voice-guided route, tune in to music, and send and get messages. The accommodation enables the driver to remain concentrated out and about. Clients can control Apple CarPlay through the in-vehicle show or by means of Siri voice control. Apple CarPlay bolster requires a USB center point redesign accessible through Ford merchants. 

Synchronize 3 as of now underpins Android Auto and Apple CarPlay on all model-year 2017 Ford autos including the Fiesta, Focus, Fusion and Mustang, SUVs including the Escape, Explorer and Expedition, F-Series trucks and Ford's energized vehicles. 

Getting refreshes over Wi-Fi 

Passage has had SYNC redesigns since 2009, yet this is the first run through the organization is putting forth a refresh by means of Wi-Fi. In Wi-Fi-empowered vehicles with Automatic System Updates turned on inside SYNC 3, the framework will intermittently associate with a client's assigned Wi-Fi system to check for refreshes. On the off chance that a refresh is accessible, the framework consequently downloads the refresh out of sight over some undefined time frame with no client cooperation. What's more, SYNC 3 is intended to play out the refresh as long as Wi-Fi is associated before the vehicle killing, thusly there is no compelling reason to keep the vehicle running for the refresh to happen. 

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