SYNC 3 reduces on-screen complexity and prioritizes the control options customers use most.įord SYNC 3 – the industry’s first system to widely and most affordable offer voice-activated technology to control smartphones – becomes more capable with the next-generation system by minimizing the number of steps needed to carry out a command. Quicker response to touch as well as voice commands and smartphone-like gestures including pinch-to-zoom and swipe are central to SYNC 3, along with crisp, modern graphics. And what it brings?Īlthough SYNC 3 is optimized for hands-free use, an all-new touch screen delivers an experience similar to a smartphone or tablet. The next-generation system builds on the capability of SYNC technology already in more than 10 million SYNC-equipped vehicles on the road globally.
FORD SYNC 3 DRIVERS
SYNC 3 with a more smartphone-like touch screen and easy-to-read graphics will help millions of drivers connect with their lives and control their smartphone while on the road.
FORD SYNC 3 DRIVER
What is new in SYNC 3?Ī an upgraded SYNC 3 is a communication and entertainment system that is faster, more intuitive and easier to use with enhanced response to driver commands. This new capability works like a charm and lets you keep eyes on the road and hands on the wheel by projecting the navigation information onto the touchscreen and leveraging voice recognition commands. Why is that important for Sygic Car Navigation users? Well, now the AppLink™ new capability between Sygic and new SYNC 3 will allow users to use phone-to-dash connectivity to project navigation apps directly from a smartphone to the SYNC 3 vehicle touchscreen. And it took hours to get Android Auto to function properly and then enable Waze.Early this year Ford announced the adoption of SmartDeviceLink and created the SmartDeviceLink Consortium with four other automakers and several automotive suppliers as initial members. Although Ford has fully enabled Waze for iPhone users, Android phone users like myself are clearly second class and have to connect by cable to a USB port. Unfortunately, again, this was not to be a simple step, at least for me. One reason to get the latest version of Sync 3 is to enable more apps, most notably Waze, a highly desirable Google-owned nav system.
But after hours of trying, neither method worked and it took a trip to a dealer to effect the upgrade.
FORD SYNC 3 UPGRADE
No problem, I imagined, I would simply upgrade wirelessly via the internet, or at worst with a thumb drive plugged into a USB port. You would think that a 2018 model Ford would come with the latest version of Sync 3, but unfortunately mine was a version behind, meaning 2.3 versus 3.0. Where Sync 3 really comes unglued, as I found out after a while, is in other areas. But this is patently incorrect as the alternative is for drivers to pick up their phones and read emails while driving, a far more egregious distraction problem The company says it's because of driver distraction problems. Virtually all major automakers allow emails to be read out by the systems while driving, yet Ford apparently decided it was not a good idea. While you can access text messages in Sync 3, emails are not allowed. At this point I would mention one glaring flaw in its programming.
But again, Sync 3 functions perfectly well, so if its aesthetics are sub-par then that's hardly the end of the world.
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