Ken Williams, supervisor of HMI product development at Ford, said the company is working with Apple to have the SYNC IVI automatically detect compatible mobile apps, as it can already do with Pandora.Ĭurrently, 14 mobile apps are compatible with the new SYNC 3 system. I want to be able to have them simply appear as soon as the phone's plugged into the USB port, and hopefully someday when it's connected via Bluetooth. ![]() One of the glitches I discovered in using my iPhone 6 with SYNC 3 is that certain apps, such as iHeartRadio and Spotify, need to be launched on the phone before they'll show up on the IVI screen. SYNC 3 will migrate to the rest of the North American lineup of vehicles by the end of 2016. ![]() SYNC 3's navigation page where you can preset destinations, such as work and home, add favorite places and even find some of the most common local destinations, such as gas stations and restaurants.įord's SYNC 3 IVI is available on the 2016 models of the Escape, Fiesta, F-150, Mustang and Transit. Lastly, QNX is the predominant telematics system platform in the automotive industry and has already been vetted by such automakers as Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Toyota and Volkswagen, making it an almost de facto standard. Ford's SYNC system has never been recommended by Consumer Reports magazine. Secondly, infotainment systems using QNX have consistently received high reliability and usability ratings from consumer publications. When Ford announced last year that it was moving its IVI system away from the Windows Embedded Automotive OS to Blackberry's QNX, it was heralded by pundits as a move in the right direction.įor one, QNX is considered a friendlier platform for mobile app developers, meaning more current and future smartphone applications will more easily integrate with it.
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