Automotive IT News and Facts
The Spotify music streaming service will be available through Ford’s Sync Applink, the US carmaker said Monday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The agreement marks the first time Spotify, which has a catalog of more than 20 million songs available for streaming access, works directly with an automaker. It also underlines how carmakers [...]
LAS VEGAS – Mobile app developers will gain easier access to Ford’s in-car telematics system, SYNC. The US carmaker announced at the CES here that it is launching an open mobile app developer program that provides a software development kit and technical support to programmers. Information on the program can be found at http://developer.ford.com. The [...]
Ford’s 2014 Fiesta model, which will be available in the US next year, will feature a new 6.5 inch LCD touchscreen designed to appeal to tech-savvy younger buyers of smaller cars. The screen is part of the MyFordTouch infotainment system the US carmaker is rolling out across all its models. Citing the growing importance of [...]
Ford is expanding the infotainment options in its new Chinese Focus model by integrating the popular Baidu Ting and QQ Music applications. The services will be available at no additional cost via smartphones that are connected to the carmaker’s voice-operated SYNC system. Ford said the integration was driven by the proliferation of smartphones in China [...]
Ford and its voice-technology partner Nuance Communications are testing new technologies to make in-car voice recognition systems work easier and more efficiently. The US carmaker would like its Sync infotainment system to recognize common words and phrases rather than just the specific commands that most voice recognition systems now require. “We are examining how to [...]
Ford is studying whether it’s in-car telematics system – Sync – can be used to monitor health issues in drivers. The U.S. carmaker said its researchers are developing a series of possible in-car health and wellness connectivity services and Apps. These could be used to help people with chronic illnesses. Ford is working with U.S. [...]
Ford CEO Alan Mulally said Tuesday he expects nearly 2 million Sync-equipped vehicles on European roads by 2015. In a keynote address at the CeBIT high-tech fair in Hanover, Mulally said he was confident the Sync voice-controlled connectivity system , which has been sold 3 million times in the US, will find large customer acceptance [...]
Ford CEO Alan Mulally will use a keynote address at the CeBIT high-tech trade fair next month to further highlight the US automaker’s in-car infotainment solutions. Ford said Mulally, who spoke at the Consumer Electronics Fair (CES) in Las Vegas last month, will discuss the European rollout of the company’s SYNC and MyFordTouch driver connect [...]
LAS VEGAS – Ford on Friday unveiled a new Ford Focus Electric, raising the stakes in the battle between volume carmakers to get traction in the fledgling electric-vehicle market. It is Ford’s first fully electric vehicle. The US-based automaker wants to deliver five electric models to customers in North America and Europe by 2013. Unveiling [...]
