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.

Android Auto and CarPlay have become must-have applications for modern drivers, and despite Google and Apple not sharing any adoption statistics, the number of people specifically looking for them on ...

Almost five years after it introduced Sync 3, Ford is updating its in-car infotainment system with a lot of features its customers have been requesting for years. When Sync 4 arrives in select Ford ...

Sync 3 will launch with more than 70 integrated apps, far more than Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. Sync 3 is backward-compatible with CarPlay and AA, Ford says. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Sync 4 gets a glow-up in the newest version of Ford’s legendary pony car Sync 4 gets a glow-up in the newest version of Ford’s legendary pony car is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience ...

It’s been a while since Ford owners started struggling with incoming calls in their cars when running Android Auto on their head units, and up to this point, very little official information was ...

Android Auto is a very useful way to handle calls, media, and maps on the go, but a variety of smartphone and car hardware often opens the door to bugs and issues. Recently, Google confirmed that Ford ...

It all started with Gran Turismo. From those early PlayStation days, Sean was drawn to anything with four wheels. Prior to joining the Roadshow team, he was a freelance contributor for Motor Authority ...

Ford Sync 3 launched on various 2016 model year Ford vehicles, but now it’s time to begin sunsetting that tech in favor of the next iteration. Today, Ford is taking the wraps off its newest ...

At the beginning of the year, Ford announced it was adding two big names to its SYNC in-car infotainment system for iPhone users: Amazon Alexa and Google’s Waze. This week I got a brief first look at ...

The in-car navigation system is becoming less of a necessity thanks to new smartphone connectivity systems like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto that make it easy to display real-time navigation apps ...

Ford has announced the first details of the upcoming SYNC 4, the next generation of the company’s infotainment system that will introduce many new features and twice the computing power of the ...