If you use Android Auto in your Ford, there’s a chance you noticed that occasionally, the incoming calls have no audio, despite everything else working just fine. This odd problem was reported a long ...

Ford is upgrading its infotainment system to make it more like a smartphone or tablet — and it is dumping its longtime software provider Microsoft as part of the change. Instead, Ford will use ...

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. The infotainment systems that automakers put in ...

The app works with Ford's new embedded modem, first arriving on the 2017 Escape, to bring vehicle functions to the owner's smartphone, no matter where they are. Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry ...

Launched in 2007 for the 2008 model year with great pomp and circumstance, SYNC infotainment has become a staple of Ford passenger cars, crossovers, trucks, and commercial vehicles. Made standard a ...

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.