After spending a week with a 2016 Ford Escape with the new Blackberry QNX-based SYNC 3 in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system, I can say two things: One, the system is definitely better than the ...

When you think of Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum, you may imagine Eniac, or a DEC PDP-8, perhaps even such early personal computers as the Altair and Apple II. Well, think SYNC, too.

Sync 3 will debut on 2016 Ford and Lincoln models starting next year in a bid to win over critics who found past versions hard to use The upgraded system has a simpler layout%2C larger fonts%2C a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m intrigued by cars, those who make them and those who drive them. May 30, 2018, 11:19pm EDT May 30, 2018, 11:19pm EDT This ...

As of 2014, the SYNC infotainment system comes as standard on all Ford and Lincoln vehicles sold in North America. While SYNC Gen I was flawed and laden with too many buttons, SYNC Gen II’s navigation ...

Ford Sync was the first automotive infotainment system primarily designed to integrate with portable devices. When it was introduced in pre-iPhone 2007, it was largely just for Bluetooth phones and ...

This week the folks at Ford have revealed their grand re-design of Sync. This is their in-car infotainment and control center software, and this release will be called Sync 3. The big departure comes ...

Ford Motor Co. plans to roll out the next generation of its Sync infotainment system in new vehicles starting in 2020, which the automaker says will unlock an array of new abilities in its vehicles.

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CARS.COM — We complained about Ford’s MyFord Touch multimedia system for years, but the automaker thankfully went back to the drawing board and created the Sync 3 system, debuting it on the 2016 ...

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 ...

General Motors is introducing a competitor to Ford's Sync infotainment system that will provide text messaging, e-mails, traffic advisories and other connected-car functions. The system, called ...