Ford Sync

[8] Later, new technology was added to SYNC in which text messages received by the driver are "vocalized" by a digitized female voice device named "Samantha".

The 911 Assist application places a direct call to a local 911 emergency operator in the event of a serious accident with an airbag deployment.

Though in Albania, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine it does not work and in Belgium there is a chance that the 112 emergency center cannot process the GPS coordinates since it is not compatible with the European eCall standard.

[citation needed] AppLink allows iPhone and Android-based cellular devices to run approved applications using the car's buttons or voice commands.

[14] Applications for the Spain market (as of June 2021) are Ayuntamiento de Alcobendas City App (send curated notifications from the City Authorities to nearby Drivers about street conditions and driver-safety issues such as accidents, street closures, diversions, social traffic events and more.

[16] Magneti Marelli developed the in-dash computer system that is unique to trucks equipped with Ford Work Solutions.

[17] The applications included in the Ford Work Solution are Crew Chief, Garmin Nav, Mobile Office and Tool Link.

Crew Chief can monitor numerous vehicle diagnostic functions including tire pressure, water in fuel, airbag faults and the check engine light.

[16] The LogMeIn application allows users to remotely access an office computer using a data connection provided by Sprint.

[17] The user can open applications on the remote computer, make updates and print documents using a Ford-certified, Bluetooth-enabled keyboard and printer.

[16] Tool Link is an application that enables a user to take physical inventory of objects present in the truck bed using radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags.

The applications included in the Ford Work Solution were Crew Chief, Garmin Nav, LogMeIn and Tool Link.

(Field Service Action Number: 12M02)[20] On December 11, 2014, Ford announced Sync 3, which replaced MyFord Touch, having simpler features and be powered by QNX software by BlackBerry Limited instead of Microsoft.

[25] The SYNC v1 computer, which Ford calls the Accessory Protocol Interface Module (APIM), is housed separately from the head unit, called the Audio Control Module (ACM), and interfaces with all vehicle audio sources as well as the high-speed and medium-speed vehicle CAN-buses.

[26][27] The first generation of the Ford's SYNC computer was designed in cooperation with Continental AG[28] and is built around a 400 MHz Freescale i.MX31L processor with an ARM 11 CPU core, uses 256 MB of 133 MHz Mobile DDR SDRAM from Micron and 2 GB of Samsung NAND flash memory,[29][30] runs the Windows Embedded Automotive operating system,[31] and uses speech technology by Nuance Communications.

Utilizing the USB port, SYNC's Microsoft Windows Auto-based operating system can be updated to work with new personal electronic devices.

SYNC's major circuit board chips cost roughly US$27.80, which allows Ford to profitably sell the system at a much lower price than competitive offerings.