Ford & egrave; finally ready to start making constant OTA updates for its connected cars. Tesla, in recent years, has demonstrated the advantages of being able to remotely distribute software updates to its cars. Thanks to this feature, you can continuously introduce new features; and improve functionality; existing. Now, even the American manufacturer & egrave; ready to follow this path.
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NEW? FOR THE MUSTANG MACH-E
The house of the blue oval probably wanted to play with words and called the technology that will allow; OTA & quot; Power-Up & quot; updates. In Europe, for the moment, the only compatible model of Ford is; the electric Mustang Mach-E (Here our proof) which in America already has; received an update in March.
In any case, the automaker says it is ready to rapidly increase the number of vehicles capable of receiving software updates, with the goal of producing 33 million compatible cars by 2028. Among the current models capable of receiving these updates remember, for example, the new F-150. Just the pickup, like the electric SUV, already had; received a first update in March.
Ford explains that it has worked to make these updates as less invasive as possible. Many Ford Power-Up software updates will be virtually invisible to customers since they will install in the background without requiring any intervention or almost. All thanks to the new SYNC 4 platform which keeps the current software running until the new version is released. ready.
In case a reboot is required, Ford invites customers to schedule it at “convenient” times, such as overnight. As for the European market, the Mustang Mach-E will receive & agrave; soon an update that will introduce & agrave; the Ford Sketch applicationto be able to draw on the infotainment display while the car is parked. In addition, there will be improvements to the navigation system, an improvement in the functioning of Apple CarPlay, an update of the digital manual and some new functions for the FordPass app (creation of custom profiles, possibility to save some settings and more).
Even more; interesting, will come & agrave; soon integration with Alexa thanks to a collaboration with Amazon. With this new update, people will be able to ask Alexa for weather information, play music, find the best gas station. nearby, to provide directions to reach a favorite destination and much more. It will be It is even possible to manage smart home devices directly from the car. Your use of Alexa's services will be free for 3 years, then you will need to & agrave; pay a fee the costs of which have not yet been specified.
The Alexa assistant will be; provided via Ford Power-Up software updates starting this fall for Bronco, Edge, F-150, Mustang Mach-E and Super Duty customers with SYNC 4 technology in the US and in Canada . After that the voice assistant will come in other countries even if no precise mentions have been made for Europe.
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