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If not manually cancelled within the 10-second window, SYNC will place the emergency call.

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Before initiating the emergency 911 call, SYNC will provide a 10-second window to allow the driver or passenger to decide whether to cancel the call. 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. Applications 911 Assist / Emergency Assistance SYNC is fluent in American English, Dutch, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. With certain devices, SYNC is also capable of playing protected content (for example Zune Pass downloads), provided that usage rights on the device are current. Users can browse through music collections by genre, album, artist, and song title using voice commands. SYNC can connect to popular digital music players via Bluetooth or a USB connection. This feature is also dependent on the phone support Bluetooth Message Access Profile.Įntertainment Digital music player support

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The feature is supported by several phone operating systems, including the iPhone, most Android models, and Windows Mobile. This feature is carrier dependent as well as dependent on the device of the user. SYNC can convert a user's SMS messages to audio and read them out loud to the user through the vehicle's speaker system. Personal ring tones can also be assigned to identify specific callers. SYNC has various mobile-integration capabilities, including 'Push to Talk' on the steering wheel, wireless transfer of contacts between a mobile phone and the on-board phone book, as well as various advanced calling features, such as caller ID, call waiting, conference calling, a caller log, a list of contacts, a signal strength icon, and a phone battery charge icon.

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For example, many commands are not available because there is no French equivalent for a command in English.įord Canada expects to address these issues in upcoming versions of the software after the issues are worked out in detail, but there does not appear to be a firm release date. Compatibility Ĭertain voice commands, such as 'Turn-by-turn directions', 'Vehicle Health Report', 'Weather' and climate control commands are not available in some countries such as Canada due to compatibility issues. In 2007, as a standalone option, the suggested retail price for the SYNC was US$395. SYNC's text message function also has the ability to interpret approximately one hundred shorthand messages, such as ' LOL', and will read 'swear words', but does not decipher acronyms that have been considered by the designers to be 'obscene'. 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'.

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The Ford SYNC technology was promoted as a new product that provided drivers with the ability to operate Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones and digital media players in their vehicles using voice commands, the vehicle's steering wheel, and radio controls. 9 Remote Emergency Satellite Cellular Unit (RESCU)įord president and CEO Alan Mulally and Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced the SYNC partnership between Ford and Microsoft at the annual North American International Auto Show in January 2007.3.3 Traffic, Directions and Information.SYNC was released into the retail market in 2007 when Ford installed the technology in twelve Ford group vehicles (2008 model) in North America. įord first announced the release of SYNC in January 2007 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Future versions will run on the Android operating system from Google. The first two generations (Ford Sync and MyFord Touch) run on the Windows Embedded Automotive operating system designed by Microsoft, while the third and fourth generations (Sync 3 and Sync 4/4a) runs on the QNX operating system from BlackBerry Limited. The system consists of applications and user interfaces developed by Ford and other third-party developers. English, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portugueseįord Sync (stylized Ford SYNC) is a factory-installed, integrated in-vehicle communications and entertainment system that allows users to make hands-free telephone calls, control music and perform other functions with the use of voice commands.