Ford Motor Co. is ringing in the new year with a noteworthy milestone, by installing the industry-leading Ford Sync in-car connectivity system on its three millionth vehicle in North America.

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.

Ford’s Sync 4 system has parking data for nearly 20,000 cities in 150 countries, thanks in part to a partnership with transportation-data company Inrix.

After it was launched in 2008 on the Ford Focus Mk2 as a $395 option, SYNC voice-activated in-car connectivity went to become an infotainment success story. Millions of units have been produced to ...

Ford says SYNC is helping get sales back in sync by helping move out unsold cars. SYNC is Ford’s industry-exclusive technology — created along with Microsoft — that provides customers ...

Ford Motor Co.'s next-generation Sync 3 infotainment system will debut this summer as an option on the 2016 model-year Escape compact SUV and Fiesta compact car.

Ford, Microsoft extend partnership on Sync 3 Microsoft no longer provides the onboard operating system for Ford's Sync 3 next-generation infotainment system but will provide cloud-based software ...

Ford is keeping up with the dashboard arms race by beta-testing live operator assistance within its SYNC system. If the voice-controlled navigation fails to capire no matter how loudly you panic ...

Show full PR text FORD MUSTANG OWNERS NEXT FOR SYNC APPLINK AND UNMATCHED VOICE CONTROL, ACCESS TO MOBILE APPS 2012 Ford Mustang owners are next in line for SYNC® AppLink, the industry-first ...

Ford has abandoned Microsoft in favor of BlackBerry with its third-gen Sync connected car system and promised smartphone-like performance, conversational voice control and a simpler interface. As ...

When Ford first came out with the Sync infotainment system, it was so bad that the company probably wishes it had never bothered. But fast forward to Sync 3 and what was the laughing stock of such ...