Incoming Apple Car Play and Android Auto of Ford Sync 3

The US auto maker announced at CES in Las Vegas that soon the infotainment system board Sync 3 will bring a compatibility with Android Auto and Apple Car Play.

In recent years, the CES in Las Vegas has become more and more a    place populated by cars, which demonstrates the growing interpenetration between the world of electronics and the automotive industry. Also the issue that is about to open will continue in the wake of recent years, and Ford has already revealed some of his cards. The US auto maker has announced that soon the infotainment system board Sync 3 will bring a compatibility with Android Auto and Apple Car Play.

Soon it should be understood framework of typical times of the automotive world, where an announcement sees the arrival on the market the following year: it is in 2017 that will see the light vehicles with Sync 3 with Android Auto and Apple Car Play, Escape from the model (much like the Kuga that is sold in Europe). Models sold in this 2016 with Sync 3 can be easily updated for next year also receive the news.

Sync 3 is an entertainment system and management of the vehicle based on the operating system QNX (subsidiary of BlackBerry), after the first versions of the software were instead based on a Microsoft OS. In this area, it will be interesting to see who will take the leadership, if car manufacturers with their systems, or the IT giants such as Apple, Google and Microsoft with their operating systems very integrated with those that turn phones and tablets. When the game seems fairly balanced, with the marks of the car who hold fast their systems, but are forced to open the door to the compatibility with the proposals of IT manufacturers.