Ford’s intelligent voice-controlled car media system, SYNC comes as a standard equipment feature in the all new Ford SUV, the Kuga. Like the system integrated into the new Fiesta, Focus and Ranger, SYNC enables you to control all aspects of the in-car entertainment system with your voice. From calling out call commands to switching tracks to selecting individual artists by name, unlike systems such as Siri or Google Voice Search it’s all done offline, which means you don’t need a data connection for your car.
You can ‘pair/match’ your cellphone up via Bluetooth for limited play, pause, skip-track control and voice dialling, or attach it to the in-car system via USB, providing complete indexing of all your choice tunes for full voice control. Most modern smartphones are supported, including Android, BlackBerry, iOS and Windows Phone, with integration for various apps like Spotify, which means you’re not just tied to your stock music player either.
Even more useful to the driver, you can also do your voice dialling via the Ford SYNC system, which goes one step further and pulls down your address book from your phone to intelligently work out who you’re trying to call. SYNC is even capable of reading out your text messages if you so wish, with support for snippets of ‘text speak’ and a selection of smile icons in its display. With SYNC in the Ford Kuga, your eyes can remain glued to the road for added safety.
