Is this a sneak peak, MFT with QNX? Easter Egg?

[kthejoker20]

I was just browsing and noticed the picture in this article.

 

It doesn't look like any MFT update I have seen.

 

I have attached another image below showing that there are APPS for our MFT finally!!!!!!!

 

 

Edited November 20, 2014 by kthejoker20

[GrySql]

That has been commented on since last February when Motor Trend showed pictures like those you posted.

Forum Topics like this one also discussed this coming change.

 

[kthejoker20]

Fair enough, but the screen showing apps is not on that motortrend article.

 

Those are new.

[md13ffhguy]

I have attached another image below showing that there are APPS for our MFT finally!!!!!!!

 

 

Well now, isn't that dandy... [starts holding breath]

 

;)

[1551retired]

So where did you find the picture and article?

[acdii]

yeah, where? This is something I have been waiting for since I first got MFT. I had Applink in the F150, and miss it. SHoot I have Applink in my 2005 Freestyle now too.

[airbusguy]

This was just announced at the LA auto show last week. Unfortunately you will have to have a Lollipop - android 5.x - capable phone. Hyundai is the first to announce compatability mid 2015 models. The first page indicates all the major players are onboard - including Ford! Basically it allows your phone to run a second display limited to allowable apps - Google Maps, Spotify, Tunein Radio, and a host of others.

http://www.android.com/auto/

 

http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/19/7243621/android-auto-is-great-automakers-are-holding-it-back

[airbusguy]

Another video showing realtime usage in the display Hyundai. This will make the MFT maps obsolete overnight - for Android users :) Wonder if Ford will really do it.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht8yzpIV9M0

Edited November 21, 2014 by airbusguy

[GrySql]

It's hard to believe that a car maker would install any Nav/dash system that is based solely on one type of mobile phone system with no provision for integrating others.

Edited November 22, 2014 by GrySql

[md13ffhguy]

It's hard to believe that a car maker would install any Nav/dash system that is based solely on one type of mobile phone system with no provision for integrating others.

Then there's this: https://www.apple.com/ios/carplay/

[md13ffhguy]

Android Auto vs ap Apple CarPlay

 

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/16590/20140926/android-auto-carplay-compared-one-want-car.htm

 

What's unclear to me is where things like MFT and Sync fit in... Will these systems function without smartphones?

[murphy]

Sync works fine with a flip phone as long as it has bluetooth capability.

MFT does not require a smartphone. Everything can be done from a home computer.

[airbusguy]

In my post #8 I pasted a URL directly from what I had just watched (or so I thought). Somehow it gave the link to the previous video - the general one about Android auto. This is the specific link to the working model from the auto show. Everbody probably figured this out already from the related videos at the end, but I only realized it today when I went to send the link to a friend. Sorry for the misdirection, my bad.

 

I don't think the car makers are showing favourtism to one O/S or another, I just happen to have a Droid. md13ffhguy showed Apple has been working on the same thing.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqLHO20eftM#t=362

Edited November 23, 2014 by airbusguy

[higheroctave32]

What I and most of us want to know is, will there be a retrofit for those of us with slightly older Sync systems? I would really like to believe so, as most of us are running the latest version of Sync, which is already Windows code, so should be quite easy to enable the functionality shown in the Google IO video. I would be beyond thrilled to gain that kind of auto/phone synergy. It's what should have happened all along.

 

Instead of throwing money at Microsoft for years, Ford (and others) could have had industry leading tech that people really used and actually benefited from. :gaah:

[HighwayJerk]

I wouldn't hold my breath for any type of older systems getting a whole new operating system, I bet there are hardware and software agreements in place preventing such things, and even if there weren't, from a business stand point why waist man hours on porting new software to old hardware.

And as for me personally, Ford and any other automaker can keep any google functionality to themselves, I refuse to use any of there spyware products already, and I definitely don't need them spying on my driving habits.

[Bryan Burch]

You do know that Ford spys on your every move, right?

 

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101323703#.

[Bryan Burch]

[Waldo]

You do know that Ford spys on your every move, right?

 

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101323703#.

 

You do know that's not true, right?

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/ford-jim-farley-retracts-statements-tracking-drivers-gps-2014-1

 

Unlike the GM Onstar system, Ford does not have a modem in the car. Therefore there is no way to send any data from the car to anywhere else.

Edited December 1, 2014 by Waldo

[murphy]

 

You do know that's not true, right?

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/ford-jim-farley-retracts-statements-tracking-drivers-gps-2014-1

 

Unlike the GM Onstar system, Ford does not have a modem in the car. Therefore there is no way to send any data from the car to anywhere else.

Not true for an FFH but definitely true for an FFE.

[GrySql]

definitely true for an FFE.

Are you referring to the TCU on the PHEV?

 

Telematic Control Unit Module:

The TCU uses a non-serviceable internal SIM card to connect to a mobile phone network in order to send and receive data. When a subscription is active, the SIM card is associated with the ESN of the TCU, and the TCU ESN is associated with the VIN. As a result, the TCU cannot be swapped from one vehicle to another. The TCU relies upon network messages to gather and send information and to perform certain functions based upon remote commands from the mobile phone application or MyFord® Mobile website. The TCU requires PMI when it is replaced.

[corncobs]

Are you referring to the TCU on the PHEV?

 

Telematic Control Unit Module:

The TCU uses a non-serviceable internal SIM card to connect to a mobile phone network in order to send and receive data. When a subscription is active, the SIM card is associated with the ESN of the TCU, and the TCU ESN is associated with the VIN. As a result, the TCU cannot be swapped from one vehicle to another. The TCU relies upon network messages to gather and send information and to perform certain functions based upon remote commands from the mobile phone application or MyFord® Mobile website. The TCU requires PMI when it is replaced.

I guess you really have to love acronyms in order to write this. :)

[murphy]

Are you referring to the TCU on the PHEV?

 

Telematic Control Unit Module:

The TCU uses a non-serviceable internal SIM card to connect to a mobile phone network in order to send and receive data. When a subscription is active, the SIM card is associated with the ESN of the TCU, and the TCU ESN is associated with the VIN. As a result, the TCU cannot be swapped from one vehicle to another. The TCU relies upon network messages to gather and send information and to perform certain functions based upon remote commands from the mobile phone application or MyFord® Mobile website. The TCU requires PMI when it is replaced.

Yes. The location of the car is known at all times. I can control charging of the HVB from my computer or my smartphone. All trips of more than about 1.5 miles are logged for distance and energy usage, both electric and ICE. The car can be remote started from computer or smartphone. The owner of the car does not have to enable My Ford Mobile but the Ford servers will know the cars location. Without MFM enabled the owner has no way to access that data. I have a low mileage insurance discount from State Farm but it is unclear if it depends on running VHRs or on the telematics. They contact Ford to get the odometer reading.