I know of only one that can actually interact with the car... the official MyFord Mobile app from Ford.Olagon said:Boy there sure are a bunch to choose from. As a brand new FFW owner, any suggestions on Android apps to interact with the car?
I can confirm that the Send to Car app DOES actually work. I thought it might when I read this in the description of the app:jmueller065 said:It is unlikely that send to car app will work. The contract between Ford & Google ran out and you can no longer send an address to the car from a google map (you can, however, do it from a mapquest map:
http://jamiegeek.myevblog.com/2013/10/06/where-ever-you-go-there-you-are/ ).
The only other apps I use with the car (Android or iOS) are the charging apps: Chargepoint, plugshare, etc.
As far as the other apps in your search: Sync Destinations will also work (as its just an interface to http://www.syncmyride.com).
Yeah I find that process kinda slow and clumsy, having to use a bluetooth attached phone that has to dial a number.TrojanEV said:It wasn't super clear in the instructions for the app, but once you have shared a destination to Sync using "Send to Car", you load the destination into Sync by hitting the voice control button on the steering wheel and saying "Services". It then calls some Sync 1-800 number and the data is somehow transmitted to the car's navigation system. I found the process somewhat unusual (and a little slow), but it worked nonetheless.
I wonder the same thing. If Ford can send Go Times and Value Charge information to the car via it's wireless radio, why not these simple addresses as well? It's such a tiny amount of data that needs to be transmitted, so it shouldn't cost much, if anything.NightHawk said:Why can't the car's nav system contact a server directly with its own wireless radio since its not having to download much data, just an address?
Its because the FFE has a split personality.NightHawk said:Why can't the car's nav system contact a server directly with its own wireless radio since its not having to download much data, just an address?
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