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The MyFord Touch System's 8' LCD screen, as implemented in a 2011 Ford Edge

MyFord Touch (branded as MyLincoln Touch on Ford's Lincoln brand products^[1]) is an in-car communications and entertainment system developed by the Ford Motor Company, based on Microsoft technologies. The technology was factory installed with Ford product offerings and was based on the Microsoft Auto 4.0 software platform. It was regarded as the next-generation of Ford Sync. Announced in January 2010, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the technology launched with the 2011 Ford Edge. Reviews of MyFord Touch were overwhelmingly negative. A USB drive, self-installed software upgrade became available in March, 2012; this update was mailed out free-of-charge to all Ford customers, and Ford also offered free installation of the update by any Ford dealer. The update did not address continuing problems with light-touch capacitor switches (on cars so equipped) that control many functions.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Several updates have since been released which allowed for more natural speech recognition, simpler Bluetooth pairing, and refinement of the on-screen interface and menus.^[6]

Overview[edit]

MyFord Touch promised to enable drivers of Ford cars to seamlessly integrate nearly all mobile phones, PDAs and digital media players into their cars. Operation of these devices, utilizing advanced Ford Sync functionality, was performed using voice commands, touch-screen inputs, the vehicle's steering wheel, radio controls, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity. MyFord Touch is also capable of receiving text messages and reading these text messages aloud to occupants of the car.^[1]

Fulfillment of the system's promise has fallen short, with thousands of MyFord Touch owners complaining that the system is unreliable, that it crashes without warning, that it fails to respond to commands, and that it fails to integrate with common mobile devices, such as the iPhone. Ford reliability ratings, both by Consumer Reports and J.D. Powers and Associates have plummeted because of the defects in the MyFord Touch system, and Consumer Reports recommends that new car buyers not consider Ford or Lincoln models equipped with MyFord Touch or MyLincoln Touch.^[3]^[4]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

As a stand-alone option, the MSRP for MyFord Touch is $1,000. Purchasers of this option get the MyFord Touch system with two driver-configurable 4.2' color LCD displays in the gauge cluster, one 8' color LCD touch screen in the center stack, a media hub with 2 USB ports, SD card reader, RCA video input jacks and 5-way controls located on steering wheel; Sync voice activated communications and entertainment system (Free three-year pre-paid subscription for 911 Assist, Vehicle Health Reports, traffic reports, GPS-based turn by turn driving directions and information services).^[11]

Features[edit]

Voice-Activated Commands: Uses Ford Sync technology to control the climate, audio, phone and navigation features in a hands-free manner through the use of only their voice.
- On-screen menus accompany voice-activated commands to let the driver see which commands they can use.
Traffic, Directions and Information: Visual presentation of Ford Sync traffic, directions and information applications.
- Traffic Alerts — provided by INRIX.
- Map-based navigation application via an optional SD card — provided by TeleNav (option can be added later to MyFord Touch but it is not supported by Ford dealers, it requires installing a license).^[12]
- SD card navigation includes services like weather maps, gas prices, and movie listings — via SIRIUS Travel Link.
Vehicle Health Report: Vehicle Report provides a personalized online report for the vehicle showing vehicle diagnostics, scheduled maintenance and any recall information. Vehicle Health Report allows users to schedule car service online, directly with the users' preferred car dealer, directly from the personalized online report. (Not available outside North America). This service discontinued on August 1, 2018.
911 Assist: A form of Advanced Automatic Collision Notification, when sensors detect the vehicle has been involved in a collision involving airbag deployment and, on certain vehicles, where the emergency fuel pump shut-off is activated, 911 Assist puts the occupant(s) of the car directly in touch with a 911 operator. 911 Assist provides a 10-second window where occupants have the option to cancel the call before dialing. Where occupants of the car are unable to speak, 911 Assist delivers an emergency message to the 911 operator (Not available outside North America).
Internet Connectivity: MyFord Touch provides full Wi-Fi capability. The technology also includes hotspot connectivity enabling other devices to share the MyFord Touch system's internet connection.
- Supports on-screen and USB-connected keyboards.
- RSS feed aggregator and text-to-voice reader.
- In-car Wi-Fi hot-spot capability through USB mobile broadband modem or USB-installed Aircard.
  - Tested Aircards:
    - Sprint 4G Overdrive – does not work via USB, although it can access the Wifi network created by the Overdrive.
    - Verizon PANTech UM175VW – does not work.
    - ATT USBConnect Mercury/Sierra Wireless Compass 885 - Fully functional.
Media features:
- 2 USB 2.0 inputs, MyFord Touch provides compatibility with USB-connected MP3 players.
- SD card slot
- RCA Jack input for Audio and Video (Video input removed on some 2014+ vehicles)
- AM/FM radio, CD player, Sirius Satellite Radio, HD Radio capability.
- Internet Media player equipped with new Podcast category.
- Bluetooth Enhanced Data Rate audio support.

Versions[edit]

The current version of MyFord Touch is 3.10 (11/2016). Changes in this new release from the previous 3.8/3.7.11 releases are as follows:

Hazard switch illuminates on Focus / Escape with ignition off and park lamps on
Next Track / Previous Track controls from SYNC touchscreen
SYNC Maintaining Repeat / Shuffle settings that were set on the device side
Compatibility updates for the latest phone and media devices
Siri Eyesfree support for Apple (added in 3.8)
Reconnect Bluetooth device automatically (added in 3.8)

Customers can download the software update and install it from a USB drive, but only if they have a compatible vehicle.

In March 2012, Ford Motor announced a major update to MyFord Touch (and MyLincoln Touch) software that is available though dealerships and self-install upgrade kits mailed to customers. The MyFord Touch software update is provided free of charge to all existing customers. Customers will have the option to self-install the update, or they can go to any Ford dealer for installation. The USB drive update software, and SD cards to update the navigation map data, were mailed to all MyFord Touch customers starting 8 March 2012.^[4]

Ford Motors does not release all MyFord Touch firmware versions for all supported vehicles. For example, version 3.8 is available for a 2014 Ford Escape, but not for a 2011 Ford Edge (as of 8/22/2016). However, in this case

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