{"id":535202,"date":"2010-04-20T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/20\/2011-ford-fiesta-to-include-applink\/"},"modified":"2010-04-20T01:01:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T05:01:00","slug":"2011-ford-fiesta-to-include-applink-voice-control-blackberry-and-android-apps-wvideos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/535202","title":{"rendered":"2011 Ford Fiesta to include AppLink, voice-control Blackberry and Android apps [w\/videos]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ford SYNC with AppLink – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nOn our way to Stanford<\/a> last week, we came across a murdered-out Toyota Prius<\/a> with an “I♥OPEC” vanity plate. Prime Twitter fodder if we’ve ever seen it. Unfortunately, even with our smartphone streaming navigation directions and a podcast through the Ford Fusion’s<\/a> SYNC<\/a> system, we couldn’t safely tweet our find. Well, Ford’s<\/a> about to rectify that issue with the introduction of AppLink, a downloadable upgrade to the SYNC infotainment system that allows drivers to control their smartphone apps through voice commands.<\/p>\n

AppLink will be exclusive to the 2011 Ford Fiesta<\/a> when it hits dealers later this year and, at launch, it will only work with Blackberry and Android-powered devices running SYNC software. When it does arrive, the first three supported apps are Stitcher<\/a>, Pandora<\/a> (bye-bye XM\/Sirius) and Orangatame’s OpenBeak<\/a> Twitter program. More apps are sure to be available in the following months and Ford has setup a developer channel<\/a> on SYNCMyRide<\/a> to get programmers going.<\/p>\n

For those of you currently rolling in a SYNC-equipped Ford or Lincoln<\/a>, AppLink will be available as a download sometime next year, and for all you Apple fanboys, fear not, iPhone integration is on the way. Make the jump for all the details and a brace of videos showing off the technology.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Ford SYNC with AppLink<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: Ford]<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Technology, Ford, Lincoln Ford SYNC with AppLink – Click above for high-res image gallery On our way to Stanford last week, we came across a murdered-out Toyota Prius with an “I♥OPEC” vanity plate. Prime Twitter fodder if we’ve ever seen it. Unfortunately, even with our smartphone streaming navigation directions and a podcast through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-535202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}