Ford connects Waze through its infotainment system
Ford made a slew of announcements this week at CES for connected cities and cloud-based transportation services, but their partnership with Waze may have the most impact on drivers right now.
The automaker said Wednesday that the traffic app will work with 2018 Ford and Lincoln models equipped with the SYNC 3 infotainment system and a smartphone. Crucially for most Waze users, Ford’s system retains the app’s key features such as navigation, traffic updates and warnings, HOV lane support, and the new Talk to Waze feature.
Ford naturally found a fit with Waze, though. The traffic app is best known for crowdsourcing in order to navigate people out of congestion, road hazards, or other slowdowns, and the automaker is adamant about better…
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