Ford Enables CarPlay, Android Auto on 2022 Models

An update to Ford's infotainment system will bring Android Auto and Apple CarPlay to all of its 2022 model year cars, the automaker announced on Friday.

Nextcar Bug art The software update, which can be installed via USB, at a dealer, or over the air for cars equipped with Wi-Fi or cellular antennas, ways that more than Ford owners will have access to the in-dash versions of iOS and Android. Instead of relying on their vehicle's congenital-in navigation system, which might be outdated, they tin can project Google Maps onto their automobile's in-nuance brandish, for instance.

And Android Auto and CarPlay offer many more features besides navigation, from access to streaming music to the ability—via CarPlay merely—to talk to Siri, Apple's personal voice assistant. Both platforms work past projecting a modified version of your phone's operating organization onto the in-dash brandish. The icons are bigger, and at that place's no admission to text letters or other features that might distract drivers.

The Android Auto and CarPlay update is the get-go fourth dimension that Ford is offering a new software version via Wi-Fi. That means all y'all have to do to receive it is park your Wi-Fi-equipped car within range of a designated Wi-Fi network—your garage might work, depending on how close it is to your router—and the automobile volition automatically check for and download the update equally if it were a smartphone or computer.

There is one additional, potentially pricey step yous'll need to take if you desire to employ CarPlay, still: Ford says CarPlay support requires a USB hub upgrade from a Ford dealership.

Meanwhile, if you lot have a Ford vehicle from the 2022 model year, or one of hundreds of other 2022 and 2022 model yr cars from other automakers, you've already got Android Auto and CarPlay built in. Y'all tin check for your specific model on the Android Automobile or CarPlay compatibility lists, which as of Fri afternoon oasis't yet been updated to reflect 2022 Fords.