Ford Motor Co. plans to roll out the next generation of its Sync infotainment system in new vehicles starting in 2020, which the automaker says will unlock an array of new abilities in its vehicles.

When you think of Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum, you may imagine Eniac, or a DEC PDP-8, perhaps even such early personal computers as the Altair and Apple II. Well, think SYNC, too.

Sync 3 will debut on 2016 Ford and Lincoln models starting next year in a bid to win over critics who found past versions hard to use The upgraded system has a simpler layout%2C larger fonts%2C a ...

Jon Wong was a reviews editor for CNET Cars. He test drove and wrote about new cars and oversaw coverage of automotive accessories and garage gear. In his spare time, he enjoys track days, caring for ...

Ford Sync was the first automotive infotainment system primarily designed to integrate with portable devices. When it was introduced in pre-iPhone 2007, it was largely just for Bluetooth phones and ...

After spending a week with a 2016 Ford Escape with the new Blackberry QNX-based SYNC 3 in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system, I can say two things: One, the system is definitely better than the ...

As of 2014, the SYNC infotainment system comes as standard on all Ford and Lincoln vehicles sold in North America. While SYNC Gen I was flawed and laden with too many buttons, SYNC Gen II’s navigation ...

Ford has announced an updated version of its Sync in-car communications and entertainment system. The automaker says the new version has an improved smartphone-like interface, along with better ...

USING any new technology involves a degree of trust sometimes a significant amount of trust, as I learned over the course of a weekend spent testing Ford’s latest version of Sync. Developed with ...