For example, 2016 Ford cars with SYNC 3 can run Android Auto if they are powered by version 2.0 or newer. If your car doesn't have a touchscreen, it can't run Android Auto.

Ford adds Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to Sync 3, enhances its own AppLink Choice is good, and when it comes to in-car smartphone connectivity, Ford's giving you options.

Android Auto brings Google Assistant to your dashboard for easy hands-free access. It also sits atop your car's infotainment setup, letting you switch between Android Auto and your vehicle's features.

Ford pushes Sync AppLink as a legitimate interface on par with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and will offer all three. Toyota goes further; it adopts open AppLink, but not CarPlay or Android Auto.

Ford will add Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and a bunch of new apps to 2016 and later vehicles equipped with Sync 3.

Google and Apple's products are rivals to SYNC 3, but Ford still went to the effort to make it seamless to use them with other SYNC features.

Android, Android Auto, Android Automotive, Google Automotive Services. The nomenclature is a mess, causing so much confusion in the Google world that some people don't even know what they use ...

Version 4 of Ford Sync infotainment brings support for screens as big as 15.5 inches, wireless connections for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, and over-the-air updates for a wide range of software ...

Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are both going to show up in new Fords this year. On the eve of CES, Ford announced that every 2017 model year car equipped with Sync 3 (its latest infotainment ...

When Sync 4 arrives in select Ford vehicles starting in 2020, it'll include wireless support for both CarPlay and Android Auto.