Ford expect the official API to go public later in 2010, along with example apps and full documentation, at their SYNC Mobile Developer Network.

The Sync AppLink which was announced in January will allow Fiesta owners to use BlackBerry and Android apps like Pandora, Twitter and Stitcher via head unit LCDs and steering wheel buttons. That ...

The aforesaid automaker has just confirmed that Sync AppLink will be coming first to next year's Fiesta, enabling drivers to access and control select Android and BlackBerry apps via in-car voice ...

Ford will first offer SYNC® AppLink, a downloadable software program, on the 2011 Fiesta, allowing owners to access and control Android™ and BlackBerry® smartphone apps with voice commands and ...

Ford SYNC adds sypport for Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, Concur, Glympse and other smartphone apps.

A Sync AppLink-enabled version of the NPR app for Android and iPhone will give select Ford drivers voice control over their NPR programming.

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.

The list of Ford cars that offer Android Auto is huge and depends on region and trim level, so the easiest way to tell what models support the app is to look at the SYNC version installed in the car.

At its developer conference in San Francisco this weekend, Ford introduces app developers to its new Sync 3 graphical interface, along with a host of usable data generated by its cars.

Ford hopes to catch up with General Motors and Hyundai with plans to offer Apple CarPlay, Android Auto in 2017 models.

The first car to get the new Sync 3 with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support is the MY 2017 Ford Escape. Other models fitted with the system will shortly follow.

Ford is adding Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration to its Sync 3 infotainment system for 2017.