MyFord Touch 2013 update hands-on

Nov 11th 2011
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Briefly doses we’ve been reasonably impressed with MyFord Touch , the Blue Oval’s attempt at bringing the auto dashboard into the 21st century. For somebody used to touchscreens and virtual controls it’s intuitive enough — but many others had been having issues. Less tech-savvy drivers had been left confused , while a sequence of technical glitches haven’t exactly helped matters. Great point there’s an update coming , but you will not need to wait until the 2013 model year to read our impressions. They’re here after the break.

MyFord 2013 update hands-on

MyFord Touch 2013 update hands-on

The most important and most noticeable improvement comes right at the first page of info. It has been cleaned up and simplified, providing you with a fast view on the four main categories of data: Phone, Navigation, Entertainment and climate. Pair your celly and it will appear within the upper-left. The higher-right tells you in regards to the next turn that’s bobbing up, when you have programmed in a destination. The lower-left displays your current playing radio station or streaming music, while down at the lower-right are toggles for temperature controls.

But these are only snippets of what is available must you dive into any of those screens. Contained in the feel and appear isn’t drastically different than before, but everything looks cleaner and is more finger-friendly. Buttons are larger, graphics are sharper and Ford has added an enchanting visual tweak to assist identify people that can toggle between a couple of options. There’s now a bit of pretend LED that shifts about on these toggles, a cue to the user that something happens must you keep it up tapping. And also you should.

Most significantly, though, everything is all a little snappier. Ford says interactions are twice as fast and, while we did not have a stopwatch handy, touchscreen taps or toggles at the steering wheel-mounted controls seem more responsive. What won’t be so fast is the upgrade process. This update will ship on 2013 model year cars, which won’t be on dealer lots quite a while.

Thankfully all shouldn’t be lost when you have an earlier MyFord Touch car: the corporate will still support you with an upgrade at a dealer or a USB stick mailed on to you. Apply the upgrade yourself and it will take a whopping 45 minutes to use, a time that also beats an hour of stale coffee and stained magazines to your local dealer’s waiting room.

Ford isn’t saying for a way for much longer it will be supporting these original cars — presumably the free updates won’t be around forever — however it is sweet to understand that, for once, bleeding-edge early adopters aren’t being disregarded within the cold.

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