FordPass App is Now the “Ford App” (Version 6.0)

[Jeffvisor]

I default to the Ford map when I get in the car. I have used Apple Car play but not often that is why I wish Ford would bring back that feature.

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[cooltatts]

I think the app looks great. More appealing and less industrial. I prefer the dark screen appearance. For some people they should grab some cheese and calm down.

re: to go with their whine

 

[music_cities]

I wonder why they don't add back in the app the ability to send an address to the car. Earlier versions of the app had that feature.

Yes. I wish we could send a whole trip ("Find My Trip") like before. But even being able send some locations would be great, e.g. planning the stops on the next day's trip before bed from a hotel room.

 

[music_cities]

Is there anything this app could do that Apple/Google Maps can’t do better? I don’t understand the mapping fixation.

Apple Maps can't easily change charging stops from what it has chosen. Google Maps can't plan an EV trip unless one is sitting in their car (at least on iOS). Also, when one has another app open in CarPlay (such as Music) you can't see the phone's navigation's next turn, whereas the built-in navigation has that mini-card at the bottom below the carplay screen.

 

[Mark813]

I had been checking Google Play regularly to see if I could update my Ford Pass app for my Android phone and nothing was available. No way to download the new Ford App in Google Play either.

Now it updated on its own overnight to the Ford app for my 2024 Premium

My friend bought his GT a month after me and his had not updated yet. He also checked Ford Pass in google play and and there was no update app option. So it looks like they are rolling out out in their own way.

 

[Ford Motor Company]

I'll have more to share on this next week. There's more to it than you may realize.

Eating my words here because I jumped the gun. The extra information is coming NEXT week, not this week. My bad.

 

[dan_meh]

Eating my words here because I jumped the gun. The extra information is coming NEXT week, not this week. My bad.

Not a problem for me, Brian! It gives me another week of wild speculation .

I grew up installing software from floppies. It sometimes took me a week just to install something. First, you had to go to the mall, then you had to bring home the floppies and the giant user guide in a box the size of the Oxford English Dictionary (that was a book where you look up words alphabetically - it didn't have a search box). Then you had to bring it home and insert each floppy in order. Then you had to find all the drivers you were missing.

Only one week? I'm happy to wait a week.

 

[Gimme_my_MME]

Eating my words here because I jumped the gun. The extra information is coming NEXT week, not this week. My bad.

 

[cswebster]

Any added functionality?
Hardly seems worth a new major version number for a face lift.

I agree. And IMHO the UX has taken a step backwards with the big square looking button that expand to both sides of the screen. The older rounded buttons were better, and a nice trade off between usability and design. This new UI seems to be designed to avoid ‘fat fingering’, which is a good thing, but didn’t need to be fixed. Again, IMHO.

 

[cswebster]

It rolls out so not everyone will see it at once

Just got mine this am.

Comparison Old VS New (iOS 18)

I’ll take the old thank you very much! Not opposed to updates at all, just don’t like this one. Love iOS26 though!

The climate button takes you to where you can remotely adjust temperature, defrost, steering wheel heat and seat heat.

Yup. That was in the last version as well.

 

[cswebster]

My eyes are older but I wear glasses.

 

[cswebster]

Looks like you have the settings for you phone display set to "Zoom" and "Bold Text".

Mine kinda looks the same but with zoom off and text set to 100%. Kind of a klunky design imho.

 

[cswebster]

I checked my settings first thing. My settings are default for display and Bold Text is not enabled. I think the Ford developers optimized for iOS 26 and did not check what it looks like under iOS 18.

Looks the same with iOS26.

 

[cswebster]

18% charge? tsk, tsk

 

[cswebster]

300miles for 78% battery??? 🥹🥹🥹 may i know how it is possible? I have a 24 GT fully loaded… i rarely get 250 for 100%

That caught my attention too. Probably not accurate. You have to reset the driving history from time to time to get a ‘more accurate’ reading from the GOM for your range. When I test drove my ‘25 GT it said it had a 315 mile range at 97% charge. When I reset it at the dealership while taking delivery I rest the setting and got closer to the 280 mile range it’s spec’s for. Currently, at an ambient temp of 52°F and 80% (parked in a non-heated garage I’m showing 213 miles range.

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