Happy accident at Ford service! I got the new updated SYNC 4A installed!! Non Early-Access

[Lynsey]

Ok it is in the exact same location, so maybe the camera button shown there pops up and replaces at times. Dunno. Don’t use Alexa.

Wonder why mine doesn't have an Alexa at the top. I do have the wake word turned on. I sorta like not having it hidden. Thought the point of Alexa was to use your voice anyway. Why have a button?

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[Jake]

Well, we didn’t get one-tap rear hatch access, but we did get one-tap cam access. Moving in the right direction.

I don’t suppose there is setting now to adjust auto cam activation sensitivity?

Also, the complaints about losing “big tiles” because of tire pressure info: proof you really cannot please everyone LOL.

But there were already little tiles before. Come on the words tire pressure take up the same room as the numbers would. Is this wrong to be asking for?

 

[Jake]

Wonder why mine doesn't have an Alexa at the top. I do have the wake word turned on. I sorta like not having it hidden. Thought the point of Alexa was to use your voice anyway. Why have a button?

Ha! Excellent point!

 

[Jake]

No, just the dial. But check out the thread on interior mods. Inhance the look and feel. They have dial covers. ? The dial does seem to work well now.

Shoulda gone with "Unbirdled".

dude this performance edition is so crazy I don’t care what they call it.

 

[dbsb3233]

Efficiency (mi/kWh) will be the big loss for me. I liked having that handy.

Wait, all the active data on the cards is gone?!? NOOOOO!

That was huge for getting lots of key data without having to change between screens.

 

[generaltso]

Wait, all the active data on the cards is gone?!? NOOOOO!

That was huge for getting lots of key data without having to change between screens.

Not all of it. But only one line can be displayed on the small cards. Looks like mi/kWh will still be displayed, but tire pressures won’t be and music info will be pretty limited.

 

[dbsb3233]

Not all of it. But only one line can be displayed on the small cards. Looks like mi/kWh will still be displayed, but tire pressures won’t be and music info will be pretty limited.

Well MPK is one of the biggies, so keeping that helps, but still. Losing song name and artist would suck. I was hoping for MORE active data on the cards, not less. Like Altitude on the nav tile.

Tire pressure was convenient but not a biggie as I don't check it 1/100th as much as trip stats and song info. All while having the Android Auto map on the main section of the screen.

 

[Jake]

Wait, all the active data on the cards is gone?!? NOOOOO!

That was huge for getting lots of key data without having to change between screens.

I think it may still display that in the small tile. Let me double check.

 

[dbsb3233]

I see on one of the pics many pages back that it appears there's 2 rows of text on one of the small tiles. That's ok *IF* they use it well. For instance, for the trip meter it shows "This Trip" on line 1 and MPK on the 2nd. The latter is good but "This Trip" is a waste. Show the miles instead.

There's room for Song and Artist, albeit abbreviated. Plenty of room for 4 tire pressure numbers.

Just hope they have that on there.

 

[generaltso]

I see on one of the pics many pages back that it appears there's 2 rows of text on one of the small tiles. That's ok *IF* they use it well. For instance, for the trip meter it shows "This Trip" on line 1 and MPK on the 2nd. The latter is good but "This Trip" is a waste. Show the miles instead.

There's room for Song and Artist, albeit abbreviated. Plenty of room for 4 tire pressure numbers.

Just hope they have that on there.

Yep, there’s enough room to keep enough useful info on the tiles if they don’t waste it. But all of the pics I’ve seen so far don’t do that.

 

[dbsb3233]

Yep, there’s enough room to keep enough useful info on the tiles if they don’t waste it. But all of the pics I’ve seen so far don’t do that.

The TPMS would be the simplest of all. All they need is:

39 38
39 41

 

[machme]

Just finished getting the updates using FDRS. Ran GWM update then APIM appeared. The APIM update took forever to copy the files to the USB Drive. Once that was done I had the updated screen like the OP. I like the updated interface.
Strangely another GWM update popped up which I ran but not seeing any noticeable difference yet.

 

[Jake]

I see on one of the pics many pages back that it appears there's 2 rows of text on one of the small tiles. That's ok *IF* they use it well. For instance, for the trip meter it shows "This Trip" on line 1 and MPK on the 2nd. The latter is good but "This Trip" is a waste. Show the miles instead.

There's room for Song and Artist, albeit abbreviated. Plenty of room for 4 tire pressure numbers.

Just hope they have that on there.

Tire pressure definitely not. You have to click the tile, it has to load up to the fullscreen to view, then you can hide it by clicking CarPlay or the efficiency screen. I feel like the information available in that energy screen is reduced somewhat… but I can’t remember for sure.

 

[HuntingPudel]

I’m divided on this. Thinking on popping for a 2-day license to grab it, but also thinking I prefer the bigger times. Decisions, decisions. ??

 

[dbsb3233]

Tire pressure definitely not. You have to click the tile, it has to load up to the fullscreen to view, then you can hide it by clicking CarPlay or the efficiency screen. I feel like the information available in that energy screen is reduced somewhat… but I can’t remember for sure.

That sucks. Again, tire pressure is less immediately and frequently useful than song/artist and trip meter, but still. If there's room, put it there like it was before! That's just a big step backwards.

IIRC, tire pressure is one of the tiles that has to be launced in the apps first to even get it to show up in the tiles. But since it's a tile already, you've obviously done that.

The trip meter tile back on page 5 or 6 shows just This Trip, xxx mi/kWh. No miles or time now.

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