Fordpass Alexa Skill, Google Home

[generaltso]

Do you have a link for the list of Alexa Skills?

It‘s in the post right before yours.

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[timbop]

Welcome @Ford Team, and thanks for taking the time. There are a few simple things that really hurt the Nav integration with charging that puts Ford in a weak position. plugshare.com and abetterrouteplanner.com correctly handle 1 & 2:

1. The Nav does not have sufficient bias toward faster chargers; I mapped a route and it took me to 50kw and even a 25kw charger at a harley davidson instead of to a 150kw EA charger that was further out of the way but would have obviously made for a much faster route.
2. Along the lines of #1, I should be able to specify the minimum power level of DCFC chargers I want the nav to choose
3. The Nav should notify the BMS to start conditioning the battery as you approach a DCFC that is a planned waypoint

Without those simple changes, the road charging experience of newbies who don't know better will be far worse than a Tesla, and that WILL harm the Mach-E's reputation.

 

[jhalkias]

Hi all! I'm on the team at Ford that works on both the FordPass Alexa Skill and Google Action. (I also have a Mach-e on order myself!)
I'm happy to try and clear up any questions, address any issues, as well as take input on requested additional features.

To start, it looks like a few of you have found the skill or action and have tried to link your FordPass account to setup your Mach-e, but have seen an incompatible message. At this stage, especially if your vehicle is still in process at the manufacturing plant, that message is expected as the vehicle's modem connectivity hasn't been provisioned in our backend yet. Once you receive your vehicle and finish the FordPass Activation in-vehicle, you'll be able to complete the Alexa or Google setup.

Wow, great to see you here . . . any plans to integrate Apple HomeKit and Siri? Some of us live in the Apple and not Alexa ecosystem.

 

[ARK]

Correct, voice command based. For a full list of commands, see here: FordPass | Google Assistant . Be sure to click on 'Read More' under the description for the full list.

Thank you for joining. I echo @methorian ’s comment, specifically if we could tell Google Assistant to set a certain temperature inside the car. “Hey Google, turn on the Mach-E and set interior temperature to 70 degrees”. I would use that more than everything else combined.

Next up for me would be being able to send navigation destinations from my phone or Google Assistant. Like if I am looking up somewhere new to go while at home on my phone, or reading the address online or from a friend or whatever, if I could say something like “Hey Google, set Mach-E destination to XYZ” and it would load it into the car for next time (not necessarily turning the car on right away).

 

[generaltso]

Welcome @Ford Team, and thanks for taking the time. There are a few simple things that really hurt the Nav integration with charging that puts Ford in a weak position.

I don’t think those are related to Alexa skills or Google actions.

 

[RonTCat]

I don’t think those are related to Alexa skills or Google actions.

Correct, but you are talking to the team that is "all things FordPass"...

 

[timbop]

I don’t think those are related to Alexa skills or Google actions.

Are you kidding me? Shaving hours off of a Nav-planned route seems worth interrupting a short thread, given that EVERY thread on this forum goes off into the weeds for pages on end.

Correct, but you are talking to the team that is "all things FordPass"...

Exactly - getting ahold of someone that can possibly make those simple changes happen is actually a bit of a big deal.

 

[eltonlin]

Hi and thanks for the offer of help.

Do you have a link for the list of Alexa Skills? My car is supposed to be delivered between 2-13 and 2-19. Do you know the status of your order?

OP posted it in his reply before yours:

The Alexa Skill offers a similar set. Details here: https://www.amazon.com/Ford-Motor-Company-FordPass/dp/B077Y1FK9D.

 

[Ford Team]

Correct, but you are talking to the team that is "all things FordPass"...

To clarify, I'm on one of the many connected vehicle teams that work on FordPass-related technology in Ford. I personally can best help and address items related to Alexa and Google. But certainly all feedback is welcome.

 

[generaltso]

Are you kidding me? Shaving hours off of a Nav-planned route seems worth interrupting a short thread, given that EVERY thread on this forum goes off into the weeds for pages on end.

Sorry, they said that they worked for the team that did Alexa and Google integration. I didn't realize that meant all things FordPass. I didn't mean to suggest that the thread needs to stay on topic. That ship has long sailed.

 

[macchiaz-o]

I'd love a way to export fuel economy data to a CSV or similar, so that I can track my Mach-E's miles per kilowatt hour efficiency over the entire length of ownership.

Also, I've tried requesting access to the Connected Vehicle APIs at developer.ford.com at least five times now... There's never been any feedback on the request. Anyone monitoring the inbox there?

https://developer.ford.com/fordconnect

 

[JellyBelly]

Hi, if you'd like to send me some screenshots, I might be able to triage better. Also, what model year is the F-150? Any idea if it has a modem?

Sorry for the confusion - I dont have a F150. I dont have Ford vehicles currently.

I was trying to ask if the Alexa and Ford Pass should handshake at account level (I tried it and Alexa said invalid credentials for my Ford Pass) even if there are no vehicles activated in Ford Pass. Or if I interpret your response correctly - what you are saying is Alexa and Ford pass will not hand shake if there is not at least one real, compatible and active vehicle in Ford Pass.

 

[Ford Team]

Sorry for the confusion - I dont have a F150. I dont have Ford vehicles currently.

I was trying to ask if the Alexa and Ford Pass should handshake at account level (I tried it and Alexa said invalid credentials for my Ford Pass) even if there are no vehicles activated in Ford Pass. Or if I interpret your response correctly - what you are saying is Alexa and Ford pass will not hand shake if there is not at least one real, compatible and active vehicle in Ford Pass.

It's a 2-step setup process. First step is signing in with your FordPass account. That is authenticated, and then you are shown the vehicles on your account in order to select the primary vehicle to use with the voice assistant. In your current case, if you have created a Fordpass account via the FordPass app, but have no vehicles, you could login, but could not complete the setup since you have no vehicles to select. If you are getting an error message of 'invalid credentials,' maybe the password check is failing. Potentially a password reset in the FordPass app could help...

 

[JellyBelly]

It's a 2-step setup process. First step is signing in with your FordPass account. That is authenticated, and then you are shown the vehicles on your account in order to select the primary vehicle to use with the voice assistant. In your current case, if you have created a Fordpass account via the FordPass app, but have no vehicles, you could login, but could not complete the setup since you have no vehicles to select. If you are getting an error message of 'invalid credentials,' maybe the password check is failing. Potentially a password reset in the FordPass app could help...

Got it thanks

 

[Ford Team]

I'd love a way to export fuel economy data to a CSV or similar, so that I can track my Mach-E's miles per kilowatt hour efficiency over the entire length of ownership.

Also, I've tried requesting access to the Connected Vehicle APIs at developer.ford.com at least five times now... There's never been any feedback on the request. Anyone monitoring the inbox there?

https://developer.ford.com/fordconnect

Great use case regarding the fuel economy data! And Connected Vehicle APIs is another area I'm super passionate about! Sorry you haven't gotten any response from the site; our support of it has been admittedly low recently. But we've got some exciting things in the works on site updates as well as making our APIs more accessible. No timing to share just yet, though.

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