Ford is saying Sync 4 is NOT upgradable to Sync 4A "There is no option to upgrade from SYNC 4 to SYNC 4A"

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Hey everyone makes mistakes. In the end, these software updates haven't really produced anything earth-shattering in the past 18 months. I'm sure someone will correct me but besides adding BlueCruise to early builds, most updates have been minor tweaks. They kind of remind me of phone updates these days for Android and iOS, just small improvements. In the end, if my MachE continues to drive the way it did when I decided to buy it, I'm more than happy (HVJB worries aside). Happy holidays.
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because the CPU behind it sucks.
Yah it does. No. 1 cause of the horrible lag, I have no doubt. Leave it to a car company to cut costs by using subpar computer parts. Hopefully, software optimization can save us.
 

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Yah it does. No. 1 cause of the horrible lag, I have no doubt. Leave it to a car company to cut costs by using subpar computer parts. Hopefully, software optimization can save us.
Last I checked the option they went with is going for less than $25. It's the CPU/GPU from galaxy s7 cell phone.
 

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Last I checked the option they went with is going for less than $25. It's the CPU/GPU from galaxy s7 cell phone.
I had a Galaxy S7. It was part of the famous (infamous) burst into flames recall that got me a new phone and a free Samsung TV. I guess I should be happy a second life use was found for the parts from those recalled phones. But mostly I'm annoyed @FordMotorCompany put a PHONE processor from 2016 in my nearly $60K 2022 car 🤨.
 


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I had a Galaxy S7. It was part of the famous (infamous) burst into flames recall that got me a new phone and a free Samsung TV. I guess I should be happy a second life use was found for the parts from those recalled phones. But mostly I'm annoyed @FordMotorCompany put a PHONE processor from 2016 in my nearly $60K 2022 car 🤨.
People are severely overstating this - its the same Snapdragon SoC that is in the Polestar, Volvos, the Audi e-trons and many other "smart" cars. Its likely the most common SoC in non-tesla EVs.

The next generation will be the Snapdragon 8155 which is another "phone" processor. I am disappointed that Ford didnt make the switch in the 2023. But it turns out these functions work the exact same whether in a car infotainment system or phone, so it being a phone processor is irrelevant.
 

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People are severely overstating this - its the same Snapdragon SoC that is in the Polestar, Volvos, the Audi e-trons and many other "smart" cars. Its likely the most common SoC in non-tesla EVs.

The next generation will be the Snapdragon 8155 which is another "phone" processor. I am disappointed that Ford didnt make the switch in the 2023. But it turns out these functions work the exact same whether in a car infotainment system or phone, so it being a phone processor is irrelevant.
Fine but it is still an old processor and still laggy as hell. And from what I've read none of the other auto makers you cited have markedly better UI hardware/software either. They can all do better.
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