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I tend to use USB sticks for music as I got sick of listening to the DJs on radio. When I first got the Mach E I thought that the interface to USB music was pretty primitive but the more I played with it the happier I became. I have aprox 800 CDs saved to a 512GB usb stick and when I tried it in the car Ford's software indexed over 10,000 songs/artists and I could say ok Ford play the Greatful Dead and it did :). Now I don't usually have that USB stick in the car, I usually have maybe 10 different 64GB USB sticks with different types of music. The only down side to using the large USB stick was it took some time to index over 10,000 songs but it would be nice for a long road trip.
 

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The article is from 2017. Its possible Ford is just now actually getting close to rolling that out given their timelines for things. ?
Note that the article does refer to it being available in SUVs and the EcoSport? I did note that the article was from 2017.
 

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Note that the article does refer to it being available in SUVs and the EcoSport? I did note that the article was from 2017.
I guess we need someone with one of those vehicles to see if what happens when they Manage Connected Services. This seems like weird adding it in this late.
 


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Maybe they'll let us use OBS and then with Bluecruise enabled we can chatur ... Err ... I mean stream on Twitch ?
 
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Maybe they'll let us use OBS and then with Bluecruise enabled we can chatur ... Err ... I mean stream on Twitch ?
Sigh, am I the only person left on the planet who has never viewed Twitch? :D
I'm old-school though - the last "real" video game I played was Spiro the Dragon :D
 

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Think when /if they switch on streaming, they should enable it if the handbrake is on. Then no issue with watching while driving and also easy to program also I think.
 

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Good......go in for the Kill Ford.... Do it! Do it!
 

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Think when /if they switch on streaming, they should enable it if the handbrake is on. Then no issue with watching while driving and also easy to program also I think.
I mean, they just make it so it is only available while parked. They already do this with some settings items, though they're locked if you go over 5mph, but it would be easy to make it so if the car is in anything but park, you cannot stream.
 

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I mean, they just make it so it is only available while parked. They already do this with some settings items, though they're locked if you go over 5mph, but it would be easy to make it so if the car is in anything but park, you cannot stream.
This is how Notes/TicTacToe app works
 

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I was hoping Ford would enable video apps where I could utilize my existing Netfli and Prime subs. But I kinda suspect this is something Ford is going to charge extra for. I don't think I'd pay any amount of money for something like this that would be nice to have but I will seldom use.
 

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Think when /if they switch on streaming, they should enable it if the handbrake is on. Then no issue with watching while driving and also easy to program also I think.
ā€œHandbrakeā€? Just what car do you have? ???
 

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I was hoping Ford would enable video apps where I could utilize my existing Netfli and Prime subs. But I kinda suspect this is something Ford is going to charge extra for. I don't think I'd pay any amount of money for something like this that would be nice to have but I will seldom use.
I believe Tesla, it's part of the connected features, which charge a fee after a little bit. If it's using the data from the modem, it won't be free at least not forever.
 

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Sigh, am I the only person left on the planet who has never viewed Twitch? :D
I'm old-school though - the last "real" video game I played was Spiro the Dragon :D
another non-Twitcher.
Also, have never played a video game in my life.

nope, donā€™t look at me like that. I am normal!
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