Ford partners with Waze

WAZE users in South Africa can now project the app’s real-time traffic and navigation service onto the touch screen in Ford vehicles via SYNC 3 AppLink, and control it through voice command.

For owners of Ford SYNC 3-equipped vehicles, this allows easier access to features including finding the quickest traffic routes and reporting traffic accidents.

To use, you simply connect your Waze-equipped phone to the USB port of your Ford vehicle, select the Waze app on the SYNC app drawer, and view the service as it is projected onto the vehicle’s touch screen. Basically, you can now conveniently access the app’s features on a larger display and directly select feature functionality by voice command through the car’s built in speakers and microphone system.

“We are excited to finally be able to enhance the Waze experience for our customers in South Africa, with Ford SYNC 3 through AppLink,” said Doreen Mashinini, General Manager of Marketing at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa.

To deliver optimal driving directions and traffic updates, Waze uses crowdsourcing to gather information about road conditions from all of its users. People simply type in their destination and drive with the app open to contribute data to Waze’s community of users. At the same time, people can take a more active role by sharing reports from the road, including notifying the community of accidents, hazards or route changes that were previously unknown.

If using an iPhone, you’ll need iOS 11.3 or above and the latest version of the Waze app downloaded on your phone. Users with Android devices will need Android 5.0 or above.