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Introducing Siri through SYNC, powered by Automatic

razorlab

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http://blog.automatic.com/introducing-siri-ford-sync/

Although it seems this has become redundant with iOS8 and the "hey Siri" feature, it's still an interesting start, because of really cool potential like:

The possibilities become endless with IFTTT

While Siri understands an incredible breadth of commands, there will always be that one thing that you wish you could ask that isn’t yet possible. Whether it’s turning up the heat in your house when you’re on the way home, Slacking your teammates that you’re stuck in traffic, or recording an interesting location as you’re driving by, Siri will never be able to do quite everything under the sun.

To account for this, you can connect the “Push to Talk” button in your steering wheel to If This Then That (or IFTTT, for short) as an alternative to Siri through SYNC. This enables you to trigger any of the countless actions available on IFTTT from the convenience of your steering wheel while you drive—including all of the examples above. While there’s already some great recipes to start, we can’t wait to see what else you’ll come up with down the road.
 


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Am I reading this right? Does it still require their little OBD II connector?

Also, I need to get a wifi garage door opener so I can voice open my garage door.
 


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Am I reading this right? Does it still require their little OBD II connector?

Also, I need to get a wifi garage door opener so I can voice open my garage door.
I believe it does. It also doesn't currently work with our vehicles. Do apps even work with Sync in these cars? I was under the impression that it didn't
 




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