Initial impressions of the best vehicle I have ever owned

[snoshuu]

Interesting...the way Tom describes it, it seems like that switch is not very intuitive. Will be interesting to see once my truck is built and delivered. Appreciate it!

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[NumbersGuy]

Appreciate it snoshuu. Seems like that would be fairly intuitive to me. Just takes a bit of getting used to probably!

 

[snoshuu]

Appreciate it snoshuu. Seems like that would be fairly intuitive to me. Just takes a bit of getting used to probably!

It's very similar to the 17 Explorer I turned in (lease ended October 2020), so I'm used to it.

 

[YzermanTopShelf]

Great review! Would you mind posting some CarPlay pics? It would be a new feature from my Gen1 Sync in 2009. Curious to see how Google Maps, Bluetooth audio, phone, and messages Look on the screen. I haven’t seen any actuals in other pics/video.

Here is a photo with CarPlay. Notice the righthand side of the screen is taken up by the Pro Power Onboard widget. You can flip through a bunch of different widgets on the righthand side, but there is no way to maximize CarPlay to us the entire screen. Kind of disappointing. I'm guessing it is a CarPlay limitation. Perhaps it doesn't support this size screen. I find myself using the Ford navigation more because of this limitation.

 

[TruckGuy2020]

Here is a photo with CarPlay. Notice the righthand side of the screen is taken up by the Pro Power Onboard widget. You can flip through a bunch of different widgets on the righthand side, but there is no way to maximize CarPlay to us the entire screen. Kind of disappointing. I'm guessing it is a CarPlay limitation. Perhaps it doesn't support this size screen. I find myself using the Ford navigation more because of this limitation.

it’s intentional dude, ford wants you to pay to keep your ford navigation subscription instead of just using google maps, and it’s working.

 

[YzermanTopShelf]

Not sure if I'm understanding this correctly, but it looks like CarPlay supports 4 screen sizes and maybe Ford has chosen 1280px × 720px, which is 17"x9.6". The next size up would be too big for the screen.

https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/carplay/visual-design/layout/

 

[RCR001]

Android Auto as well is limited to 3/4 screen. in fact the only app that uses full screen is Ford Nav. Hopefully change this with a software update.

 

[Goose2]

I think your switch to turn on your overhead bed lights is to the right of the headlight dial.

 

[snoshuu]

I think your switch to turn on your overhead bed lights is to the right of the headlight dial.

It's on the left side of mine.

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