OTA Ford Power-Up 3.5.3 and upcoming Alexa Built-in roll-out

[Desertdweller]

Just received the OTA Ford Power-Up 3.5.3 and the notice of the upcoming Alexa Built-in roll-out. It sounds like a winner if it can do all that it says such as: Make a call, check the weather, interact with your smart-home devices and anything you can do with the home version. I'm not big on Alexa listening to everything I say, but the "OK Ford" voice commands are so limited that I never use it anymore and usually revert to using OK Google thru my Android phone which sometimes won't work when using the Android Auto. So, bottom line, my phone and the truck are already listening so I guess if it makes my life easier and less distracting, I'm game for it. Has anyone actually already received the final update to activate it?

Ford says " you'll know it's time to activate Alexa when the icon appears on your Sync Technology Screen". It also states that your truck must have Enhanced Voice Recognition and an activated modem along with an Amazon account. Ford is providing three years of Alexa free. No indication of the cost after 3 years?

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[HawkeyeOD]

That’s cool. I still don’t even have update 2.8.3 so I can use my 360 cameras at speed.

 

[athenslb57]

I care nothing about alexa. I only want full screen carplay since that is all I use anyway.

 

[speedracercjr]

I care nothing about alexa. I only want full screen carplay since that is all I use anyway.

Full screen carplay is VERY nice

 

[athenslb57]

Full screen carplay is VERY nice

Agreed. The screenshots I have seen look very nice.

 

[RickBullotta]

Same here. I installed hit, but don't care about Alexa - it's the full screen Carplay that is sweet! Plus there's a new look that you can activate via Forscan after you install it - cleaner graphics and fonts.

 

[speedracercjr]

Just received the OTA Ford Power-Up 3.5.3 and the notice of the upcoming Alexa Built-in roll-out. It sounds like a winner if it can do all that it says such as: Make a call, check the weather, interact with your smart-home devices and anything you can do with the home version. I'm not big on Alexa listening to everything I say, but the "OK Ford" voice commands are so limited that I never use it anymore and usually revert to using OK Google thru my Android phone which sometimes won't work when using the Android Auto. So, bottom line, my phone and the truck are already listening so I guess if it makes my life easier and less distracting, I'm game for it. Has anyone actually already received the final update to activate it?

Ford says " you'll know it's time to activate Alexa when the icon appears on your Sync Technology Screen". It also states that your truck must have Enhanced Voice Recognition and an activated modem along with an Amazon account. Ford is providing three years of Alexa free. No indication of the cost after 3 years?

Lots of us have manually installed the update. @Snakebitten is probably the resident Alexa in the truck expert.

 

[hotrodmex]

Just received the OTA Ford Power-Up 3.5.3

Can you share a screen shot of the text description for the update? Assuming this was not a typo and is actually 3.5.3 and not 3.5.2.

 

[KBKEITH]

I actually like the Alexa feature on my ‘22. I also have the Ford Streaming service which allows me to stream Amazon music without having to use my phone. Sometimes I leave my phone behind if I’m out and about so this solution works well.

 

[Jesse-Infotainment]

I’d like to see how they are deploying it if you got this OTA send me your vin please I want to see if they are sending the whole 6gb or splitting it like they did before

 

[speedracercjr]

@Desertdweller doesn't know it yet but he just became the most popular person on this forum

 

[Desertdweller]

Can you share a screen shot of the text description for the update? Assuming this was not a typo and is actually 3.5.3 and not 3.5.2.

added it to the original post

 

[nicholsbradley]

Full screen carplay is VERY nice

do you have the full screen feature? I have a 22 with Alexa already and i dont see that option.

 

[RedLightning86]

If Alexa works better than the CarPlay interface, I will be all for it. But I don’t see it replacing CarPlay. With my iPhone 12, lately I have to turn Bluetooth off and plug it in to USB to get CarPlay reliably working, which is pretty important driving around another country (Canada) and prefer the route options that Apple Maps gives, vs the one-choice only from Ford Nav. It will be nice to ask Alexa questions that Siri won’t answer when driving.

 

[Waveslider]

This thread just prompted me to look and I just successfully received the 3.5.2 update as well. Like others, I doubt I will use Alexa much but am stoked to see full screen CarPlay.

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