After getting the new hub installed (annoying but not overly tough) I went ahead and installed the 2.2 code. There are a lot of subtly changes other than Android Auto/CarPlay. There is a new icon to quickly mute nav voice prompts. The voice of Sync has changed. It sounds less natural now but it also seems a little faster and less wordy.



CarPlay itself was kind of underwhelming. I didn't spent a lot of time with it but so far I feel like the CarPlay interface for music is less suited to car use than the native Ford function. For example, how do you jump through a 2 thousand item list to get to the items starting with L or whatever? Also the maps display doesn't seem very configurable. The left quarter of the screen always shows the next step etc. Is there a way to turn off the 3-d Maps in CarPlay? I prefer a normal map interface instead of what seems to me to be a gimmicky pseudo VR experience. Lastly, I don't find adding waypoints etc to be easy at all in Apple maps. Against the grain of the masses, I say Sync 3 navigation is considerably more advanced and powerful than phone based mapping. Furthermore, Ford bundled at least some 2016 Focus models with 5 years of Sirius traffic so that phone advantage isn't relevant for me.



Also once you enable CarPlay it insists on replacing most Sync functions with CarPlay. So without disabling or unplugging I didn't find a way to choose between the Ford and Apple interfaces for Music and maps etc.



What experiences are others having?