At Computex 2013 here in Taipei , Taiwan , Ford announced that it is bringing Ford SYNC AppLink to the Asia Pacific region.Ford SYNC is a voice controlled in-car entertainment system installed in most Ford cars.AppLink is a new feature which lets users interact with mobile applications using the same voice based Sync platform. Pandora, TuneIn Radio and Kaliki are the first 3 apps which will support AppLink functionality and be available in the Asia Pacific region.
TuneIn Radio is a very popular online radio service which content from across the world . Pandora is a free internet radio service but does not work in India as of now. Kaliki Audio Newsstand is an Android app which streams news (audio) from many newspapers primarily in the US. Now using AppLink you could listen to the latest news or radio station using your phone while driving your car.
Ford is also launching the AppLink Catalog app which will list apps which support the AppLink feature.
Ed Pleet, director, Connected Services for Ford in Asia Pacific, Africa and Europe said “We’ve been looking forward to bringing Ford SYNC AppLink to this dynamic region, and we’re excited to kick things off with three fantastic apps. With these apps, we’re able to show off some of the capabilities that AppLink customers will be able to enjoy – and this is just the beginning.”