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Ford Dumping Windows For QNX In New Vehicles

Posted by Unknown on from the back-to-the-classics dept.

innocent_white_lamb writes "Ford has announced that their in-vehicle technology called Sync will be based on Blackberry's QNX operating system and will no longer use Microsoft Windows. My own 2013 Ford Escape has the Windows-based Sync system. I wonder if they will issue an update to change it to QNX." Anonymous sources inside Ford cited reliability problems with Windows and lower licensing costs for the switch to the classic realtime OS.

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  1. experience by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I rented a for focus, and drove it for about 2 months, the MSFT stuff installed in it was a total piece of junk. It would crash, hang,
    and reboot in the middle of navigating to the destination, just like a windows PC.

  2. Re:Having used both by certsoft · · Score: 5, Informative

    The SYNC system has nothing to do with the powertrain. It's only used for infotainment and climate control.

  3. Re:I'm just scared shitless by aussiedood · · Score: 5, Informative

    Windows Embedded has powered the ECUs in all Formula 1 cars (arguably the most technologically advanced race cars in the world) since 2008.