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I know some people made it to the reservation holder event to look at the Lightning. Was there any discussion or mention of improvements to the app side of things?
We have the Mach E and will soon be coming up on a year of use. In general I like the infotainment but there is a lot lacking. I'm not coming from a Tesla background, just other things I've heard.
For instance, I would really like to be able to control the climate system from the Ford app. Based on the Mach E, I should be able to control the power frunk and tailgate from the app - is that true?
Has there been any, AT ALL, discussion about allowing more entertainment features, like watching movies? (I don't care about the aspect ratio). They can already limit the usage when the car is in motion because loads of other features are not available. I think this is a big miss imo, because of road trips and times at chargers. Sure I can get up and go walk around, yada yada, but I'd like the option to just sit in the car and watch something while I wait.
Or simple games. I have android auto and a few times now I've sat in the car and played a puzzle game while I waited for someone. However I don't want to depend on Android Auto because the connection between the two systems craps out from time to time and I'm not sure if that is because of Ford, Android auto, wireless connection or my phone. I'm thinking it is a combo of it being wireless and android auto though. I do really hate that I can't use a usb stick for music like in my mustang gt.
I'm just not sure how committed they are to improving that aspect of the vehicle experience. The Lightning is going to be my road trip/commuter vehicle and I'd like some options there.
We have the Mach E and will soon be coming up on a year of use. In general I like the infotainment but there is a lot lacking. I'm not coming from a Tesla background, just other things I've heard.
For instance, I would really like to be able to control the climate system from the Ford app. Based on the Mach E, I should be able to control the power frunk and tailgate from the app - is that true?
Has there been any, AT ALL, discussion about allowing more entertainment features, like watching movies? (I don't care about the aspect ratio). They can already limit the usage when the car is in motion because loads of other features are not available. I think this is a big miss imo, because of road trips and times at chargers. Sure I can get up and go walk around, yada yada, but I'd like the option to just sit in the car and watch something while I wait.
Or simple games. I have android auto and a few times now I've sat in the car and played a puzzle game while I waited for someone. However I don't want to depend on Android Auto because the connection between the two systems craps out from time to time and I'm not sure if that is because of Ford, Android auto, wireless connection or my phone. I'm thinking it is a combo of it being wireless and android auto though. I do really hate that I can't use a usb stick for music like in my mustang gt.
I'm just not sure how committed they are to improving that aspect of the vehicle experience. The Lightning is going to be my road trip/commuter vehicle and I'd like some options there.