Ford Officially Releases Sync 3 v3.4 Build 20282

[Fjoyner]

Mine did it automatically but, in the menu in Sync you can check for updates. If you’re connected to your wifi it will grab and install it.

My friend's did 2 wifi updates in one day last week, but they were both just updates to 20136. As documented previously, I had to do a manual update to get 20282.

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[Fjoyner]

Yes if you signup for the hotspot cell connection from AT&T that will work too. The wifi and home connection works. I know that positivity

I don't know if we're in an alternate universe, but it specifically says it will not update over the truck's wifi.....you have to be on an external wifi, unless Ford is wrong.

 

[svogt302]

Upgraded mine to 3.4 v20282...
Day colors seem washed out & Nav 3D doesn't seem too 3D....
Doing the map upgrade now.
Question:
I did not get the xml file on my thumb drive after the 3.4 upgrade... Did anyone?

 

[svogt302]

Day colors look like they faded from too much sun. I immediately set mine back to Night ONLY.

Put the USB stick back in, leave it for a while, then check for XML.

Will do, thanks..... Map update took 1.5hrs & I lost all history & favorites.....
These updates seem pretty sloppy, no wonder Ford is going to Google for this stuff.

 

[VAMike]

Day colors look like they faded from too much sun. I immediately set mine back to Night ONLY.

Yeah, night mode looks a lot better than day mode after the update IMO.

 

[MotoWojo]

Will do, thanks..... Map update took 1.5hrs & I lost all history & favorites.....
These updates seem pretty sloppy, no wonder Ford is going to Google for this stuff.

For those of us who did not lose the climate controls when the 3.4 version was originally released, is there any benefit to the update? My owners page indicated there was an update for my truck and I downloaded it, but I am hesitant to install it as it has been working OK.

 

[svogt302]

Yeah, night mode looks a lot better than day mode after the update IMO.

For those of us who did not lose the climate controls when the 3.4 version was originally released, is there any benefit to the update? My owners page indicated there was an update for my truck and I downloaded it, but I am hesitant to install it as it has been working OK.

At this point I'm not sure, I lost the option of changing screen brightness ? as I'd like to tone it down a bit. I may reload it.
Overall I am not impressed but I'll live with it for a few days.

 

[Trigganometry]

For those of us who did not lose the climate controls when the 3.4 version was originally released, is there any benefit to the update? My owners page indicated there was an update for my truck and I downloaded it, but I am hesitant to install it as it has been working OK.

For some (me included) the overall sound drastically improved with the update.

 

[MotoWojo]

For some (me included) the overall sound drastically improved with the update.

Well, that seems like reason enough for me to try. Thanks.

 

[VAMike]

For those of us who did not lose the climate controls when the 3.4 version was originally released, is there any benefit to the update? My owners page indicated there was an update for my truck and I downloaded it, but I am hesitant to install it as it has been working OK.

It seems a little snappier, voice recognition is better.

 

[nevada.tracy]

Mine still says I'm up to date with sync 3.4.20136 on both the ford website and on sync in the truck. Any ideas?

 

[nevada.tracy]

Mine still says I'm up to date with sync 3.4.20136 on both the ford website and on sync in the truck. Any ideas?

I have a 2020 xlt without nav.

 

[Hot Pepper Red Zeppelin]

I would have passed on the update If I knew I was going to lose the night/black/gray theme. I can't stand any of the crap themes available now.

 

[2020FRL]

I'm not sure I'm gonna do any updates. My sync works great, the channels, artist, album and song title show up in the right dash panel. Texts, which I don't get many, alert me. When I go to climate controls, I can direct the output to my feet, chest or defrost and my feet get warm and the heat stays in auto. When I try to start with Ford pass, works every time. Along with that, depending the conditions, it will turn on the heated seat, rear defroster, front defroster and max defrost. I get turn by turn notifications when the nav is on a route. I'm getting updates about road conditions miles away from where I am but on the same road. Kind of nice. The right dash third gives me little speed limit signs and changes pretty much when the speed limit does.

Actually, the only thing that is spotty and it's only happened twice in almost two months, is my connection with the iPhone 12 Pro max will drop, it attempts to repair and does. I listen to audible books pretty much all the time to SiriusXM channel 63. Volume is plenty for the old ears to hear the books without the hearing aides.

All ihn all, pretty jazzed with how the system is performing.

 

[t4thfavor]

I did the upgrade on mine the other day, the only thing I don't like is it took away my Ford GT theme that I turned on with Forscan. I went back into Forscan and turned it back on, and it still doesn't load the GT theme.

I like it because it's darker than the regular theme (I have sensitive eyes) and even at night with it dimmed out it's either too dark to see, or too bright to drive.

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