Ford's Sync Brings the App Revolution to Your Wheels, With Voice Control

Ford's in-car Sync system, which we revealed in detail earlier this month, is already jam-packed with digital cleverness. But now Ford's gone one step further: Not only will it be able to do the usual smartphone voice control tricks we already knew about, but you'll speak to control the apps too.

Ford's got one eye on the future, where we've all got super-clever smartphones on us at all times, and one eye on safety with this technology. The idea is that when you connect up a Sync-compatible...