Slacker Radio Makes Ford Cars An Entertainment Option!

Today's cars are no more about travelling alone. With the increasing digitization and computerization, #-Link-Snipped-# are also getting advanced and giving you an utmost of the travelling experience with entertainment. Ford has recently decided to make a Slacker radio option available for its customers who have SYNC® AppLink™ in their cars!

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The Ford's cars which are fast turning to a voice controlled device are seeing a major development as far as the luxury quotient is concerned. With Slack Radio, Ford no more wants the music to be limited to changing radio stations in your car. It aims at giving you a #-Link-Snipped-# as you are able to create your own custom channels make your own settings of what and whom you want to listen and also ban a particular singer in case you do not want to hear that song again. The service being internet based might face some connectivity troubles. However even if you do not get a signal you can still enjoy music with the song stored in your Smartphone itself!

#-Link-Snipped-# gives you an option of 150 specially curated music stations with expert disc jockeys. Moreover you can have this controlled with your #-Link-Snipped-# once you are in your car. Presently the slacker option i.e. SYNC AppLink is available on the 2012 Ford Fusion, Fusion Hybrid, Fiesta, Mustang, F-150, F-150 SVT Raptor, Super Duty, Expedition, E-Series and Shelby GT500. You can avail this facility by simply upgrading the Slacker radio app in your Smartphone to a higher version. You can also know more about relevant services from #-Link-Snipped-# and download required apps from there.

As per general information that you might be requiring for compatibility in services, perhaps this chart will help you. The service availability of Slacker radio with Applink is given here.

    [*]#-Link-Snipped-#:   Available now             Slacker version 4.1.22 or higher
    [*]#-Link-Snipped-#:        Available now             Slacker version 3.2.86 or higher
    [*]#-Link-Snipped-#:              Pending approval            Slacker version 3.6 or higher

If you are already enjoying these services do tell us about your musical experience!

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