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Default OT. Google Joins Ford

On 2/4/2021 3:34 PM, Frank wrote:
On 2/2/2021 10:02 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 02/02/2021 08:11 AM, wrote:
On Monday, February 1, 2021 at 5:08:13 PM UTC-5,
wrote:
Google is going to help Ford out with in vehicle
entertainment etc.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/01/ford-and-google-sign-six-year-deal-for-android-in-car-apps-cloud.html


codger
Why do cars need entertainment?Â* In my day, we made our own
entertainment.
I spy, with my little eye, ...
/codger


Last spring when I was reading car reviews a lot of them glossed over
the car itself and got right down to the entertainment center.

I'm not sure if what I have qualifies a an entertainment center.
There's a radio, I can plug a thumb drive full of MP3's into the USB
port, and the phone will pair up if I want to listen to Jango.

It does display the backup camera. I suppose it would be entertaining
to see how many little old ladies I could run over in reverse without
using the mirrors.

Nice thought but hatchbacks tend to suck up road dirt and deposit it
on the hatch, including the camera lens. The window has a
washer/wiper, the camera doesn't.

codger
I've been using mirrors since they shot Kennedy. No big Loss.
/codger


Reminds me of a guy I knew teaching at a junior college saying guys were
trading in cars just to get the updated electronic stuff.


Exactly. When I bought my current vehicle, a 2004 Sienna, it was my
first car without window cranks.