2024-2025 Nautilus, 2025 Explorer/Aviator - Poor Speaker Sound Quality And/Or Poor Outbound Call Sound Quality While Using Bluetooth

[angore]

I have noticed this before but I do not call as of late,

 

[Billz]

Question, when using Apple Car Play, am I connected via bluetooth ow wifi?

Comment, wow Ford really has very little quality control on their SW teams. They better step up their game or their business will continue to suffer. After my experienced with my 2024 I will think long and hard before buying another Lincoln

 

[angore]

Question, when using Apple Car Play, am I connected via bluetooth ow wifi?

Comment, wow Ford really has very little quality control on their SW teams. They better step up their game or their business will continue to suffer. After my experienced with my 2024 I will think long and hard before buying another i

Ford slashes 350 vehicle software jobs to boost efficiency

On Tuesday, Ford announced it is hiring a new Chief Accounting Officer as news came out it is also cutting 350 software jobs.

www.usatoday.com

You start by not laying off software engineers and having a credible OTA fix program. They could have kept them for another year to fix what they had.

 

[Jacyte]

Question, when using Apple Car Play, am I connected via bluetooth ow wifi?

Comment, wow Ford really has very little quality control on their SW teams. They better step up their game or their business will continue to suffer. After my experienced with my 2024 I will think long and hard before buying another Lincoln

Carplay uses wifi. Initial pairing is set by bluetooth only.
Carplay itself causes some audio issues that extend beyond lincoln/Ford products as well. A bug that causes bass amplification/reduction after a system prompt has been around for years.

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[angore]

According to google, AA uses Bluetooth for calls. Wifi is used too for other aspects

 

[Billz]

Ford slashes 350 vehicle software jobs to boost efficiency

On Tuesday, Ford announced it is hiring a new Chief Accounting Officer as news came out it is also cutting 350 software jobs.

www.usatoday.com

You start by not laying off software engineers and having a credible OTA fix program. They could have kept them for another year to fix what they had.

Assuming a fully loaded salary for a NA SW developer of $200,000. That is an annual saving of $70 million . I bet that’s less than the cost to fix our issues.