Sync, a new technology developed by Ford Motor Company and Microsoft, allows drivers to communicate with their friends and family and enjoy music more easily and safely.

For mobile phones, SYNC voice recognition uses voice browsing instead of manual scrolling or seek buttons, a steering wheel "push to talk" button that enables voice commands, and multilingual intelligence that understands and speaks English, Spanish, and French.

Using a Bluetooth-capable phone, SYNC can complete call management through radio controls, steering wheel controls, and voice commands for answering and ending phone calls without your hands ever leaving the steering wheel. SYNC mutes music automatically when a phone call is received. You can use voice commands to access your phonebook without the hassle of having to create often-unreliable voice tags. For example, say "Call Bill at work." Also, your connections are not interrupted when entering or leaving the vehicle.

The SYNC music features support a wide range of digital media players including Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, PlaysForSure players, and most USB drives and support numerous formats including MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV, and PCM. The USB port is concealed in the console storage bin or center stack.

SYNC music features allow you to select tracks based on genre, artist, album, and title through voice commands or radio and steering wheel controls. For example, say, "Play track Mustang Sally" or "Play artist Toby Keith."

SYNC is available in the 2008 Ford Focus, Fusion, Edge, Explorer, Sport Trac, Taurus, and Taurus X models; Mercury Milan, Sable, and Mountaineer; and Lincoln MKZ and MKX. SYNC will be expanded to nearly all Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury models in the near future.