Power-Up Update 4.2.2.1

[userdude]

Got mine yesterday.

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[CarGuy]

Just got the 4.2.2.1 update this morning on my way to breakfast

I did as well.

 

[adcam]

I believe this updates are year specific. I have a 2021 and my latest update is 4.2.1 which I got on July 11, 2023.

 

[widnere12]

I believe this updates are year specific. I have a 2021 and my latest update is 4.2.1 which I got on July 11, 2023.

They are not. I was on 4.2.1, but 4.2.2 came within 2 weeks.

 

[Combustion_King]

I got the update also, but not really sure what changed. I think i noticed something different when using carplay and making the screen smaller to display the other Bronco info, but it was quick and haven't looked back.

 

[adcam]

They are not. I was on 4.2.1, but 4.2.2 came within 2 weeks.

Is your Bronco a 2021? Any other 2021 owners with the latest updates?

 

[BigSkyBronco]

My Bronco just updated to 4.2.2.1 Unless the update fixes my defective
fu#king wipers, I really don’t care.

 

[L&Ebronco]

I believe this updates are year specific. I have a 2021 and my latest update is 4.2.1 which I got on July 11, 2023.

I’m still rolling in this 4.2.1 version as well. Wonder why it’s taking so long to reach us.

 

[Nickhick]

These updates are a joke. I’ve got auto updates set, connected to Wi-Fi and still rarely get updates others get. Haven’t checked version yet, but far behind versions posted above.

Haven't got an update since the first month. Idk

 

[widnere12]

Is your Bronco a 2021? Any other 2021 owners with the latest updates?

Mine is a 2023 Raptor, but I've got a friend with a 2023 Raptor thats still 3 updates behind me and and he also has a 2021 Outer Banks that just got the same update as mine.

I think Ford has always said that they just roll them out randomly. I've heard that It also depends on when and where the car is parked... if you've added it to a nearby Wifi that it can use, if the E-Brake is on... lots of stupid stuff

 

[JeffL]

mines been pinging me for a week now every time i start it. i really don't want to update it everything works fine now.

 

[BigMeatsBronco]

You're wrong about Google/Android (Android is a Google product). Most of Google's update distribution is internal; Android devices in fact rarely gets updates, as opposed to Apple's iOS.

Content distribution networks are a completely different animal from OS distribution; what Ford is doing is more akin to a Windows, iOS or Mac OS update than Netflix or Hulu. The complexity there are the large number of distribution channels they support, e.g., putting a Netflix app on a bunch of different OSes and browsers. CDN's are very complex at the mid tier, not so much at the client.

(Being able to supply the downloadable update is a CDN procedure, of course, which is the noted bottleneck in @Ducati0927's comment; unwillingness to invest in the ability of millions to access a download stream. I think it's more a combination of fear of the update going out too quickly and killing cars before it can be stopped, which happens with OS updates now and then, and a lack of interest. A poor CDN capacity is more convenient than a seemingly "expensive", hundreds of millions at most, overhead, IMO.)

I highly suspect the problem here is simply Ford. I think I haven't gotten an update since April because I disabled the wonky and possibly broken "wireless internet connection", because it broke/interfered with a bunch of stuff when I turned it on. That is, to try a service (their CDN, in fact) that just wasn't compelling and didn't work well, either.

So. Where did Ford go wrong? Probably outsourcing to lowest bidder their entertainment hardware/software/OS. (AFAIU it's offshored.) Probably underwhelming technology choices made by company bureaucrats in silos for selfish, self-serving reasons.

There you go: Ford is a place where big egos go to swing their weight. Maybe if they had outsourced this part of their tech to, say, Apple, we'd be in a different spot. But Apple takes years if not decades to work this stuff out, it just has a tendency to work because of that.

There isn't really a plausible reason, even severely anemic distribution capacity, without considering Ford is the one that made those decisions to end up there in the first place. It could get better, but probably won't, because it doesn't burnish anyone's buckle making OS updates on their cars easier/more consistent, at least until there's someone's big bonus on the line. We'll see that when OTA updates push a lot of revenue. Which will be the suck, for sure.

I am absolutely happy ford does not let Apple do this...apple is junk! Fords system uses a older blackberry based system based on Linux.
far superior in every way to yappple crap.

 

[widnere12]

I am absolutely happy ford does not let Apple do this...apple is junk! Fords system uses a older blackberry based system based on Linux.
far superior in every way to yappple crap.

Oh yeah… BlackBerry’s profitability and expanding global reach shows just how amazing they are. I just can’t imagine how crappy companies like Apple and Google even manage to stay alive against Blackberry.

 

[KurtHu]

So, anyone see any noticeable differences with 4.2.2.1 installed?

 

[CarGuy]

I see no discernable change.

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