In current months, each Hyundai and Volvo have launched smartwatch apps, permitting automotive house owners to regulate a few of their car’s features from the consolation of their wrist. Now Ford needs in on the motion. Within the newest replace to its MyFord app, out there on each iOS and Android Put on, the automotive maker is letting drivers of choose electrical and plug-in hybrid fashions entry info on their car battery standing (together with the estimated vary), allow the air-conditioning, lock and unlock the automotive and comply with instructions to the place their automotive is parked.

One notably fascinating function is the addition of a private driving rating, which signifies how nicely you’re driving by factoring in your common miles to the gallon, distance traveled and the way effectively you speed up and decelerate. The extra inexperienced leaves you see on the show, the higher you are driving. When you drive a Ford C-MAX Energi, Ford Focus Electrical or Ford Fusion Energi and both an Apple Watch or Android Put on smartwatch (or each, should you’re flash with the money), you’ll be able to obtain the app proper now.