Ford’s BlueCruise 1.4 update lets you keep your hands off the wheel much longer

BlueCruise asking the driver to put their hands on the wheel as rain falls. | Image: Umar Shakir / The Verge Ford is releasing a new version of its hands-free driving BlueCruise software, version 1.4, which it claims will let you keep your hands off the wheel twice as long. In fact, the company tells us it can now run on average five times longer compared to version 1.2 that rolled out last year, and double that of 1.3 which started rolling out more recently. The company doesn’t specify ex