Toyota announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Ford and Livio to deploy SmartDeviceLink, an open source infotainment platform for in-car smartphone connectivity. For now, this means ...

It's been nearly four years since Ford announced that it was contributing the core code of its SYNC AppLink system to an open-source project. The hope was that other automakers and infotainment ...

SmartDeviceLink, Ford’s open-source technology for connecting mobile apps with in-car interfaces, is getting a few important new backers today. After spending a few months on studying the technology, ...

The Ford Motor Co.’s SmartDeviceLink has seen a spike in its adoption rates with the announcement that Toyota Motor Corp. will be placing the technology into its cars in the near future. The news ...

Ford announced that it would open-source its AppLink connected car platform at CES two years ago; at the time, it seemed unlikely that any global automakers would bite, considering the industry’s ...

Toyota announced a few months ago, that they had no plans to implement Google’s Android Auto or Apple’s CarPlay into their infotainment systems in their vehicles. The main reason is that they don’t ...

Ford and Toyota are expanding use of the Ford-developed SmartDeviceLink platform for in-car apps, and bringing more automakers and suppliers into the fold. The two automakers are forming the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A visitor takes pictures among Toyota cars at the company's showroom in Tokyo February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/Files (Reuters) ...

Ford announced the app developer program for SmartDeviceLink, the app integration protocol it turned into an open source project, letting third-party developers build car-centric apps. Wayne ...

Future Toyota models will offer in-dash infotainment systems compatible with Ford's SmartDeviceLink system rather than Apple's CarPlay, the Japanese automaker announced on Monday. SmartDeviceLink is ...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toyota Motor Corporation has entered into an agreement with Ford and Livio to establish an industry development and operation framework to deploy Livio’s SmartDeviceLink ...

Ford said on Monday (4 January, 2015) a "first wave of automakers and industry suppliers - led by Toyota - is adopting its SmartDeviceLink software, claiming it was "a huge step toward giving ...