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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Think Google and Apple are destined to take over your next car's dashboard? Not so fast. With Toyota and QNX signing on, Ford's SmartDeviceLink is showing that there's life in built-in infotainment ...

Toyota Motor Corporation announced earlier today about its ambitious intentions to explore into the integration of SmartDeviceLink technology. The smartphone in-car infotainment operation technology’s ...

Vehicle infotainment systems pretty much experience that same somewhat isolated and dispersed situation that the IoT industry is experiencing. With cars, however, the problem is less pronounced, ...

Ford Motor Company and Toyota Motor Company are setting-up a nonprofit organization called SmartDeviceLink Consortium, in order to administer an open source software platform with an aim of providing ...

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Toyota announced Monday plans to adopt the technology in its cars, with Honda, Mazda and Subaru close to making the same decision. Automotive suppliers QNX Software Systems and UIEvolution will also ...

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 ...