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Toyota has started working with Fords Smart Device Link, an open source version of AppLink. In trying to fight Apple and Google for the dashboard, Smart Device Link allows manufacturers and developers to sign up and work from a common platform...
Toyota-Ford Defend Control of Dashboard From Apple-Google - Bloomberg BusinessToyota, the world’s largest automaker, will explore working with Ford on integrating smartphone applications into future vehicles, the two companies said in e-mailed statements. Ford says its SmartDeviceLink technology allows companies like Pandora Inc. to develop apps only once for use in multiple infotainment systems, while also allowing carmakers to control the design of their dashboards.