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 ...

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 ...

Last year, Toyota and Ford entered into a partnership to share Livio's SDL apps platform. Today, they invite the rest of the industry to the party. Antuan started out in the automotive industry the ...

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 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 ...

A slew of major automakers are now able to adopt Ford's open-source application interface software for their own vehicles, eliminating the need to use software from Apple or Google to enable consumers ...

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Drivers expect their cars and smartphones to seamlessly work together. Both Apple and Google offer their respective services for connecting phones to a car’s infotainment system, but the car industry ...

Toyota is planning to be the first automaker to adopt smartphone software developed by Ford and offered to the industry at large in an effort to create a uniform way for car owners to use phone apps ...