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 ...

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, ...

Last year, Toyota said it was mulling integrating Ford’s SmartDeviceLink (SDL) tech into future models, and apparently it liked what it saw. Toyota will become the first of what Ford hopes will be ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON The 2017 Radio ShowMarketplacewill feature a 2017 Ford Fusion demonstrating the top three solutions for linking a driver s smartphone with their auto dash, includingSmartDeviceLink(SDL), a ...

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 ...

Toyota has announced that it's officially adopting SmartDeviceLink (SDL) for its next-generation in-car electronics, six-odd months since first announcing it was taking a look the platform.

Toyota has announced its next-generation connected vehicle plans at CES 2016 in Las Vegas. At the heart of that framework will be a Data Communication Module (DCM), coming to vehicles starting with ...