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Toyota joins Ford in resisting Apple, Google dominance of dashboards

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Published Tue, Jan 5, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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TOYOTA has agreed to use a car-phone connectivity system championed by Ford in a front to keep Apple and Google from dominating control of dashboards.

Toyota will introduce a telematics system with Ford's SmartDeviceLink, an open platform that the carmakers are inviting their peers to adopt for in-car applications, it said in a statement. Toyota has resisted offering Apple's CarPlay and Google's Android Auto, citing safety and security concerns, while Ford is offering them as apps within its Sync connectivity system this year.

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