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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...