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SDL
is an open source platform that integrates smartphones apps with
vehicles through dashboard buttons, display screens and voice
recognition technology.
Toyota is engaging with the SDL project and investigating
further partnership with Ford and its wholly-owned subsidiary
Livio, the project maintainer for the SmartDeviceLink software,
Ford said in a statement.
"The in-car app market is quickly evolving. Developing robust,
flexible, safe and user-friendly connected services is a
priority for us," Toyota said in a separate statement on
Wednesday.
Toyota and Ford agreed to collaborate on development of next
generation standards for in-car telematics in August 2011,
Toyota said.
Ford created the SDL software in February 2013 to contribute to
its in-car smartphone app interface called Applink as an
open-source project, Ford said.
(Reporting by Zara Mascarenhas in Bengaluru; Editing by Anupama
Dwivedi)
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