Toyota announced it will demonstrate its new infotainment system SmartDeviceLink (SDL) at this week’s 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Toyota has been working with Ford to develop SDL, an open source-style platform from Livio that integrates smartphone apps to the vehicle’s infotainment system. Not much is known about SDL at this point, though Toyota will demonstrate how it works at CES later this week.
The move further solidifies Toyota’s reluctance to adopt Apple CarPlay and Google Android Auto, the popular infotainment systems that essentially mimics the operation of a smartphone. And while Ford is involved in the development of SDL, the automaker is among the long list of companies that now offer Apple’s and Google’s system in their vehicles.
SDL, Toyota argues, is a safer alternative and is encouraging other automaker to contribute to the open-source platform. For now, Toyota vehicles can be optioned with the automaker’s Entune system, along with the recently-launched Scout GPS Link (from Telenav), a smartphone-based app that integrates with Entune.
Toyota also announced it will make big-time improvements to its connected car technology. First, it will offer its Data Communication Module (DCM) in more vehicles starting next year. DCM allows Toyota to send over-the-air info and updates to vehicles. It also includes other services like emergency notifications in the event of an accident. Toyota says the next big move for DCM will come in 2019 when it switches to a globally-universal platform. The automaker will also build a data center (Toyota Big Data Center) to handle DCM services.
Source: Toyota
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