Drivers have long waited for the day their favorite smartphone navigation apps would come to their dashboards, but in the case of Ford vehicles that day could only be a year… Read more »
Ford is replacing the much-reviled MyFord Touch with a new infotainment system based on Sync AppLink, its more successful in-dash connected car platform. The new system will be called Sync 3,… Read more »
Ford’s connected car chief Don Butler will be at Gigaom’s Structure Connect conference next week to talk about the future networked vehicle. As a preview to his talk he discussed where… Read more »
Gigaom spoke with Nvidia automotive guru Danny Shapiro about what Android Auto will look like and why the car won’t be the next front in the mobile OS war. Read more »
CarPlay will be one of many smartphone frameworks running in cars, and it’s not meant to replace the automakers’ infotainment systems, but augment them. The danger is that CarPlay could overshadow… Read more »
Android in the automobile would spur two things the connected car sorely lacks: A unified app platform in the infotainment system and a vibrant developer community. Read more »
Google(s goog) and Audi are gearing up to reveal a partnership at the Consumer Electronics Show next week, according to the Wall Street Journal. The tie-in would see the creation of… Read more »
By letting TomTom into the connected car dashboard, Ford is opening the door to apps that compete with its own subscription vehicle navigation services. Read more »
Nokia takes the first of many planned steps into the connected car, launching an embedded infotainment and navigation system called Here Auto that reaches beyond the vehicle into the broader world… Read more »
Today GM’s connected cars don’t connect much. But this fall, we could be in for a surprise. It’s completely overhauling its telematics and infotainment systems and is promising a plethora of… Read more »