Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to use a car-phone connectivity system championed by Ford Motor Co. in a bid to keep Apple Inc. and Google from dominating control of dashboards.
Toyota will introduce a telematics system with Ford's SmartDeviceLink, an open platform that the automakers 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.