It’s Time to Install Some Apps To your Toyota [Automotive]

Toyota is joining the in-car computer adventure with ” Entune,” their own take on the apps and smartphone integration game a la Ford Sync. The first apps look solid, but will they be the first to allow user-installed apps?

The first set of apps seem like pretty standard (if welcome) fare: Pandora, Bing search, MoveTickets.com. There’s even Open Table support to will let you book a reservation at a neighborhood restaurant as you’re driving there.

There’s even voice recognition, although that’s a feature that’s been available to some extent in Toyota’s for several years. It also appears like Toyota will probably be pulling data for the system via your smartphone’s data plan, just like Ford has done with Sync, negating the desire for a car-only data plan like some upscale marques have required.

All in all it’s a great addition for the sector’s largest car maker-or one-of…I will be able to never keep track of who’s on top at the moment-but the foremost to any of these form of systems is how easy they’re to operate after you’re on the go. Initial screenshots are clean and easy, however it can be impossible to pass judgement until we get a big gamble to truly try Entune in action.

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