Honda Allies with Competitors to Found Connectivity Consortium
Published Monday, 28 March, 2011 by Blog Admin. Categories: News.
New car apps offer greater convenience and in many instances greater comfort. There's just one small problem: the way drivers interact with apps varies from model to model. For some, smartphones serve as the interface. For others, apps are loaded directly onto the vehicle's telematics system. For all, this can seem clunky, inefficient, and most of all - confusing.
To help promote a simple, consistent way for drivers to interact with car apps, Honda has teamed up with other industry bigwigs to found the Connectivity Consortium. Ultimately, the Consortium aims to standardize the Terminal Mode app system first glimpsed…