Toyota’s selected vehicles will have Entune, “I wish I could” revolutionary type connectivity. This in-car technology keeps you and your car connected. Bing and access more than 16 million interest points; hook up iHeartRadio, listen to as many as 750 radio stations across the States or buy tickets for your favorite movie or theater show, using the MovieTickets.com platform. Link with OpenTable apps, find nearby restaurants and make reservations for the dinner. Pandora is also on hand; customize and listen to play lists.
This new multimedia interface lets you track stocks and review scores or standings of your favorite sports. You can view useful fuel prices information and even sort it by distance.
Does it sound more like what your Smartphone does for you? You are nearly right; Toyota Entune apps is a cohesive multimedia interface that combines features such as navigation systems and XM satellite and eliminates fumbling with the phone.
Once you enable Entune, Toyota will integrate you with a number of popular data services and mobile apps. This smart app connects the vehicle and internet, using your Smartphone’s data plan. You need just a feature or Smartphone, data plan from your mobile service carrier and of course a one of the select Toyota cars, equipped with multimedia system.
Currently, 2012 Toyota Prius and Camry have both display audio with navigation and Entune as well as premium HDD navigation with Entune. On 2012 Tacoma, Toyota is offering display audio with navigation and Entune for the present. In the near future, all Toyota cars and vehicles will be Entune enabled. Monitoring traffic incidents and weather, including radar maps will be possible from every Toyota shortly.
How to go about it? Entune supports Apple, Android and BlackBerry mobile platforms. You have to use a USB data cable to connect with iPhone, but can connect Android or BlackBerry wirelessly using Bluetooth. Download Entune™ app from App store, Android Market or BlackBerry App World, depending on the type of Smartphone you have. Also, get a data plan from your mobile network provider, if don’t have one already and connect.
Launching Entune is a simple process. If your vehicle has a “Display Audio System,” you will find “Apps” hard button next to the touch screen. If you have a Premium HDD Navigation system, you would see a “Map” hard button next to the touch screen. Register your Entune account; link your existing OpenTable, MovieTickets.com, and Pandora accounts. In case you do not have these accounts, create them free of charge and then link with Entune. Pair your vehicle with the phone and launch Entune app. You are set and ready to go- simple as that.
Search and voice-recognition system from Microsoft Bing will continuously update Entune with 16 million points of interest. Real-time traffic updates are fed by crowd sourcing from nearly three million cars around you. Since Bing keeps updating the data from where you are travelling, finding a coffee shop nearest to your current location and booking a table there will be just a touch away. You can also use the voice recognition that works in a friendlier conversational mode than the rigid dictation type.
“Open Sesame” like magical capability is Toyota’s advanced technology at work. As already said, in addition to Prius, Camry and 2012 Tacoma more Toyotas will have Entune over time.
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