Toyota Entune is a fully integrated multimedia navigation system using a connected mobile phone to gather information such as traffic updates and information updates. The system utilises mobile apps to provide the driver with information from Bing (search engine)

Bing

Bing is a web search engine from Microsoft.Bing may also refer to:* An onomatopœia of a bell sound* Bing cherry, a variety of cherry* Bing , Chinese flatbread* Bing , a German company that manufactured toys and kitchen utensils...

, OpenTable

OpenTable

OpenTable is an online real-time restaurant reservation service founded by Chuck Templeton in San Francisco, CA in 1998. Reservations are free to end users; the company charges restaurants monthly and per-reservation fees for their use of the system. In 1999, the website began operations...

 and movietickets.com

MovieTickets.com

MovieTickets.com is an online movie ticketing website originally founded by AMC Theaters and Hollywood.com and formed in the year 2000. It is currently a joint venture between AMC Entertainment, Hollywood Media Corp, National Amusements, Cineplex Entertainment, Marcus Theatres, Viacom and Time Warner...

, along with weather, traffic, fuel information (location and price), stocks, news and sports. It also has access to music services such as iheartradio

Iheartradio

iHeartRadio is a Clear Channel Radio network to aggregate local radio brands, personalities and on-demand content. It is best known as a mobile application...

, Pandora

Pandora

In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman. As Hesiod related it, each god helped create her by giving her unique gifts...

 and XM Satellite Radio

XM Satellite Radio

XM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...

. All of this is tied together with voice recognition.

Entune will premiere on the 2012 Toyota Prius v

Toyota Prius v

The Toyota Prius v, also named Prius α in Japan, and Prius + in Europe, is a full hybrid gasoline-electric compact MPV/station wagon produced by Toyota Motor Corporation introduced in Japan in May 2011 and in the U.S. in October 2011. It is scheduled to be released in the European market by mid 2012...

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Connectivity

Smartphones can connect to Toyota Entune using bluetooth technology or a USB cable and an installed Toyota Entune mobile application. Toyota Entune is wirelessly upgradeable, so in-vehicle applications are never obsolete. Toyota Entune is compatible with a wide variety of mobile phones (iOS, Android and Blackberry) with a data plan.

Safety Connect

Toyota Entune incorporates Safety connect telematics system, offering all the same safety feature but it can be more personalised options to suit the driver.

External links

• Toyota Entune Forum