On this episode of I’d App That, we’ll talk about Apple and Google getting pushback for their car app initiatives from Ford and Toyota. Stacy reviews the Transit app and then Peter gives us his impressions of the Slacker Radio app.

Apple’s  CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto are facing a push back from automakers led by Ford Motor Co.  and Toyota Motor.

Ford and Toyota on Wednesday said four medium-sized automakers — Mazda Motor, PSA Group, Fuji Heavy Industries and Suzuki Motor Corp. — have joined their SmartDeviceLink Consortium, which aims to develop an open-source software platform that app developers can use as an alternative to Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto.

Apple and Google have revved up efforts to integrate their smartphone technologies with auto communications systems.

Apple’s CarPlay technology is built around its iOS software. Alphabet-owned Google unveiled an “autocentric” variant of Android N at its Google I/O developer’s conference in May. General Motors and Harman have announced plans to build Android-based infotainment systems for GM vehicles.

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http://www.investors.com/news/technology/apple-google-car-apps-get-push-back-from-ford-toyota/