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Toyota concedes, reveals plans to launch first cars with Apple CarPlay
I have been a Toyota owner since 1999. I only ever owned one car since then that wasn't a Toyota, and boy was I sorry. I have to say while their Infotainment systems aren't the worst I've ever seen, they are nothing compared to CarPlay. I have to admit that their lack of support nearly caused me to dip my toe into the world of autos that are not Toyota once again. I just bought a Toyota in December, but it was a close decision between it and a comparable Ford. If the Ford model year I was looking at had have had CarPlay, I would have bought it. It was really that close. Toyota came very close to loosing a 20 year customer because they decided they didn't want to support a feature that is sweeping the car industry. I wonder how many other customers they did eventually loose (even if only for the "current" purchase) based on Infotainment offerings. They must know or have a pretty good estimate and hence this announcement.