Japanese car maker Toyota unveiled its cloud based telematics services for India under the brand name of Toyota-Connect – Connected Services with a Human Touch giving its customers access to Toyota’s global standard of personalized connected services. Toyota Connect is a fully integrated cloud based telematics service platform supported by a new dedicated premium call centre and also integrated with Toyota’s dealer network & service providers.
Toyota car owners will be able to access Toyota Connect through a smartphone application and services will commence from mid-2016.With a host of services like 24X7 Assisted Navigation and Live Traffic information, 24X7 GPS Location based Road Side Assistance, Online Maintenance appointment booking, live check of service progress, and e-Payment, Toyota aims to support customer’s driving & lifestyle needs thereby making the vehicle possession experience safe & enjoyable. With this unveiling, India becomes the 11th country in global Toyota operations to launch the telematics service. Globally, Toyota has more than 13 years of experience in the area of telematics and introduced its first service in 2002 in Japan and has since expanded globally to USA, China, and Thailand & Middle East under the brand of T-Connect which stands for Toyota Connect.