Toyota and Microsoft team up to track you in your cars: Connected vehicles will reveal your driving habits, destinations and more

Hidden in the dashboard of most modern cars, on-board computers are quietly gathering a goldmine of data. Now Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has announced it is teaming up with Microsoft in an effort to mine some of this information. The new venture, called Toyota Connected, was announced by the car firm and will look to collect and analyse data from its cars and push towards'connected vehicles'. Toyota has announced it is teaming up with Microsoft in an effort to collect and analyse some of the valuable data being collected by its vehicles' on-board computers (stock image). Toyota Connected will focus on connecting cars to each other and to homes, as well as telematics features that learn a driver's habits According to the car firm, the goal is a move towards simplified technology, such as voice activated in-car computers.