Garmin Drive™

Garmin

About this app

The Garmin Drive™ app is a simple and convenient app solution for the latest Garmin automotive navigators and dash cams. Visit garmin.com/driveapp for a list of compatible devices.

For compatible navigators, the Garmin Drive app provides real-time information for traffic, parking, advanced weather, and photoLive traffic cameras, in addition to the ability to send and receive calls, texts, and notifications from your Bluetooth-enabled mobile device.

For compatible dash cams, the Garmin Drive app provides quick access to camera controls, settings, and recorded footage. Up to four dash cams can be wirelessly connected with the Dash Cam Auto Sync feature to provide comprehensive coverage around a vehicle, offering various viewpoints recorded by the multiple cameras. The Garmin Drive app can create a “picture-in-picture” video from any two perspectives at the same time, making it easy to review video and also share videos with friends, insurance agencies, or legal authorities.

Garmin Speak™ with Amazon Alexa brings what you love about Amazon Alexa to your vehicle. Just ask Alexa to hear music, news, and more. Also, enjoy Garmin turn-by-turn navigation. Stream the audio (music and other responses) from your vehicle’s stereo when you connect Garmin Speak to your stereo using Bluetooth® or AUX.

Older Bluetooth-capable Garmin navigators are compatible with the Garmin Smartphone Link app, and older Wi-Fi-enabled Garmin dash cams can access video footage through the Garmin VIRB app.

Ratings and reviews

Giving this two stars because the Mini2 is great. It's nice and small and the video quality it great. The app is GARBAGE. It NEVER loads when I need it too and it will constantly disconnect with the camera over and over again. I have ZERO confidence this will work if I ever need it in an accident. The only reason I didn't return the camera is the video quality is good and I can always pull the SD card if needed I'm starting to think the cheap chinese camera's on amazon are better than this.

App and camera are very laggy, takes multiple tries for them to connect and when they do connect (which takes anywhere between 1 minute and over 20 minutes) it takes about two seconds for every second of video to download. I mostly gave up and just got an adapter to plug directly into my phone. The subscription is also overpriced, in my opinion, which costs 9.99 for just a month of online storage.

I really enjoy this device. I like how if you cannot locate an address on the Garmin device, you can look it up on the app. And then send the GPS route to the Garmin device via Bluetooth through the app. Very convenient! This helped me drive alone from WA to South CA and I'm very satisfied with this purchase!! So far so good, no real issues with using this app or device. 😊

What's new

The Garmin Drive app is continually working to improve your experience and help simplify your drive. This version includes bug fixes to improve device functionality, as well as features to support new Garmin devices.