Drive Smarter

Cedar Electronics

In-app purchases

About this app

NOW AVAILABLE ON ANDROID AUTO!

Drive Smarter enhances your driving experience when you are using select* connected Cobra and Escort devices.

Drive Smarter lets you use your smartphone as a companion to your DashCam.

A streamlined onboarding process lets you quickly connect your Dash Cam and configure it as part of your dashboard. You can "add" a virtual vehicle to your account, then add compatible* Cobra and Escort branded devices to your vehicle.

Users with mobile WiFi hotspots** can optionally connect their cameras directly to the Drive Smarter cloud, to avail of instant upload of videos and to share time-sensitive data and event information.

View recordings stored on your Dash Camera SD card; recordings are conveniently sorted by timeline which highlights events of importance; such as possible collisions or impact. Select files to download to your phone; trim video clips and share with your contacts using your favorite communications app.

Take advantage of streamlined reports generated for insurance claims processing.

Get help using the in-built Mayday services that are automatically triggered in severe collisions - send details regarding your current situation to a designed in-case-of-emergency contact.

Keep your devices' firmware up-to-date so you are enjoying all the latest features that your devices' have to offer.

Emergency videos stored in the Drive Smarter cloud. ***

Convenient Snapshot button lets you remotely take photos via connected cameras, with a tap on your smartphone screen.

currently the Drive Smarter app and service is compatible with the Cobra SC- series Dash Cameras. Check out drivesmarter.com for up-to-date information.

* should have upload / download speeds equal to or exceeding 4G / Cat 4 speeds

** See drivesmarter.com for latest storage / deletion policies for free user accounts on the Drive Smarter cloud.

Ratings and reviews

Frustrating. Requires location to be on all the time, with attendant battery drain. Gallery view only works when phone is unplugged from Android Auto. Gallery is supposed to show Google Maps location for clips, but nothing but gray shown. Does location function require phone to be unplugged from Android Auto? If so, then pretty pointless. Device firmware update function is nice, though. 2024.04.28 edit: used support contact form provided per mfr response. But always-on location is a hard pass.

S22 ultra phone, the app won't connect with the camera it keeps saying it loses connection with th3 device and the device doesn't have an option to show its connected with the phone or to even show that it is connecting with a phone this need to be fixed asap I can't download the videos of an accident. Edit: I exchanged it for a new one. It had firmware 1.20 out the box. It connected no issues. The new firmware 1.23 is the issue. Yall need new software techs.

To get the app to work on Android Auto you have to unlock your phone and open the app. On Android Auto the Drive Smarter app just says 'See update' which it's just prompting you to open the app from the phone while driving. Then it says 'Loading' in top right of screen while the circle of death spins with 'Waiting for the mobile app...'. It sometimes gives option to 'Exit' or 'Wait' but neither one fixes it. Please fix Android Auto app launch issues.

What's new

Addition of new features:
- Duplication of threats on the display of connected devices
- Number of other improvements now available on Android Auto
Alerts and maps logic update
Minor bug and crash fixes