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

This app has come a long way from where it started. Communication with the Raider detector is far better and the overall speed of the app has drastically improved. However, somebody needs to do something about this horrible navigation interface. It is just so bad. Huge bubbles for small direction text which prevents you from seeing the map. The map also has the center shifted up which is inverse of how it should be. You need to see what is ahead and not what you've driven past!

Why did this replace a better app? If you purchased an $800 detector marketed to professional drivers why this? Does anyone want to gamify a radar detection? Does anyone want mapping that is inferior? Does anyone want an app that struggles with accurate speed data? An app that only sometimes works in the background? An app that gives less useful data than it's predecessor? To all these, it's a resounding NO.

Found the app has a tendency to hang on starting with syncing emergency data. Gave it 3 stars due to maditory permission for camera and storage which is not required in my opinion for connecting to a radar detector. Going to use the legacy Cobra IRadar app as long as possible. A second item is the radar alert when shown covers the top 1/3 the map inhibiting ability to see upcoming traffic congestion when using the app while driving to monitor traffic in the road ahead on the interstate hwy.

What’s new

Minor enhancements