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

Connected to a Cobra Rad 700i using a Pixel 10 Pro XL. Connected to my radar detector on second try. Works well on phone but not when using Android Auto. When using with Android Auto the speed is way off and fluctuates badly. For example if I am going 40mph the app shows I am going 7 to 14mph. Completely unusable that way. Again not an issue if using without connection to Android Auto. Also the posted speed limit is not available most places, only major freeways. Really 3.5 stars.

Haven't been able to access the library for my dash cam. I've updated the app. no change. The app connects to my dash cam but won't open the gallery, claiming it needs wifi. what's the point of that if I get in an accident and need to access the footage. I won't have wifi on the side of a road to be able to pull that up. And even when I am at home on wifi it takes multiple attempts for it to actually load.

It works. The experience for getting your videos is massively slow, unless you just take the memory card out to a computer. It uses openmaps project so not a lot there in the way of functionality . As a navigation app, you'd think they could add some default zoom out for turns coming up or a more angled 3D view so it shows more instead of a very close top down view. I mean, it's 2026. All my software and firmware is up to date. your software just isn't great.

What’s new

Bug fixes