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

Out of the box, brand new. Went through the install in vehicle, updated camera. Had to go to the store so I got to use the voice command, I really like this. The connectivity is a little shaky but I believe in time, like anything new, I'll get it figured out. I've had Garmin products most of my working career, and now that I'm retired with so health issues, I believe it's best to have an extra set of eyes, that will document travel. I highly recommend Garmin, I've had others, always went back.

I'm not impressed with this app at all. It constantly tries to upgrade firmware because it never completes successfully. Viewing videos takes forever. Sometimes I just give up. Why can't I select videos and upload them directly to the vault that I just subscribed to? Why is there no option to auto save videos. There is no option to have even if I select videos. I have two mini 3's and this app is absolutely useless.

Decent product (mini 2 - great, mini 1 - not great), terrible app. There is usually a trick to getting the cameras to connect to the app. it doesn't ever seem to be the same trick, unfortunately. So, I end up spending hours each time I try to connect to view videos, retrieve videos, format the memory card (because the mini 1 fills up and won't overwrite), or adjust the view. I've been trying to connect for the past 20 minutes because it just says connecting to wifi, and never connects.

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.