Garmin Drive™

3.7
20.6K reviews
1M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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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.
Updated on
16 Sept 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Contacts and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.7
20.2K reviews
Jim Rigsby
2 November 2024
Functionally, I have no issue with this app. I am satisfied with how it interacts with my car's Garmin GPS device - real time traffic and alternate routes. However, I use the GPS only 2-3 road trips a year, yet the app insists on running in the background 24 hours a day. You cannot force kill it. This is arrogance on the part of the developer.
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Aaron Bauer
3 October 2024
Cannot complete camera setup alignment step because it does not initiate the Wi-Fi connection. Further, the Wi-Fi connection is not maintained as you move through the screens in the app. Review gallery does not work. Even after a couple of years, this app is still trash. Recent updates introduced a new UI, but the functionality issues are still not resolved.
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Dale Sunderlin
19 September 2024
Since the latest update, I get ALL notifications on my Drivesmart 65, with Alexa. I only want alarms and texts. Fix this please Garmin. App is unusable with this new bug youve created. Edit Aug 27th, 2024 - notification bugs are partially fixed. Outlook still comes across as a notification when I have emails turned off. Gmail doesn't pop-up a notification. Edit Sept 19th, 2024. Finally back to notificatins working as set in the app
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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.