Garmin Drive™

3.7
21.7K reviews
1M+
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Content rating
PEGI 3
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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
Mar 4, 2025

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
21.2K reviews
Andrew Smith
August 19, 2024
Really appalling now. It was fine until a recent update. Now it's not connecting our Avtec Tourer 2 to my fully updated Google Pixel 7 phone. We rely heavily on this to not only keep us up to date with traffic, but also make sure our route keeps us on safe roads for our motorhome. We've been away this weekend and had no connection from Garmin Drive to the sat nav, but the sat nav was also failing to connect to the rear camera. Really appalling for this to happen since an update to the Garmin app
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Andrew Johnson
May 26, 2025
2 stars because the app keeps booting up looking for new kit to connect to, I did notice only two options of allow or not allow, not the third one of "only when in use" as there is more personal & medical wearable tech about, is it trying to connect to other tech as mine is a blank black screen. Which in my case stops me seeing a medical sensor reading app. without closing Drive app down to stop it searching. I think that is what it's doing.
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David King
April 8, 2025
8th April and Garmin have fixed an error on their server, and this app now functions. February 2025 App no longer connects to the GPS. Previous review: Useful for changing direction, though annoying that the GPS has to confirm change. Would be useful if passenger could use the app to search for refreshments, petrol and attractions en route, without having to touch the Garmin. Much safer. The app needs to reflect more of the Garmin device features, allowing more app control of the device.
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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.