Reviews for Garmin Drive™

Firstly the device cost way more than it is worth, secondly, the apps format and interface is so basic and limited in what it can actually do. For the money the device cost it should be able to do everything Alexa can do and much more. For example at least having accurate navigation. I don’t […]

Exact same problems as other recent reviews describe. I can see thumbnails, but can’t view the videos. Doesn’t reliably connect to WiFi even when I have the unit in my home, next to my phone and WiFi router. 1st DC Mini 2 didn’t connect reliably. Garmin sent a replacement unit, which has the exact same […]

First years would have gotten 5 stars from me. Now, a little over a year later. – 1 star. I have 3 cameras and none of them connect to the app anymore without me having to forget the camera, uninstall the app and then go through the entire setup process. EVERY time! I cannot look […]

I paid $120 for the one with no dash camera a couple years ago and it worked great for a long time. Some months ago, I started getting “Poor Data Connection”. I stopped using it for like 4 months, updated the app, reset the connection by forgetting device and reconnecting and still got the same […]

Maybe doesn’t work with Android 12/13? It used to work, albeit slow, but for months, maybe a year now I cannot connect to the camera to pull videos wirelessly. It just flat out doesn’t work anymore. I have to pull the micro SD card and insert that in am adapter and then a reader. Incredibly […]

For use with dashcam mini2, it sometimes works, but mostly the bluetooth won’t connect reliably. When it does, you can see a list of the videos that are available. That’s it. You need WiFi to view the video, but when the WiFi finds the camera it won’t connect. On my Android the connection process turns […]

Hot garbage – The app simply won’t connect to the camera reliably. In fact, I would say it connects less often than it connects when needed. New videos don’t seem to load either – it shows the videos from the last time you connected and there is not easy way to get them to refresh. […]

Could do a better job with more details. Pretty much only get basic instructions that you send to the device rather than being able to fully review. No route information is shown. Just the location on the map that you send to the device. No way of knowing after said if you want to go […]

The app is absolutely useless now. It won’t let me send addresses from the app to my Garmin anymore. I’ve made sure that it’s updated, cleared the cache and the data multiple times. I’ve also uninstalled and reinstalled many times to get it to work and it doesn’t. Tried to contact Garmin and all they […]

This has got to be the worst dashcam app ever, it’s nearly impossible to review or download any saved clips, and saving video until your storage is full is an option but just doesn’t work, it’s been like that for over a year, this was my first Garmin dashcam and will definitely be my last, […]

When I bought my 46 dashcam, the app worked great. I was able to view, trim, and download my videos quickly and easily. I loved this so much, I bought another Garmin dashcam to add to my other vehicle. However, now, I feel like I regret my decision because somehow Garmin has ruined their own […]

I love Garmin devices, have their Fenix series watch, RV GPS and several dash cams. I’m guessing though they should probably outsource their app. It is clunky, very slow to connect and on my most recent purchase of a new Garmin 57 series dash cam It will not connect no matter how hard I try. […]

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 […]

If it was possible to put zero stars, I would Customer service is inadequate and not helpful. They recently did an update on the app. 8/13, and ever since then I have not been able to connect to my drive 55. The app cannot maintain connection with the device and automatically disconnects every so often. […]

I can’t view any of my files because app constantly says “Connecting to wifi” when I select Videos & Photos. When I try to View Live Feed, it says Connecting to Feed but never connects. When I go into settings, it shows the camera is connected to WiFi. Extremely frustrating. I followed all steps in […]

This was a great app to shoot an address from my phone to my navigation device, until the recent update. Now it says wait while it connects and never connects. I don’t have time to play the waiting game. I have places to go. I sat 5 minutes and it didn’t connect, yet it was […]

Unfortunately this app is not up to par with the other Garmin apps I’ve used in the past. I recently purchased a Garmin tandem and set it up. The app will connect to the camera device and I can start to select videos to export but after selecting it’s not clear how to just download […]

The Garmin dashcam mini 2 cameras and this app are terrible, whole chunks of video are missing and the app cannot even show what is there, it’s faster to just pull it with a microSD reader. Wanted to pull footage from a drive and the rear camera is missing over 15 min, and what is […]

App works okay, but not great. It doesn’t seem to be able to take addresses shared from another app (eg maps or a calendar) even though the same address share functionality works perfectly with other navigation apps. I reported it to tech support a month or so ago, and although they were aware of it, […]

Good product horrible app. been using a DC mini 2 for a while and the product is great but when I finally upgraded to an s25 ultra i tried the app for all the extras for it. App refuses to connect to the camera and i got a new camera to make sure it wasnt […]