Select your product to confirm this information applies to you

Customizing Your Automotive Devices and Vehicles in the Garmin Drive App

The Garmin Drive™ app allows you to customize your Garmin GPS navigators or Garmin Dash Cams in the vehicles you use them in.


Vehicles Feature

  • The home screen will be organized by vehicle names.  It is named Vehicle 1 by default.  Tap Vehicle 1 if you would like to input your own custom vehicle name.  
  • For a your own organizational purposes, devices may be rearranged within a vehicle, and vehicles can be rearranged in order of appearance on the home screen.
  • The vehicle name can be collapsed for a condensed view or expanded to display the Garmin devices assigned to it.
  • Once a vehicle name is expanded, actions applicable to paired Garmin devices, such as Locate Vehicle, Save Video, Live View, Review Video, and Audio Recording, will display.
  • Extra features applicable for your device such as Vault or Amazon Alexa setup are deferred until you are ready. See your device owner's manual for setup and usage: Manual for Your Product

Drive Vehicles Feature

Additional Details

  • Multiple Garmin GPS navigators can be assigned to a vehicle, but only one navigation device can be actively connected at a time. For example, the Garmin DriveSmart 66 and Garmin Speak are both GPS navigators and can be paired but not connected in the Garmin Drive app at the same time.
  • A maximum of four vehicles can be created.
  • Vehicle names can be up to 30 characters in length.
  • There can be more than one vehicle with the same name.
  • Each vehicle may have up to four dash cameras assigned to it.
    • Exceptions:  Garmin GPS navigators with built-in dash cameras and the Garmin Speak Plus with built-in dash camera will not count toward the four-camera maximum. 
  • Garmin dash cameras in a multiple camera network within the same vehicle will respond to most commands at the same time.
    • Exceptions: Garmin GPS navigators with built-in dash cameras will not participate in a multiple camera network.

Editing the Vehicle or Renaming a Garmin Dash Cam

See the steps Rename the Garmin Dash Cam or Edit the Vehicle in the Garmin Drive App