Sharing Saved Places/Routes From an Automotive Device

1. Touch Apps or the apps icon 

2. Touch Route Planner

3. Touch the wrench in the top left corner

4. Touch Share

5. Touch Garmin Drive

6. Select the routes you want to share

7. Touch Done

8. Touch OK

9. Open the Garmin Drive app on your phone

10. Touch Share

11. Follow the on-screen instructions to share the .gpx files

12. The receiving Garmin user can then open the file with the Garmin Drive app

13. Touch Send in the Garmin Drive app

The trip will now be found in Route Planner on the receiving device.

It may also be possible to use the Share features (described above) as a way of backing up your device's collection of saved locations / routes (as GPX files) to your compatible smartphone.

• This may be desired as a way to back up your device if something like a master reset needs to be done on the device and you do not have access to a computer to perform a backup of the GPX files.
  • See Backing up, Restoring, or Transferring Saved Data on Garmin Automotive Devices if you have access to a computer.
    

NOTE:

• Large file sizes shared to and from the device may lead to long processing times.
• The device or Drive app may not operate normally during the processing of a large file export or import and there may not be an easy way to cancel the sharing request.
• Allowing the needed time for the import or export to complete is necessary if using this feature.

Files can be sent back to the device with the Garmin Drive app, see: Sending a Location, Coordinates or GPX File through the Garmin Drive App