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Disabling Specific Types of Smart Notifications on an Automotive Device

You can customize the type of notifications your device will display.

For example, if you wish to receive text messages but not email alerts, specific notification types can be disabled. The process for customizing these notifications varies by phone type.

Select Your Phone Type Below:

Android:

Ensure your phone and automotive device are paired and connected through the Garmin Drive™ App and notifications are enabled before attempting the steps below. Detailed steps can be found in Smart Notifications on Automotive Devices.

Smart Notifications for Android devices have to be configured through the Garmin Drive™ App on your phone.

To Disable Notifications From a Specific App or App Category:

  1. Open the Garmin Drive™ App on your phone
  2. Touch the gear wheel 
  3. Touch Smart Notifications
  4. Touch the toggle button next to any app or category you wish to disable

Your automotive device will no longer provide notifications for the disabled items.  

Within the Notification Settings, some items will exist as a category you can disable (Missed Calls, etc.) while others will list individual apps of that type you can specifically enable or disable. For example, if you have multiple Social Networking apps that can provide notifications, this category will give you the option to individually disable each specific app.

iPhone:

As a general rule, your automotive device will display all notifications that display in the Notification Center on your iPhone. However, your automotive device has the option to disregard different categories of notifications.

For example, notifications from a specific news app on your phone cannot be disabled, but notifications from all news apps can be disabled.

Ensure your phone and automotive device are paired and connected through the Garmin Drive™ App and notifications are enabled before attempting the steps below. Detailed steps can be found in Smart Notifications on Automotive Devices.

To Disable a Notification Category:

  1. Touch Settings on the main menu of the automotive device
  2. Touch Wireless Networks
  3. Touch Smartphone services
  4. Touch Smart Notifications
  5. Remove the checkmark next to any category you wish to disable
  6. Touch Save

The Following iPhone Notification Categories are Available:

  • Incoming Calls
  • Missed Call
  • Voice Mail
  • Text Messages
  • Calendar
  • Email
  • Social Networks
  • news
  • Health and Fitness
  • Business and Finance
  • Location
  • Entertainment
  • Other

What category an individual iPhone app falls within (news, Business, and Finance, Entertainment, etc.) is determined by the Apple App Store categorization of the app.

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