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OK Garmin One-Shot Voice Commands

Your Garmin Automotive Device Uses Natural Language Processing to Understand the Intent of your Spoken Requests.

  • You can ask questions or speak commands in natural language, using complete sentences.

  • Example phrases are provided below, but you can experiment with speaking to the device using the language most comfortable to you.

  • Garmin voice-activated navigation allows you to search for locations and addresses, start routes with turn-by-turn directions, place hands-free phone calls, and more.

  • You can launch Garmin voice-activated navigation by saying "OK, Garmin" followed by a request.

    • This wakeup phrase cannot be changed.

See the Detailed Video Below about Using OK Garmin Voice Commands.

Find a Place

You can say phrases like these to find and navigate to addresses, businesses, cities, and intersections. You can specify a city or street to search for places near a specific location.

  • Addresses

    • OK Garmin, find 1200 E 151st Street, Olathe, KS

  • Cities

    • OK Garmin, go to Seattle, WA

  • Nearby Places

    • OK Garmin, find Starbucks
    • OK Garmin, find a Chinese restaurant

  • Places Near a City

    • OK Garmin, find Arthur Bryant’s in Kansas City

  • Places Near a Route

    • OK Garmin, find gas stations along my route

  • Places You’ve Saved

    • OK Garmin, go home
    • OK Garmin, take me to Grandma’s house
    • OK Garmin, saved places
      • When the list is shown, speak the line number of the desired location or say "down" to advance to the next page

  • Places You’ve Searched For

    • OK Garmin, recently found
      • When the list is shown, speak the line number of the desired location or say "down" to advance to the next page 

Get Route Information

You can get information about an active route.

  • OK Garmin, when will we get there?

Change or Stop Your Route

You can say phrases like this to change an active route.
  • OK Garmin, (see Find a Place above for options) to add an additional stop to your route.
  • OK Garmin, stop the route
  • OK Garmin, cancel navigation

Cancel a Command

You can cancel a request after issuing a command.
  • Cancel
  • Nevermind

Control Brightness and Volume

You can control volume and brightness levels.  The range is from 0 to 10.
  • OK Garmin, raise the volume
  • OK Garmin, volume 5
  • OK Garmin, change the brightness to 5
    • Not compatible with all devices

Return to the Navigation Map from any Page

  • OK Garmin, show the map

Place a Call

You can call your saved contacts with a phone connected.
  • OK Garmin, call John Smith

NOTE: Voice commands are not allowed during a phone call.  The phone call is prioritized over any other audio. The device will mute spoken navigation prompts when a call is active. The visual on-screen navigation prompts continue. Navigation prompts resume when the phone call is disconnected. 

To end the call you may take one of the following actions:

  • Tap the red End button on the navigator, displayed when a phone call is active
  • Hang up on your smartphone or wait for the other party to disconnect
  • Tap the appropriate button on a connected headset

Control the Camera on a GPS Navigator with Built-In Dash Camera on Compatible Devices

You can start or stop recording audio
  • OK Garmin, record audio
  • OK Garmin, stop recording audio

You can start or stop recording video

  • OK Garmin, record video
  • OK Garmin, stop recording video

You can save videos or take a picture

  • OK Garmin save video
  • OK Garmin, take a picture

View Backup Camera Video with a Connected Compatible Backup Camera (Optional Accessory) on Compatible Devices

NOTE: Upon starting the GPS while paired to a compatible backup camera, there is an initial video feed shown during startup. This feed will go away on its own when detecting forward motion of the vehicle, or by manually pressing the back arrow in the lower left-hand corner of the GPS screen. After this initial camera feed is gone, voice command can be used to show or hide video, or any other desired commands. While the initial video feed is present on the GPS, voice command is not usable for any verbal commands at that time. 

Additional Commands

Category searches are supported

  • OK Garmin, find airports near me
  • OK Garmin, find emergency rooms near me

Intersection searches are supported

  • Ok Garmin, take me to 119th Street & Metcalf (searches in your present location)
  • Ok Garmin, find the intersection of Sunshine and Campbell in Springfield, Missouri

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