Live Services, Traffic And Smartphone Features; Pairing With Your Smartphone; Going To An Address Or Location Using The Garmin Drive App - Garmin DRIVE 55 Owner's Manual

Live services, traffic and smartphone features

Do not read or interact with notifications while driving, because doing so can cause distraction that could lead
to an accident resulting in serious personal injury or death.
The Garmin Drive app allows your device to receive smart notifications and live information, such as live traffic
data and weather information.
Live traffic data: sends real-time traffic data to your device, such as traffic incidents and delays, construction
zones and road closings
Weather information: sends real-time weather forecasts, road conditions and weather radar to your device
(Viewing the Weather Forecast, page
Send locations to device: allows you to send locations from your smartphone to your navigation device.

Pairing with Your Smartphone

You can pair your Garmin Drive device with your smartphone and the Garmin Drive app to enable additional
features and access live information
1 From the app store on your smartphone, install the Garmin Drive app.
2 Turn on your Garmin Drive device and place the device and your smartphone within 3 m (10 ft.) of each other.
3 On your phone, open the Garmin Drive app.
4 Follow the on-screen instructions to sign in to a Garmin account and complete the pairing and setup
process.
The main app dashboard appears. After the devices are paired, they connect automatically when they are turned
on and within range.

Going to an address or location using the Garmin Drive app

You can use the Garmin Drive app to search for an address, business or point of interest and send it to your
Garmin Drive device for navigation.
1 From the Garmin Drive app, select Where To?.
2 Select an option:
• To search for an address near you, enter the house number and street name.
• To search for an address in another town, enter the house number, street name, town and county.
• To search for a business name, enter all or part of the name.
• To search for a town, enter the town and county.
As you type, suggestions appear below the search field.
3 Select a suggested search result.
The app displays the location on a map.
4 Select Go! to start a route.
The Garmin Drive device starts navigating to the selected location and the location is added to your recent
searches in the Where To? menu.
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