Garmin Smartphone Link Reviews

Refund please

AbeH2

I want a refund. It doesn’t connect to the Garmin GPS. It doesn’t work at all. Refund please.

Does NOT work!

Side ways

Wasted my money don’t wast yours too! Doesn’t connect to the data on my phone and so I can’t see any cameras and my gps can’t see the weather! So screwed I’m hopping mad ?

This app pair with garmin GPS has potential BUT it needs improvements.. 1) app disconnects frequently from garmin GPS and when trying to connect back sometimes is a headache 2) user interface looks old app needs to be updated for UI 3) the search address bar sometimes won’t find addresses.

Sometimes works

pd210flyer

Two things, 1 never know if it’s on or not until you run into a traffic jam. 2 to turn in on in the first place you have to hit the tiny icon next to the search bar; guess what happens with this situation. Yes you hit the button 6 times before it is the right one. Maybe make the icon bigger and move it.

Absolutely necessary but needs to be better

TheShkosh

So, by default Garmin uses Foursquare to search for things. Couple that with terrible voice recognition on the unit itself, and Garmin has A LOT to gain from tighter smartphone integration. This app wants to be that tight integration. The most important thing this app does is give you the ability to copy an address from an actual search engine and paste it into the search field of the app. You can then send that address to your GPS and not have to use the terrible UI. This app would benefit from the ability to use Siri shortcuts. Then at least you could find your address and say “Hey Siri, send this to Garmin” and never have to open the app or touch the GPS. Additionally, this app misses an opportunity to customize the smart notifications on the GPS. I like the idea of the smart notifications, but the execution is not good. That screen is the perfect size for the map, but then a notification comes up and doesn’t leave until you close it. This should be a setting in the app. There is no reason for a notification to remain on the screen for longer than 3 seconds. Move all of the GPS settings to the app, add a few, and let us change them all from the app. Also, allow the GPS to use the phone to conduct its update. I have enough stuff to carry in and out of my truck every day. My phone has lots of horsepower, storage and a data plan. I feel like it should be able to update the GPS wirelessly as I commute. How about some third party integration? I would love Google to be able to tell it that there is traffic ahead, or for Waze to be able to report a hazard or speed trap.

Total garbage

klebel123

Garmin should be embarrassed by this app. It’s almost completely useless. Their idea of social media support is Foursquare? Foursquare hasn’t been relevant since about 2014. The media support is horrible. Crashes constantly, doesn’t allow media control from the Garmin Nav and doesn’t support album cover images or other data if you use Spotify, amazon music or pandora. Only for local media. Again, what year is it? 2014? There is a reason Garmin is losing major market share. Just use your smartphone and locally downloaded google maps and you get everything Garmin has and 100x more.

Very bad app

BTQuestMedia

The one thing it needs to do , it can’t. I need to be able to enter the “name” or “ address “ of a place. And you can’t do that. This an absolutely worthless app. Zero stars is more appropriate.

Love this App

NormanRi

Love this App! Linking my phone with the GPS makes adding places so much faster, I really like it!

Poor design and functionality

Laborspy

Lacks the ability to disable features. You buy the weather to find out it gives alerts 3hrs away at the coast instead of anywhere local. Ok, stinks but what is horrible is that you can't disable it. So now if I want traffic I need to accept crappy weather alerts for coastal flooding when I live 3hrs from the ocean. Now I just ignore them and it's a joke in the family now. Is it really a thunderstorm or is it just a passing cloud and the bad part is 3hrs away. No clue, clicking on the alert gives you an error that it can't connect. And their support can't help on any of this. Awesome job!

Much improved

Henrico Ed

Good job Garmin. This app has improved over time. Much more stable and now a good planning tool when paired with the Drive Smart 61 device. I have a request please replace Garmin Drive with this app. Garmin Drive is totally useless.

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