Receiving Notifications
WARNING
Do not read or reply to notifications while driving. If you do so, you could become distracted by the display,
which could lead to an accident causing serious personal injury or death.
Before you can use this feature, your device must be connected to a supported phone running the Garmin Drive
app (
Live Services, Traffic, and Smartphone Features, page 26
).
From most pages, a popup appears when the device receives a notification from your smartphone. If the device
is moving, you must verify you are a passenger and not the driver before you can view notifications.
NOTE: If you are viewing the map, notifications appear in a map tool.
• To ignore a notification, select OK.
The popup closes, but the notification remains active on your phone.
• To view a notification, select View.
• To listen to the notification, select View > Play.
The device reads the notification using text-to-speech technology. This feature is not available for all
languages.
• To perform additional actions, such as dismissing the notification from your phone, select View, and select
an option.
NOTE: Additional actions are available for only some notification types and must be supported by the app
generating the notification.
Receiving Notifications while Viewing the Map
WARNING
Do not read or reply to notifications while driving. If you do so, you could become distracted by the display,
which could lead to an accident causing serious personal injury or death.
Before you can use this feature, your device must be connected to a supported phone running the Garmin Drive
app (
Live Services, Traffic, and Smartphone Features, page 26
).
When you are viewing the map, new notifications appear in a map tool at the edge of the screen. If the device is
moving, you must verify you are a passenger and not the driver before you can view notifications.
• To ignore a notification, select , or wait for popup to expire.
The popup closes, but the notification remains active on your phone.
• To view a notification, select the notification text.
• To listen to the notification, select Play Message.
The device reads the notification using text-to-speech technology. This feature is not available for all
languages.
• To listen to the notification using a voice command, say Play Message.
NOTE: This option is available only when the selected language supports the voice command feature and
appears in the map tool.
• To perform additional actions, such as dismissing the notification from your phone, select View, and select
an option.
NOTE: Additional actions are available for only some notification types and must be supported by the app
generating the notification.
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