To use the voice-activated features, your device must be connected to the Garmin Drive™ app on your smartphone. To use Amazon Alexa features, you must sign into your Amazon account from the Garmin Drive app.

The Garmin DriveSmart™ 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. Many example phrases are provided in the manual, but you can experiment with speaking to the device using the language most comfortable to you.

The device includes Garmin^® voice-activated navigation and Amazon Alexa skills and features.

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.

The device also provides access to many Amazon Alexa features, such as playing music, checking the weather, or listening to the news. You can launch Amazon Alexa skills and features by saying Alexa followed by a request.