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Pairing with Your Smartphone

NOTE: The Garmin Speak™ app can no longer be installed and has been replaced by the Garmin Drive™ app. If you are using the Garmin Speak app on your smartphone, remove this app and update to the latest version of the Garmin Drive app.

The Garmin Speak device requires a connection to the Garmin Drive app to operate. To use the device, you must pair it with your smartphone using the Garmin Drive app and complete the initial setup.

  1. Connect the device to power (Installing and Powering the Garmin Speak Device).

    The first time the device turns on, it enters pairing mode automatically. While the device is in pairing mode, the LED ring shows a spinning orange light.


    Amber LED ring that shows device is in pairing mode
    TIP: If the device does not enter pairing mode automatically, you can hold Mute microphone for about 5 seconds until the LED shows a spinning orange ring.
  2. From the app store on your smartphone, install and open the Garmin Speak app Garmin Drive app.

  3. On your smartphone, select Garmin Speak Series from the device menu.
  4. If a pairing code appears on the Garmin Speak screen, verify it matches the pairing code on your smartphone, and press any button on the Garmin Speak device to accept the pairing request.
  5. On your smartphone, select the option to authorize pairing with the device.

    The device connects to your smartphone.

  6. Follow the on-screen instructions to finish setting up the device.
TIP: If multiple people need to use your Garmin Speak device, you can pair it with additional smartphones (Pairing Another Smartphone with Your Garmin Speak Device). If you have Garmin Speak devices in multiple vehicles, you pair each of them with your smartphone (Pairing an Additional Garmin Speak Device with Your Smartphone).
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