Drive Smarter 4+

When I bought this $700 radar detector, I was told I needed to go see a doctor because I’m crazy but after using it all the way from Connecticut to Florida I still thought I was crazy the reason I never hooked up to the smarter app that basically comes along with it, you can use cobra Dash cams, etc. anyhow, I just learned that you can actually use the app along with the radar detector which detects red light cameras, and things of that nature as a GPS as well so very cool stuff I’m extremely happy anyone out there that into gadgets, especially really into gadgets and for you spend the money and don’t be a,,

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Thanks a lot for your amazing review and safe rides :)

The app is pretty good. I like the functionality of it and I really like the ability of having my speed and GPS coordinates water marked on the videos and photos taken I especially like the ability to save important videos and photos taken in an emergency so that I can email them to my insurance provider if necessary that my opinion Is one of the main sellers of the device. Now what I don’t like is it when I first got it I had no problems with it but now, after having it installed in my jeep for a little less than four months, it has started to not come on when my car started and I have to unplug the dash cam and plug it back in for it to come on. Other times I will open a door or the liftgate and the dash cam will start recording. Other times when the dash cam is operating as expected, while driving down the road it will often shut down. By this, by shut down I mean the dash cam will turn off and not turn back on and I will have to unplug it and plug it back in. The dash cam is hardwired into my vehicle and nothing has changed from the first day It was installed to now. Other than that, I love the dash cam, and I love the app maybe I just have a faulty dash cam who knows if cobra could reach out to me and explain what’s going on and help me fix the problem or maybe have me send them this one and send me a new one I would give it five stars instead of the three that I gave it.

Hi, thanks for your support all along. We will keep working to provide a good user experience. We are really sorry for the trouble and we appreciate you bringing this issue to our attention. Please send us a note at https://drivesmarter.com/support/app-support/.

I’m not sure who developed this app but I can’t express how disappointed I am that THIS is the app I have to use for a $700+ premium radar detector. It’s beyond pathetic. Where do I start? (1) when using the drive smarter app in apple car play the map shows an orientation that is either North up or the only other choice is whatever direction your actual phone is facing I think, no mater how I placed my phone, still couldn’t seem to show the DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. You’d think even the dumbest software programmer would have included the option to orient the map in the direction of travel. The only time it does is when you have a destination set, which is maybe 20% of my driving. (2) doesn’t give ability to send directions to the app from other apps, like your calendar. So any address you enter has to be done manually. (3) after trying to connect the RD to wifi (had to repeat the steps multiple times before it finally worked), only shows that it’s connected to wifi, the escort servers, and Drive Smart account show red X’s which I assume to mean it’s not connecting to those even though it is connected to my wifi (green check mark). (3) doesn’t communicate with Waze which would be the better map since their programmers know how to orient it to the direction of travel. This app is really really really bad. It’s like they gave zero effort on the app to go with their really impressive radar detectors which makes no sense at all.

Hi, we apologize for any issue you might be having! Could you send details of what you are experiencing to our customer support at https://drivesmarter.com/support/app-support/ ? Thank you.