Garmin Smartphone Link is a Travel&Local application developed by Garmin, but with the best Android emulator-LDPlayer, you can download and play Garmin Smartphone Link on your computer.
Running Garmin Smartphone Link on your computer allows you to browse clearly on a large screen, and controlling the application with a mouse and keyboard is much faster than using touchscreen, all while never having to worry about device battery issues.
With multi-instance and synchronization features, you can even run multiple applications and accounts on your PC.
And file sharing makes sharing images, videos, and files incredibly easy.
Download Garmin Smartphone Link and run it on your PC. Enjoy the large screen and high-definition quality on your PC!
Download and install LDPlayer on your computer
Locate the Play Store in LDPlayer's system apps, launch it, and sign in to your Google account
Enter "Garmin Smartphone Link" into the search bar and search for it
Choose and install Garmin Smartphone Link from the search results
Once the download and installation are complete, return to the LDPlayer home screen
Click on the game icon on the LDPlayer home screen to start enjoying the exciting game
If you've already downloaded the APK file from another source, simply open LDPlayer and drag the APK file directly into the emulator.
If you've downloaded an XAPK file from another source, please refer to the tutorial for installation instructions.
If you've obtained both an APK file and OBB data from another source, please refer to the tutorial for installation instructions.
System: Recommended Win10 and above 64-bit systems, including OpenGL 4.x
CPU: 8th Gen Intel Core i3-8100 4-core or higher, with VT option enabled
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX1050 Ti 2GB or higher
Memory: 8GB or more
Storage Space: 10GB or more available space for installation disk, 2GB or more available space for system disk
I need to constantly "forget" and "pair" my Drive 5 to make it accept Smartphone Link. Aside from Live Traffic the app provides no additional value on top of the hardware device. And since the quality of the live traffic updates is incredibly poor, it didn't even know of multiple temporarily or permanently closed roads I ran into just today, the benefit is effectivity zero. Note: I updated the maps of my Drive 5 a few days ago. And then these pesky in-background notifications you can't turn off.
App works decently if you can get it to work at all. Most of the time trying to establish a Bluetooth connection is a chore. I've tried three different devices this year and none can establish a link to the Garmin Navigator via this app without fumbling and retrying for at least 15 Minutes each time. Not worth it, just buy a Navigator that comes with all the functionalty this app is supposed to deliver pre-installed.
It can't handle coordinates but seemingly only addresses, which is ridiculous for a GPS app in a WGS84 world. It does not play well with just about any other geo app. It fails loading useful map detail levels if you give up and use the in-app map. And of course "old" (over a year in Garmin speak) devices can't use their new soft. While this is abandonware.