Every Friday I try to share one of my favourite finds of the week – a web-site, tool or app that has impressed me.
My Friday Favourite this week is the Dash Smart Driving App.
Dash Smart Driving App
Dash is a free app for Android and iOS that connects your car to your smartphone and provides data such as trip logs, real-time feedback on your driving, access to vehicle diagnostics (learn what that warning icon on your dashboard means!) and other useful features such as the nearest petrol station.
Bluetooth On-Board Diagnostic
Dash connects your car to your Smartphone via a low-cost piece of Bluetooth hardware called an OBD (On-Board Diagnostic) module. The OBD connects to an industry standard socket in all modern cars, pairs with your Smartphones bluetooth, and can then transmit information about your cars engine, diagnostic info and real-time trip info.
The Bluetooth OBD unit I use is a Cheerlink Mini v2.1 which costs about £8/$10. Most generic Bluetooth OBD’s work with Dash too.
Driving Data
Dash is very easy to use, has a nice looking modern interface and as well as providing a ton of useful real-time info within the app while you are actually driving, Dash also logs information about your driving for analysis afterwards.
I’m already seeing some useful IFTTT recipes for Dash. Dash also connects to Android Wear Smartwatches.
Download Dash
Free to download, you can get Dash for Android from the Google Play store or Dash for iOS from the Apple AppStore.
Richard Tubb is one of the best-known experts within the global IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) community. He launched and sold his own MSP business before creating a leading MSP media and consultancy practice. Richard helps IT business owner’s take back control by freeing up their time and building a business that can run without them. He’s the author of the book “The IT Business Owner’s Survival Guide” and writer of the award-winning blog www.tubblog.co.uk
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2 thoughts on Dash Smart Driving App
M SHAIKH
19TH NOVEMBER 2017 12:39:15
Does this work in the UK? How do you compare OBD units?
RICHARD TUBB
19TH NOVEMBER 2017 16:34:56
Hi -- yes, this works in the UK. In terms of OBD units, this unit from Amazon is highly rated http://amzn.to/2jExeZk.