Garmin PowerSwitch™

First of all, my experience with the power switch itself has been generally positive. I blew through multiple switch pro units that failed on me and have not experienced that with either of my two Garmin units that I am currently running. However, their control mechanism (this app) is a major detractor from the experience. When you're dealing with something as powerful as a smartphone, you would expect the ability to operate smoothly and with some powerful functionality would be within the realm of possibility. Some things I miss that needs a solution: •The ability to turn on strobe functionality by double tapping a switch. •The ability to control dimming outside of the setup menu (ex hold the switch down to cycle through power settings). Options are endless here though when you can control the app interface with better ui design. •Single Pole Dual Throw support. Many Offroad lights with multiple power inputs (like Baja designs lp series) require that you do not power both inputs simultaneously. Without this support Garmin risks damaging electronics. All other high end PDMs support this. •Better strobe function. You can only program on time and off time. This is not strobe. This is flashing. Another issue I have is with the CarPlay "support". I run into problems all the time where I enable a more complex switch and it turns on just fine, but the CarPlay freezes up and requires that I open the app to turn it off. This is more of a bug though. I wish I saw changes more frequently than months and months between updates. To me this signifies that Garmin is not treating this as a real product.

HawsaTue, Jan 23, 2024

United States

Connecting the powerswitch to the app was seamless and easy. With carplay now being supported, it was an easy decision choosing garmin over the other accessory switch companies. Only improvement I would like to see is the button sizing on CarPlay. The small circular buttons in the app on the CarPlay are sometimes hard to precisely press especially on the fly. It’d be much easier to use without looking while driving if the buttons were the same size as they are on the phone

OfficerMooSun, Jul 16, 2023

United States

Original review at the bottom. CarPlay support has been added and it works great! I now feel much more comfortable using my Powerswitch while driving and needing to turn lights off for that random stranger exploring the wilderness. At this point I have zero complaints about the Garmin PowerSwitch and corresponding app. They both work marvelously and I would recommend them both to anyone I come across that’s thinking about picking one up. Thank you Garmin! Original review: App works great as it’s currently designed; however, it badly needs CarPlay support. It’s unsafe as a driver to need to unlock my phone, navigate to the app, and then switch the lights off. Even while driving on back roads can risk running off the road while trying to turn off lights for the one car you run into in the past hour. I wouldn’t like to think of what reason they’ve yet to add such a feature. Here is to hoping an update is in the pipeline!

Archangel0630Fri, Jun 16, 2023

United States

Really appreciate developers listening and adding CarPlay support! Now I can switch my fog, driving and light bar from CarPlay touchscreen and not have to worry about setting up another device before every drive!

CogsandsprocketsFri, May 26, 2023

United States

Need android auto and CarPlay, this app on my power wagon screen while using my overlander would be great

bcfghvfySat, Feb 18, 2023

United States

App works great as it’s currently designed; however, it badly needs CarPlay support. It’s unsafe as a driver to need to unlock my phone, navigate to the app, and then switch the lights off. Even while driving on back roads can risk running off the road while trying to turn off lights for the one car you run into in the past hour. I wouldn’t like to think of what reason they’ve yet to add such a feature. Here is to hoping an update is in the pipeline!

Archangel0630Sun, Oct 2, 2022

United States

Can you redesign the buttons to resize when using the iPad is in landscape mode and split screen. I like to have the PowerSwitch app and Gaia gps up and running in split screen but the garmin buttons are huge and not functional. Other than that, great products as always.

DeryldSat, Aug 20, 2022

United States