nüvi 50’s intuitive interface greets you with 2 simple choices: “Where To?” and “View Map.” Touch the screen to easily look up addresses and services and to be guided to your destination with voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions that speak street names. It has preloaded maps for the lower 48 states plus Hawaii and Puerto Rico. nüvi 50’s speed limit indicator shows you how fast you can go on most major roads. With its “Where Am I?” emergency locator, you always know your location. It also comes preloaded with millions of POIs and offers the ability to add your own.
Now there’s no more guessing which lane you need to be in to make an upcoming turn. Available in select metropolitan areas, lane assist with junction view guides you to the correct lane for an approaching turn or exit, making unfamiliar intersections and exits easy to navigate. It realistically displays road signs and junctions on your route along with arrows that indicate the proper lane for navigation.
Features & Benefits
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| Drive stress-free. Save time and money. |
| Speaks street names (e.g. "Turn right ON ELM STREET in 500 ft."): | yes |
| Voice-activated navigation (operate device with spoken commands): | no |
| Traffic compatible (routes around traffic with a receiver and subscription): | no |
| Lifetime traffic updates (receive free lifetime traffic updates): | no |
| Lane assist (guides to proper lane for navigation): | yes |
| Junction view (displays junction signs): | yes |
| myTrends™ (predicts your routes): | no |
| trafficTrends™ (calculates routes based on predicted traffic flow): | no |
| ecoRoute™ (calculates a more fuel-efficient route): | no |
| Auto sort multiple destinations (provides most direct route): | no |
| Route avoidance (avoid highways, tolls etc.): | yes |
| Garmin nüLink! services: (receive accurate real-time travel information): | no |
| XM® compatible for U.S: | no |
| Navigate safely and easily. |
| Bluetooth® wireless technology: | no |
| Speed limit indicator (displays speed limit for most major roads in the U.S. and Europe): | yes |
| Where Am I? (find closest hospitals, police & gas stations, nearest address & intersection): | yes |
| Garmin Locate™ (marks position when removed from windshield mount): | no |
| Enhanced pedestrian navigation (guides you as you walk around town): | no |
| Photo navigation (navigate to geotagged photos): | yes |
| Exit services (tells you approaching services on highway): | no |
| Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest): | yes |
| World travel clock, currency & unit converter, calculator: | no |
| Qwerty or ABC keyboard (choose keyboard layout): | yes |
| Alarm clock: | no |
| Garmin Lock™ (anti-theft feature): | no |
| Enjoy the drive and customize. |
| Garmin Garage™ vehicles compatible (download car-shaped icons to your device): | yes |
| Garmin Garage™ voices compatible (download custom voices to your device): | yes |
| Picture viewer: | no |
| MP3 player: | no |
| Audio book player: | no |
