# DriveDash: Car Mode Dashboard

> Reads WhatsApp & texts out loud while you drive. Reply by voice. Waze, Spotify.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.drivedash](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.drivedash)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.drivedash`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** DriveDash - דרייבדאש
- **Category:** AUTO\_AND\_VEHICLES
- **Downloads:** 216
- **Version:** 1.2.9
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03
- **First published:** 2026-07-19
- **Publisher country:** IL
- **Size:** 34 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drivedash)
- **Website:** [https://drivedash-web.vercel.app](https://drivedash-web.vercel.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://drivedash.site/privacy.html](https://drivedash.site/privacy.html)

## Description

DriveDash reads your WhatsApp messages and texts out loud while you drive, then sends your spoken reply back. Your eyes stay on the road. Your hands stay on the wheel.<br><br>The app turns your phone into a car mode dashboard: big buttons, voice control, and the four things you use behind the wheel. Messages, navigation, music, calls.<br><br>MESSAGE READER<br>- An incoming WhatsApp message gets read aloud the moment it arrives<br>- You speak, DriveDash sends the reply. Hands free, start to finish<br>- Messages in other languages get translated before reading<br><br>NAVIGATION AND PARKING<br>- Open Waze or Google Maps with a voice command<br>- Save your parking spot in one tap<br>- Forgot where you parked? DriveDash navigates you back to your car<br><br>MUSIC<br>- Control Spotify with oversized playback buttons<br>- Skip, pause and play without looking at the screen<br><br>CALLS<br>- Speed dial for the people you call most<br>- One tap, no menus<br><br>BUILT FOR DRIVING<br>- Day and night themes that switch on their own<br>- Portrait and landscape<br>- Works on any car mount, no cable and no car screen needed. If you miss Android Auto for phone screens, DriveDash fills that gap<br><br>PRIVACY<br>No account, no sign-up. Your data stays on your phone. DriveDash collects nothing and sells nothing. Every permission is optional.<br><br>SAFETY<br>Use DriveDash by voice. Do not touch the screen while the car is moving. Traffic laws remain your responsibility.<br><br>Install DriveDash and stop reading texts at highway speed.

## Rankings

- #1,687,684 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.BIND_NOTIFICATION_LISTENER_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_CONTACTS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.drivedash.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.drivedash)