Garmin has debuted what it calls “the ultimate control panel” for travelers who want a smart RV experience with a sleek, modern touchscreen display.
Serving as command central for the RV, drivers and passengers can easily control onboard entertainment, monitor security camera feeds, change the temperature settings and adjust other systems throughout the cabin — all from a single screen. And for a hands-free option, voice commands can control systems from anywhere in the RV.
“SERV+ is a must-have for any RV adventure,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin Vice President of Global Consumer Sales. “It puts the power of multiple physical switches into one easy-to-use touchscreen display, saving time and space so customers can focus more on making memories. We’re proud to give adventurers this streamlined RV experience they won’t want to travel without.”
Top features for an enhanced onboard experience
- Easily integrate: Control onboard music, lights, temperature settings and more by integrating with Garmin, Fusion®, EmpirBus™ and JL Audio® products.
- App support: Control functions while outside the RV by conveniently connecting to the Garmin RV Controls App on smartphones and tablets.
- Voice command capabilities: A simple “OK, Garmin” gives users a hands-free option to adjust their RV settings.
- Added security: Connect compatible security cameras and view feeds anytime.
- Fits many spaces: Available in two sizes (7″ and 10″) with options to mount in portrait or landscape mode.
- Installation options: Install professionally as a stand-alone display or as part of an interconnected system throughout the RV. Manufacturers can also add their own logos and branding to the user interface.
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Thank you for the bit of news, RV Travel! It is all fun and games until the screen goes blank. Hopefully, if/when that happens actual switches can be flipped for mundane things such as activating air conditioning when it is hot or the furnace when it is cold. If these things can be manipulated remotely, then they can also be hacked. Caution and redundancy may be important things to consider. Maybe it will have its own firewall. 🙂 Have a great weekend and safe travels!
Very well put. Both my wife and I are sick of the digital, RFI, microwave world where everything can be controlled by a smart phone. My wife retired from the information technology security system and will testify that any of it can and will be compromised. Me? I’m old school and like hard wires and buttons that go click. If I can turn on something on my RV with a smart phone, so can someone else. We even use a Farraday bag for our phones and tablet when we travel.
I agree with both commenters. The more electronics they incorporate the more problems. I’ve owned a new Ford F150, GMC Sierra and my Apple iphone. Nothing but problems with electronics and updates. Prefer the simple switches. Plus with electronics more problems with keeping your privacy.
The more I read about all this new technology, the happier I am that our 2012 TT has nothing that can be operated by cell phone.
Here’s my dilemma with our awesome, brand new Brinkley coach. I have a separate phone app for monitoring the following wireless/bluetooth connections in my coach: Lippert OneControl (awnings, leveling jacks, lights, slides and tanks), iRV for speakers/sound, Victron Connect/VRM for my solar, Power WatchDog for power conditioning, LevelMate Pro to ensure being level, Smartlock for RV locks, Ruuvi Station for LP tank monitoring, TST TPMS for trailer tire monitoring, and the Epoch app for LifeP04 battery monitoring. I would love to see all these monitoring functions in a single dashboard/device like this Garmin, but it looks like it doesn’t integrate with ANY of them.
No, thanks. I will stick to standard switches to control things and only use my phone for monitoring things like battery status, solar charging, etc.
Not a necessity.