To give you the best possible drivo experience, we need a few permissions on your device. We understand that this may seem like a lot — and we want to be completely transparent about why we ask for them.

All requested permissions are used solely to reliably detect, record, and analyze your trips. They allow the app to connect to your drivo beacon, accurately track your route during active trips, automatically detect when a trip starts or ends, and ensure recording continues smoothly in the background.

Your privacy is very important to us. Your location is never tracked outside of an active trip recording. We do not secretly monitor your movements, and we do not use your data for advertising or unrelated purposes. The permissions simply ensure that your trips are captured accurately and without interruption — nothing more.

By enabling these permissions, you help us provide a seamless, automatic, and reliable driving experience — exactly the way drivo is designed to work.

Required Permissions (What they are used for)

📍 Location Access

Location access is required to record your routes and trips accurately.

Used to track your trip route while recording is active

Ensures mileage, route and trip details are correct

Not used when no trip is being recorded

iOS

You should set location access to:

Always Allow

Enable Precise Location

Android

You should set location access to:

Allow all the time

Enable Use precise location

🎯 Precise Location

Precise Location improves GPS accuracy and ensures your recorded trips match your actual route.

Helps track routes more accurately

Improves trip detection and recording reliability

iOS

Enable:

Precise Location

Android

Enable:

Use precise location

🔄 Background Location (“Always”)

To record trips seamlessly (even when the app is not open), the app needs background location access.

Allows trip recording while the app runs in the background

Prevents missing route data during longer drives

Only active while trip recording is running

iOS

Set location access to:

Always Allow

Android

Set location access to:

Allow all the time

🔵 Bluetooth Access

Bluetooth is required to connect to your drivo beacon, which provides additional driving data such as acceleration.

Connects your phone to the drivo beacon

Enables automatic trip detection

Uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to reduce battery usage

iOS

Enable:

Nearby Interactions (if shown)

Android

Enable:

Nearby Devices

🔔 Notifications

Notifications are used to keep you informed about trip recording status.

Shows when a trip starts or ends

Helps you confirm that a trip is being recorded

No advertising or unnecessary notifications are sent

iOS

Enable:

Allow Notifications

Android

Enable:

Allow Notifications

⚡ Battery Optimization (Android Only)

Some Android devices may stop apps running in the background to save battery.

To prevent interruptions, battery optimization should be disabled for drivo.

Prevents the phone from stopping trip recording

Ensures continuous tracking while connected to the beacon

Helps avoid missing trip data

Android

Disable battery optimization for the app:

Allow Background Use

Disable battery optimization

🏃 Motion / Activity Access

This permission helps the app detect when you start or stop moving, so trips can be recorded automatically.

iOS (Motion & Fitness)

Helps detect driving activity

Improves automatic trip start/end detection

Enable:

Motion & Fitness

Android (Physical Activity)

Helps detect movement and trip start/end

Required for reliable automatic recording

Enable:

Physical Activity