With a big 5" (12.7 cm) touchscreen, more than 5 million points of interest (POIs) and spoken turn-by-turn directions, nüvi 50LM makes driving fun again. Plus, with FREE lifetime map updates, you always can keep your roads and POIs up to date.

Get Turn-by-Turn Directions

nüvi 50LM'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 comes in 2 mapping versions and has preloaded maps for the lower 48 states plus Hawaii and Puerto Rico or full coverage of the U.S. and Canada. nüvi 50LM'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.

Enjoy FREE Lifetime Map Updates

With FREE lifetime map¹ updates, you always have the most up-to-date maps, POIs and navigation information available at your fingertips. Map updates are available for download up to 4 times a year with no subscription or update fees and no expiration dates.

Know the Lane Before It's Too Late

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 w...

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With a big 5" (12.7 cm) touchscreen, more than 5 million points of interest (POIs) and spoken turn-by-turn directions, nüvi 50LM makes driving fun again. Plus, with FREE lifetime map updates, you always can keep your roads and POIs up to date.

Get Turn-by-Turn Directions

nüvi 50LM'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 comes in 2 mapping versions and has preloaded maps for the lower 48 states plus Hawaii and Puerto Rico or full coverage of the U.S. and Canada. nüvi 50LM'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.

Enjoy FREE Lifetime Map Updates

With FREE lifetime map¹ updates, you always have the most up-to-date maps, POIs and navigation information available at your fingertips. Map updates are available for download up to 4 times a year with no subscription or update fees and no expiration dates.

Know the Lane Before It's Too Late

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.

¹ FREE lifetime map updates entitle you to receive up to 4 map data updates per year, when and as such updates are made available on the Garmin website, for this specific Garmin product only until this product’s useful life expires or Garmin no longer receives map data from its third party supplier, whichever is shorter. The updates you receive will be updates to the same geographic map data originally included with your Garmin product when originally purchased. Garmin may terminate your lifetime map updates at any time if you violate any of the terms of the End User License Agreement accompanying your nüvi product.

Features

• Stay up-to-date on changing roads and POIs with FREE lifetime maps
• View routes on the big 5" (12.7 cm) touchscreen
• Look up addresses for over 5 million points of interest
• Hear spoken street names
• Know the lane before it's too late with lane assist with junction view
• Keep out of trouble with the built-in speed limit indicator

 

Specifications

Physical & Performance

• Unit dimensions, W x H x D: 5.5"W x 3.4"H x .7"D (14.0 x 8.6 x 1.8 cm)
• Display size, W x H: 4.4"W x 2.5"H (11.1 x 6.3 cm); 5.0" diag (12.7 cm)
• Display resolution, W x H: 480 x 272 pixels
• Display type: WQVGA color TFT with white backlight
• Weight: 6.3 ounces (177.2 g)
• Battery: Rechargeable lithium-ion
• Battery life: Up to 2 hours
• Headphone jack/ Audio line-out: No
• High-sensitivity receiver: Yes
• Waterproof: No

Maps & Memory

• Preloaded street maps: Yes
• Includes lifetime map updates: Yes
• nüMaps Guarantee: Yes
• 3-D terrain view: No
• 3-D buildings and landmarks view: No
• Built-in memory: Internal solid state
• Accepts data cards: MicroSD™ card (not included)
• Waypoints/favorites/locations: 1000
• Routes: 0

Features 

• Voice prompts (e.g. "Turn right in 500 ft."): Yes (Internal speaker)
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Additional: This USB mass storage device is compatible with Windows® XP or newer and Mac® OS X 10.4 or later

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