Setting up Trips for your vehicle
Trips automatically logs all journeys made with your vehicle. To start logging journeys, you first need to enable Trips and turn on location sharing.
Note
The availability of Trips can vary depending on vehicle model, model year and region. Available functions may also vary over time.
This article is applicable to models with Google built-in.
For more customized information about your vehicle, press Sign in at the top of the page.
When Trips is enabled, the app automatically collects your vehicle's VIN[1], location and other trip-related data, such as time, distance, fuel and electric consumption. You can view the Trips log in the Volvo Cars app.
Note
Make sure that your vehicle and the Volvo Cars app have the newest software version installed.
You can check your vehicle's software version via settings in the display.
Setting up Trips
To start logging journeys, you first need to enable Trips via the Volvo Cars app.
Enabling Trips
- Go to the vehicle tab
and open Trips. - Turn on the Trips log.
When you have enabled Trips, you will also need to consent to privacy permissions and allow location sharing.
Note
Viewing trips
When Trips is enabled, all users who have paired the Volvo Cars app with the vehicle can see the trips. If Trips is disabled, the vehicle stops sending information about new trips.
Information about a trip is stored for 400 days.
Profiles
Trips need to be enabled separately for each profile that uses the vehicle. This includes enabling consent and permissions.