Hold the wheel

Hold the wheel Free App

Rated 3.95/5 (130) —  Free Android application by Dejan Đurovski

About Hold the wheel

"Hold the wheel" application for Android tries to provide heigher level of safety for smartphone users while they are driving, but at the same time the application tries to maintain the user's responsivnes to incoming phone calls and SMS messages.


"Hold the wheel" works in that way that it allows switching to a "drive mode" in which the phone can automatically send a SMS message as a respond to incoming phone calls and incoming SMS messages. In that way you do not have to touch your phone when it is ringing or when you receive a new SMS message. The caller or the sender of a SMS message can be automatically informed the you are currently unable to answer the phone call or read a message.


"Hold the wheel" has support for Android Wear, but you can use the application even if you do not have an Android wear device.


Features:

- Respond to phone calls
The application can be configured to automatically send users defined SMS message as a response to incoming calls while the phone is in the "drive mode".


- Respond to SMS messages
The application can be configured to send users defined SMS message as a response to incoming SMSs while the phone is in the "drive mode".


- Automatic detection when the user is in a vehicle
The application has the functionality to automatically detect when the user is in a vehicle and automatically switch phone to "drive mode" or ask the user on his wearable if he want to switch to "drive mode".


- Android wear
If you own an Android Wear device, you can configure the application to ask you on your Android wear device if you want to switch on "drive mode" when it detects that you are in a vehicle. Then application will also ask you if you would like to switch off "drive mode" when it detects that you are not in a vehicle anymore. You can also use your Android Wear device to configure application settings.


- Automatic mode switching
If you do not want to be asked on your Android Wear device to switch on/off "Drive mode" when the application detects that you are in a vehicle, you can use the functionality of automatic mode switching. As the result, the aplication will turn on "drive mode" automatically when it detects that you are in a vehicle, and it will turn off "drive mode" when it detects that you are not in a vehicle.


- Manual mode switching
If you do not want the application to automatically switch on/off the "drive mode" or to ask you if you want to switch mode, you can use the functionality to manualy switch on/off the "drive mode".


- Silent mode
Application can switch your phone to silent mode when the application is in the "drive mode".


- Limit responding by phone number prefix
You can limit automatic SMS responding only to incoming calls and SMSs from numbers that start with prefix that you define. That way you can prevent sending automatic SMS messages to foreign numbers and making higher costs.



Disclaimer:
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS-IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES. THE AUTHOR OF THIS SOFTWARE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES OR COSTS CAUSED AS A RESULT OF USING THIS SOFTWARE, INABILITY TO USE THIS SOFTWARE, OR ANY OTHER ACTIVITY RELATED TO THIS SOFTWARE.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Hold the wheel version 1.2.2 on your Android device!
Downloaded 5,000+ times, content rating: Not rated
Android package: net.djurovski.dejan.android.holdthewheel, download Hold the wheel.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
- Added vibration for notifications on wearable,
- User experience improvement on devices with older versions of Android,
- Other improvements.
More downloads  Hold the wheel reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update Hold the wheel was updated to version 1.2.2
More downloads  Hold the wheel reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads

What are users saying about Hold the wheel

X70%
by X####:

Instead of making it safer to drive it spammed notifications on my google watch to ask me if I wanted to turn drive mode on. Which is completely useless for it to ask me to go on my watch taking my eyes off the road to answer a spamming app. Its useless. Not as nice as it sounds

X70%
by X####:

Most users are just too lazy to give a reason for their rating making their rating empty and worthless. There are only six actual ratings on this entire site all of the others are just a waste of time energy space and consideration.

U70%
by U####:

doesn't work.

K70%
by K####:

Didn't send sms when I set it to drive mode. And that was the only way to test it because it would not sense that I was driving.

N70%
by N####:

won't enable

K70%
by K####:

works beaut for me on my phone and doubles as a great evening or away responder

K70%
by K####:

Does the work efficiently.

K70%
by K####:

Instead of making it safer to drive it spammed notifications on my google watch to ask me if I wanted to turn drive mode on. Which is completely useless for it to ask me to go on my watch taking my eyes off the road to answer a spamming app. Its useless. Not as nice as it sounds

Z70%
by Z####:

Tried it and it works well. Get it!

K70%
by K####:

Uninstalled. Phone became stuck in an endless loop of auto replies.

Q70%
by Q####:

Most users are just too lazy to give a reason for their rating making their rating empty and worthless. There are only six actual ratings on this entire site all of the others are just a waste of time energy space and consideration.

K70%
by K####:

Good app

U70%
by U####:

Didn't send sms when I set it to drive mode. And that was the only way to test it because it would not sense that I was driving.

E70%
by E####:

I like this apps & love Nirme.

U70%
by U####:

Work great for me. Integration with other messengers would be great

U70%
by U####:

Feature request: Hangouts and WhatsApp compatibility. Also, Viber. Group chats are muted anyhow, so this would be super useful.

T70%
by T####:

The idea is brilliant BUT it does not automatically switch on as it should do when I am driving.

U70%
by U####:

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