When you’re traveling for business, you don’t want to waste time driving around looking for an address. And when you’re driving around an unfamiliar neighborhood, you don’t want to waste time or take chances fumbling through menu buttons on your GPS. The Garmin Nuvi 855 can solve both of these problems for you. Not only does it provide the standard GPS functions of telling you where you are and how to get where you’re going, it can do so using voice recognition commands.

This GPS model is one of the most highly recommended units on the market today and it has built a strong following in the business community. Very few GPS units on the market today have this precise feature set that business travelers find so attractive.

There are several commands that can be operated using the voice recognition feature. Not only can you communicate your desired address your destination using voice, you can also control the built-in MP3 player as well as control basic functions of the unit itself. Instead of taking your hands off the wheel in your eyes off the road to deal with GPS, you can keep driving safely and talk to your GPS. There may be a small learning curve for you to learn the appropriate commands as for the GPS to recognize your voice.

The Garmin Nuvi 855 brings other features the table as well. It can provide updated warnings about speed traps or functioning speed cameras. It can interface with both MapQuest and Google maps. It provides photo navigation and can store up to 10 routes in memory. You can also access live traffic updates and have the GPS reroute you around schedule killing traffic jams.

If you still manage to get lost somehow, simply ask the unit to tell you where you are. You’ll respond with your location and display main landmarks for your location. If your business travel puts you behind the wheel of a car, then you don’t even want to start the engine unless you have a Garmin Nuvi 855.