About this app

Surround is the driving app that turns your car into a smart car to help you drive safer, save money on auto insurance and get help faster when you need it most. Plug in your in-vehicle device and download the Surround app to start driving smarter with a truly connected car.

Powered by Octo Telematics—a global leader in driving telematics—Surround automatically detects your vehicle’s movements and provides real-time driver scoring that helps you drive safer and get better auto insurance rates. The Surround app ensures you get help faster in the event of an accident or motor vehicle theft because it pairs precise location-based services with real-time vehicle diagnostics.

Use Surround to:

SAVE MONEY ON CAR INSURANCE

Real-time driver scoring helps ensure you get the most accurate and cheapest auto insurance.

BETTER UNDERSTAND YOUR DRIVING

Use your Surround app dashboard to review your driving performance through the lens of your braking, speed, cornering and other key factors.

GET FASTER HELP IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT

Advanced crash detection and reporting tools ensures a faster and more accurate response in the event of a motor vehicle accident. Protect yourself and those you love with a truly connected car.

GET YOUR CAR BACK QUICKER IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT

Surround uses precision crash detection and reporting tools to make it easier for you to report an accident and easier for your auto insurance provider to settle your claim and get you back behind the wheel.

MONITOR YOUR VEHICLE’S HEALTH

Connected car technology provides your vehicle with a direct line to your phone so you can understand trouble codes and stay ahead of problems. It’s your car turned into a smart car.

GET CONNECTED CAR BENEFITS YOU CAN TRUST

Powered by Octo Telematics—the largest insurance telematics service provider in the world—Surround provides the most accurate and secure data collection and storage.

New features

-Added monitoring of distracted driving behaviors.
-New distraction-free scoring calculation.
-Performance improvements.

App Permissions

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an application to manage access to documents, usually as part of a document picker.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows an app to access approximate location.