When should I use "Start Trip" vs "Start or Resume"?

Both actions begin recording, but they treat existing paused trips very differently — choose based on whether brief stops should join the same trip or split into new ones. **Use "Start or Resume" when you want one continuous trip across stops:** • Long road trips with fuel, coffee, or restroom stops — the trip continues as one record • Daily commute where traffic, signals, or a quick errand pause the drive • Cycling or running with traffic-light pauses • Single-vehicle daily drivers who want their whole outing as one trip • Any automation pattern where Pause runs on disconnect — Start or Resume picks it back up seamlessly when you reconnect **Use "Start Trip" when you want each leg as its own record:** • Logging your home → office and office → home commute as two separate trips for analytics • Multi-vehicle households where switching from car to motorcycle should create a fresh trip • Business mileage / tax tracking where every destination needs its own line item • Activity changes — driving in the morning, cycling in the afternoon • Per-trip fuel economy analysis where you fill up and want fresh numbers • Borrowed cars, rentals, or shared vehicles between drivers **Rule of thumb:** if you've paired a Pause automation on disconnect (the recommended pattern), "Start or Resume" is almost always what you want — your trips reflect actual journeys instead of fragmenting on every stop. Switch to "Start Trip" for triggers that genuinely mean "a new journey is beginning" — for example, a different car's Bluetooth, a manual NFC tag at your office, or an Action Button press at the start of a workout.