METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING MOBILE DEVICE RESOURCE CONSUMPTION WHILE DETECTING DRIVING ACTIVITIES

Techniques for optimizing mobile device resource consumption while detecting driving activities are provided. In examples, an application executing on a mobile device determines that the device is disposed in a vehicle during a drive and receives movement measurements indicating motion of the device caused by a user or the vehicle from a sensor arrangement of the mobile device. The movement measurements are analyzed to detect an occurrence of a driving event during the drive and a notification of the driving event is generated. Audio routes available to the operating system of the device are received by the application and a determination is made that the user is driving the vehicle based on the available audio routes. In response, the notification is provided to the user.